ZGBriefs | September 15, 2016
...York Times) Fewer Chinese people are getting married, a shift with profound implications for China’s economic and social life. The decline in marriages means a decline in the number of...
...York Times) Fewer Chinese people are getting married, a shift with profound implications for China’s economic and social life. The decline in marriages means a decline in the number of...
Last week we posted the first part of an interview with a rural pastor that was published on the mainland site Christian Times. The topic of the conversation was models...
...ChinaSource has added a number of publications. Some continue to be published today (ZGBriefs, Chinese Church Voices, and From the West Courtyard (the ChinaSource blog); others were useful for a...
...supChina) In China, if the price of a mobile phone from Apple, Nokia or Samsung isn’t to your liking, you can pay much less for a “Hi-Phone” or get yourself...
...now diverse and increasing dramatically. The annual number of overseas students quadrupled over ten years and reached 523,700 in 2015.[1] In recent years, the number of Chinese students returning home...
...they will have a network of support to transition into local churches back in China. Partnership in the Gospel Local British and Chinese churches, English-speaking and Mandarin-speaking student ministries, all...
...at a local church and think, “I don’t need you,” or “I don’t belong with you.” “In Christ,” returnee believers form one body with local Christians of all kinds. Church...
...They told us that sending kids to the local school would help them learn the language quickly and to make many local friends. When our daughter was born, we planned...
...according to the Zhongmin Social Assistance Institute under the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "This is obviously a huge number and a social issue we cannot afford to ignore," Wang Zhikun,...
...advanced digital ecosystem with applications that rival the capabilities of systems in use elsewhere. For China’s Christians, pervasive cell phone coverage and the connectivity of the internet have fostered a...
...protecting children, and fighting leprosy. These individuals were also active in local church life, some helping to establish local churches. 2. How did you decide which stories to include? We...
...state-owned enterprises controlled by the central government. But an even greater impediment to his power is an age-old one: local authority. This is reflected in a popular saying that refers...