China’s Migrant Population
...Legally speaking, these people need to register with the local authorities as “transient population” or “temporary residents”; few choose to do so because of the high administrative fee and the...
...Legally speaking, these people need to register with the local authorities as “transient population” or “temporary residents”; few choose to do so because of the high administrative fee and the...
...individual with some travel experience, such as having crossed a few county seats and districts, would surely win the respect and admiration of the local people. Running water, electric lights,...
...our understanding of China and her present reality, a “grand canyon” exists. On the one side are the cities of China with their famous millions riding buses and bicycles, commuting...
...communities, but one Chinese source stated that “the actual number is higher.”[23] This probably indicates that a number of groups had already been provisionally placed or marked for placement in...
...R. The Liberating Gospel in China. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995. Fu, Abu. “History on the Spreading of Christianity in Fugong.” Nujiang Wenshi Ziliao [Collection of Historical Materials...
The Liberating Gospel in China, The Christian Faith among China’s Minority Peoples, by Ralph R. Covell, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 1995. ISBN 0-8010-2595-8, $17.99 A review by Jim Ziervogel...
Spring Festival is a time for family reunions. Government officials from the Center to the local levels host a series of receptions and celebrations, inviting representatives from all walks of...
...repressive structures of control; however, the events in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 ended it. Since then, government policy at central and local levels has sought to restrict and...
...governments have worked together to ensure a smooth turn-over. Last May, a committee of prominent business and community leaders elected Edmund Ho, a local Chinese banker and businessman, to become...
...punish at the moment. China allows citizens in non-sensitive positions to join the “Three Self” government-monitored Christian church, which numbers about 14 million. The actual number of Christians, including the...
One World: Two Minds, Eastern and Western Outlooks in a Changing World by Denis Lane, OMF International-Canada, 5759 Coopers Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 1R9, 64pp. (paperback), ISBN 981-3009-71-1. Phone:...
...the number of local Chinese stations was quite limited, which enabled the overseas evangelical stations to easily avoid the frequencies used by the local stations. However, in recent years, the...