Articles on Church and Society
View From the Wall
China’s New Reality: Globalization
The effects of globalization on all areas of life in China an overview that sees both the positive effects and the negative.
2006 China Business Conditions State of Affairs
A look at past and current business situations in China.
Open for Business
China is "open for business." This was not true twenty-five years ago. In order to "win" in China's marketplace, this author has found, inter alia, the following to be best practices.
View From the Wall
Between Riches and Poverty: Chinese Christian Business People
In China, the number of Christians is growing constantlyeven the official figure is increasing. The latest estimate from the TSPM/CCC is sixteen million Christians. Among these Christians are a group of people who are busy with their business on weekdays but worship God on weekends; they are the Chinese Christian business people.
The Shop Church: The Second Mile
Filling the gap for rural church planters working in urban factory areas, shop-churches provide both income and position for effective outreach to factory workers.
Book Reviews
When East Meets West in the Market Place
One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China by James McGregor. New York: Free Press, 2005, 312 pp., ISBN: 0743258398, US$27.00.
Reviewed by Brent Fulton
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The Challenge of Returning Chinese Scholars
With the number of Chinese scholars studying abroad increasing and many of them coming to faith in Christ, understanding the challenges they face in returning to China is vital for their ongoing spiritual growth. What is being done to deal with those challenges?
Editorials
Twice Forgotten
Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "Children at Risk" (CS Quarterly, 2006 Summer).
View From the Wall
When Can I Go Home?
Caring for China's Homeless Children
Mid-January in Zhengzhou, the temperature dipped to -7C after a snowstorm. Chuan, a 13 year-old boy from the far west province of Gansu, was rummaging through a trash bin in a corner inside the Zhengzhou train station. His face was covered in soot; he was wearing an ill-fitted, filthy cotton jacket, lightweight trousers and a pair of tattered tennis shoes. The previous night, he had stowed away on a coal car headed for Zhengzhou. Cold and starving, he searched frantically for anything edible. Alone in a strange city, without money and not knowing a soul, Chuan wondered aimlessly.
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China’s Children
A New Generation, New Opportunity, and New Commitment
God is on the move. Could this tiny article change the lives of many? Could it do more than inform and challenge? I think so. Those of you reading this could be part of a journey, led by the Holy Spirit, that commenced about a year ago. Intrigued? Read more.