Articles on Urbanization
Supporting Article
Conversation Launchers
Expanding upon his previous article, "The Gospel, Evangelism and Social Action in China," the author asks and answers some penetrating questions.
Supporting Article
Tentmaking and Indigenous Urban Mission in China
Few rural evangelists and pastors have really given up their farms or relied on the churches for their living. The author explains more.
View From the Wall
Behind China’s Urbanization
The Chinese government’s release of its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure of $1,000 per person at the end of 2003 signifies that China is on the verge of becoming a world economic power. It also signifies that full-fledged urbanization has taken off. The traditional Chinese society, rooted in agriculture, is gradually diminishing and yielding […]
Peoples of China
Peoples of the Cities
The author takes us on a tour of some of the side streets of Beijing, showing us the diversity of people within the cities of China.
Book Reviews
Carving Out a New Life
Chinese Awakenings by James and Ann Tyson. Westview Press, 1995, 325 pp. ISBN, 0813324734, paperback. Cost: $28 at www.barnesandnoble.com.
Lead Article
China’s Burgeoning Cities
Urbanization in China is occurring at an accelerated pace. What are its effects upon China and her people?
Supporting Article
Chongqing—China’s “Mountain City”
An introduction to China's fourth municipality or mega-city—Chongqing.
View From the Wall
More Than a Concrete Jungle
Putting today's urban migration in China into historical perspective.
Supporting Article
Rural Urbanization in China
The phrase “rural urbanization,” at first glance, appears to be an oxymoron. Yet it is an apt phrase to describe what has been happening in China, especially in the eastern regions, over the past two decades.