...74%—internet penetration rates in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong. 201 million—number of internet users in rural areas 469 million—number of internet users who make mobile online payments 3 trillion—the combined market...
Joann Pittman
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May 15, 2017
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Ideas
...accurate to think of them as a way for China to subvert American higher education. And, without greater vigilance by American universities, this is precisely what they will accomplish. 50-year-old...
Joann Pittman
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May 11, 2017
...November of 2004. I was flying from Beijing to Kashgar via Urumqi, and due to a snowstorm in the city our flight was diverted to Dunhuang. After a brief stay...
Joann Pittman
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May 8, 2017
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Resources
...return home). With only one phone in the village, the highlight for every child is when they hear their name yelled from the local convenience store to come and pick...
Hannah Lau
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May 5, 2017
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Resources
...West Courtyard) How can a shrinking generation of experienced China workers serve a growing number of Christian leaders who themselves have become increasingly entrepreneurial? Getting Bibles into the hands of...
Joann Pittman
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May 4, 2017
Sensei, I used to think that writing could be a means of attaining redemption, but when the play was finished, instead of lessening, my feelings of guilt actually grew more...
BJ Arthur
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April 28, 2017
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Resources
...operational by 2020. China jails American businesswoman for spying (April 26, 2017, CNN) A Chinese court has convicted an American businesswoman of spying, sentencing her to three and a half...
Joann Pittman
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April 27, 2017
...to receive financial support. But making financial needs known in the present context can be difficult. I received a phone call earlier this week from one of our medical teammates...
Si Shi (四石)
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April 21, 2017
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Stories
...to support ZGBriefs. Featured Article American students lose interest in China studies (April 15, 2017, Nikkei Asian Review) Though China looms ever larger in U.S. economic and security concerns, American...
Joann Pittman
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April 20, 2017
Chinese Christians feel God calling them to long-term mission service. Attrition rates of Chinese missionaries are high, however, and a number of difficulties (including finances) hinder Chinese missionary sending. As...
GJ, Si Shi (四石)
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...being dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight with a bloodied nose. The topic, #UnitedAirlinesforcespassengeroffplane, has held strong as a top trending topic over the last two days on Weibo, China's answer to Twitter....
Joann Pittman
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April 13, 2017
...States. The country gave me the chance to think and feel like an American. Here, I was taught to be curious; I learned that asking questions is often more fulfilling...
Joann Pittman
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April 6, 2017