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Editorials
Globalization: Is Anybody Home?
[…] few days ago, I found myself seated on a subway in a large Asian city, listening on my MP3 player to a message by a pastor in New York, while around me dozens of fellow passengers were deeply engrossed in conversation in at least three different languagesnone with one another. Chatting busily on their […]
China’s (Unfinished) Education Explosion
[…] witnessed by the flourishing of the "ant tribe," a community of job-seeking college graduates living in shared flats in northern Beijing's Tiantongyuan suburb. China's centuries-old test-taking culture promotes educational attainment as an accomplishment in and of itself. Unfortunately, unlike in Imperial China or even during the time of China' opening under Deng Xiaoping, there […]
China’s Uyghurs
What You Need to Know
[…] global concern. In 2016, the current regional party secretary Chen Quanguo’s first year in office, the provincial government advertised over 90,000 security positions and constructed thousands of new “people’s convenience” police stations, spaced no more than 500 meters apart in urban areas. Thum follows his overview with a comprehensive review of existing scholarly literature […]
Editorials
Journeying Together
[…] to round out this issue with some historical perspective on where the church has come from in the past four decades, we feature a review of a new book honoring Tony Lambert, Christ in China: An Anthology, that contains a selection of articles he has written over the years. So what do believers in […]
Cults in China
[…] Taiping Rebellion in the mid-1800s is but one example in a long litany of religiously motivated political movements that have wreaked havoc through the centuries. Dozens of new quasi-Christian groups have sprung up in China during the past three decades as rapid church growth has outstripped the supply of qualified leaders, leaving the church […]
China’s Demographic Fork in the Road
[…] is growing old before it grows rich." China today may be the world's largest purchaser of luxury goods, and stories abound in global financial circles of China's new millionaires and even multi-millionaires. However, in the decades ahead an increasing percentage of China's newfound wealth will go toward meeting the needs of its older population. […]
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What Is Our Role?
Toward a Set of Shared Considerations for Outside Involvement in Chinese Leadership Development
[…] development programs. Divided by categories relating to different aspects of the leader development process, they are offered here as a starting point for identifying best practices that promote a culture of indigenous reproducing leaders. Recognizing that there are many types of leaders and many types of training, these considerations are positioned as broadly as […]
China’s Next Big Thing
[…] Ted unpacked several of these in the course of their conversation as they addressed these questions: Is the church still growing in the current environment? Are there new restrictions on the availability of Bibles? Are we experiencing a “nationwide” crackdown on Christianity? Which areas of the country are experiencing the greatest restrictions? Why? How […]
From Solutions to Shared Innovation
[…] of believers in China may actually become part of the problem. Their local counterparts often see the challenges in ways the foreigner cannot understand, and they introduce new options that, while outside the foreigner’s frame of reference, make perfect sense in the Chinese context. The opportunity here is for shared innovation. Both parties bring […]
American Evangelicalism and China: A Necessary Conversation
[…] about themselves into their own sense of identity and purpose. While feelings of disappointment and mistrust may surface in the process, this conversation can lead to a new shared understanding of how to relate to one another going forward. In his preface to Noll’s book, Ren Xiaopeng suggests the need for such a conversation. […]