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Thoughts and Tips on Learning Chinese
[…] by accretion, so they are logical. “Receive sound machine” (shou yin ji) is a radio. Refrigerator is an “ice box” (bing xiang). An airplane is a “ flying machine.” (fei ji) Many times you can even guess what a word might be thinking through how they might accrete it. At minimum many words are […]
Chinese Christians Look Back, Part 4
[…] Chinese society. Most of these brothers and sisters, while they respect China’s economic growth, also share their concern over moral decline. “Science and technology have developed at flying speed,” says Jean, “but public morals are degenerating with each passing day. People only care about themselves and lack basic sympathy or compassion.” China’s rapid economic […]
ZGBriefs | August 30, 2018
[…] months, they were forced to renounce Islam, criticize their own Islamic beliefs and those of fellow inmates, and recite Communist Party propaganda songs for hours each day. Flying the Flag (August 28, 2018, Chinese Church Voices) The United Front Work Department, a department of the Chinese Communist Party and freshly tasked with overseeing religious bodies in […]
A Season of Change
[…] 4. Regrets in Ministry, ChinaSource Blog, September 3. Things I Wish I’d Known, ChinaSource Blog, August 31. Partnering in China: The Missing Foundation, ChinaSource Blog, August 29. Flying the Flag, ChinaSource Blog (CCV), August 28. Two Types of Cultural Adjustment, ChinaSource Blog, August 27. Two Key Lessons from a TCK Childhood, ChinaSource Blog, August […]
China’s Churches Reaching China’s Ethnic Minorities, Part 2
[…] and among the Gansu and Ningxia Muslims, and the ethnic minorities of Yunnan and Guizhou. He has been like an eagle who continuously glides in the skies, flying among groups of different peoples, different religions, and different cultures. At the same time, he has spent years equipping coworkers among the Miao people, the Wa […]
ZGBriefs | October 3, 2019
[…] in his hometown of Qufu (曲阜). Next stop: Croatia. Chinese travellers skip Hong Kong for niche destinations over National Day break (September 30, 2019, South China Morning Post) Chartered flights and niche destinations such as Croatia and Malta are growing in popularity as Hong Kong falls out of favour with mainland Chinese holidaymakers over the National […]
How to Learn a Language, Part 1
Criteria for Success
[…] stay there until breakfast the next day. We were sure she would be a wash-out. At the end of two years, she passed the language exam with flying colors! All that time she was highly motivated, afraid that she would fail the test. She became one of our most valuable associates, capable in her […]
Are You Ready? Again?
[…] that long lost, familiar feeling of bubbly excitement in my stomach. Suddenly my thoughts and my words were full of excitement and I felt like I was flying like a balloon up in the air. Just taking off. “I am dreaming again!” A feeling of great relief filled me. Sometimes we do want to […]
ZGBriefs | July 23, 2020
[…] ever that you can’t stereotype Chinese American churches any more than you can truly stereotype any other local body of believers. Bible Commentaries Banned in Online Christian Bookstores (July 20, 2020, China Christian Daily) Carol Bookstore, a 12-year-old online Christian bookstore broke the news of Bible commentary books banned on its Taobao platform on July […]
ZGBriefs | August 18, 2022
[…] 17, 2022, The Beijinger) When it comes to travel, most families would opt for the fastest way to get from point A to point B. That usually means flying by plane. But I’m here to share my family’s decision and experience taking the train from Beijing to Shanghai and back, and why this can be […]