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ZGBriefs | May 14, 2015
Chinese Province Issues Draft Regulation on Church Crosses (May 8, 2015, The New York Times)
In painstaking detail, the 36-page directive sets out strict guidelines for where and how churches in Zhejiang can display crosses. They must be placed on the facades of buildings, not above them. They must be of a color […]
ZGBriefs | March 10, 2016
The business of censorship: Documents show how Weibo filters sensitive news in China (March 3, 2016, Committee to Protect Journalists)
A set of documents provided to CPJ by a former employee in Weibo's censorship department however, sheds light on how the site must tread a fine line between appeasing government censors and […]
ZGBriefs | April 14, 2016
Video: A Portrait of Youth and Camaraderie in China (April 5, 2016, The Atlantic) Xiong Di, this short film by Enric Ribes and Oriol Martínez, is also the Chinese word for “fellas.” It’s a beautiful ode to friendship among young factory workers in China, with themes of love and fresh-faced ambition.
Four Decades of Church Growth in China
[…] two national religious conferences, notably the “National Conference on Religious Work” led by Jiang Zemin in December 2001 and the “National Conference on Religious Work” in April 2016 during the Xi Jinping era. Comparing the openly published news reports of the conferences we can see that Jiang Zemin emphasized the importance of the Communist […]
ZGBriefs | March 25, 2021
[…] pandemic, government agencies rapidly issued a slew of directives to implement pandemic-related regulations. Pray for China March 31 (Pray for China: A Walk Through History) On Mar. 31, 2016, Hangzhou pastor Joseph Gu Yuese (顾约瑟牧师), leader of one of China’s largest registered churches, was released after spending several weeks in a “black jail.” Rev. Gu […]
View From the Wall
Chinese Women in Transition
[…] their sweat in coastal cities in joint venture companies cranking out products labeled “Made in China.” Additionally, there are women who remain in their hometowns working as cheap laborers. As women in China contribute to society by filling most of the cheap labor jobs, they actually do “hold up half the sky.” The first […]
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China’s WTO Accession—One Year Later
[…] At the same time, China has increased both import and export volumes. Exports, although lower than expected, are still going strong mainly due to the demand for cheap, quality Chinese products as well as the development of new markets. The cost of general consumer items is down as many jituans are engaging in cutthroat […]
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China’s Modern Family Problems
[…] this traditional family structure is very much at odds with a globalized and modernized culture. One essential requirement for rapid economic growth is the free flow of cheap labor. Agricultural reform relieved farmers from farm labor and supplied an abundant, cheap labor force for China’s economic expansion. Millions of farmers left their land and […]
February 7, 2013
Is Xi Jinping a Reformer? Wrong Question. (February 1, 2013, China Real Times)
Better questions are needed in order to produce more useful analyses and forecasts of Chinas political development. Such analyses should start by recognizing two facts: First, the new leaderships various initiatives and pronouncements after taking office indicate that it fully accepts the […]
March 28, 2013
Pastor Jin on the Church and Social Responsibility (March 22, 2013, Chinese Church Voices)
The revival of the Korean Church is widely known and its influence cannot be ignored. After WWII, in the course of only a few decades, a small, poor nation became todays second largest missionary sending country. In recent decades Christianity in […]