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Urumqi!
I have been to Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region twice. The first time was in 1992; a teammate and I took the train. Back then it was a journey that took two days and three nights; today the fastest train makes the journey in 30 hours. On my second visit to Urumqi (in 2004) I also travelled by train, but from the southern Xinjiang city of Kashgar. That was a 24-hour run along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert.
CSQ Article
Traditional Culture’s Effect on China’s Younger Generations
Cultural Contextualization in China
The author looks at how Chinese youth today deal with filial piety and marriage as they feel both the tug of traditional cultural and the pull of other perceived “goods” in the larger complex, cultural environment of today’s China.
Deciding to Adopt a Child with Special Needs
In that providential moment God spoke to me and my husband; we knew we had our answer. He was calling us to adopt a child with HIV.
ZGBriefs | January 2, 2020
Outspoken Chinese Pastor Wang Yi Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison (December 30, 2019, Christianity Today)
China on Monday sentenced a prominent pastor who operated outside the Communist Party–recognized Protestant organization to nine years in prison.
Kids and Masks—Challenges in the Pandemic
As COVID-19 lingers on, it does not seem that this threat to public health has caused our Chinese friends to question eternal things more than before. We do, however, have open doors with neighbors that we never had before.
The Importance of Praying for the Work
A Pamphlet from 1910
Excerpts from a pamphlet from an earlier era selected to encourage new generations of readers to persevere in prayer on behalf of the work in China and around the globe.
Bu Tai Qingchu
It may seem like a lot of things about China are not very clear these days. But . .
Chinese Christianity Endures, Part 1
Studying the 18th-Century Church under Authoritarian Rule
The study then takes a closer look at the brief emergence of a comparatively Chinese underground church…before concluding with a fascinating reflection on martyrdom, comparing the Chinese notion of suffering perseverance motivated by filial loyalty to the saints who have gone before with the European concept of sacrificing one’s life for the gospel.
Editorials
Returnee Ministry: Reflecting on Developments
The opportunities remain significant for the church and international student ministries to reach and disciple Chinese students and scholars, the majority of whom (about 80 percent) will go back to China.
2006 China Business Conditions State of Affairs
A look at past and current business situations in China.