...harassed just because they're Christians), and [b] initiated by local, not the central, authorities. In this one, it appears that greedy local authorities won't give a local church the land...
...is hard to know whether the numbers are accurate. However, I believe that even if the number of Christian volunteers is only 50,000, this number has symbolic significance. Moreover, in...
...is becoming. China local government debt surges by 70% (December 30, 2013, BBC) China has local government debts of 17.7 trillion yuan ($2.9tn), up 70% from three years ago, according...
...to enjoy the same rights to education as local children, according to the municipal government. Under the new policy, the children of migrant laborers who have obtained temporary residence permits...
...control legal institutions. Meanwhile, public discontent has grown, fed by widening economic inequality, widespread corruption, official arbitrariness, land theft by local governments, looseness of Party discipline, the rise of privileged...
...acquire a global stature corresponding to its self-image. China to judge local governments by their debt: Xinhua (December 9, 2013, Reuters) China will soon rate the performance of local governments...
...the city only one is experiencing pressure from the local authorities. This leader does not feel that the relationship with the local police or other officials is important; rather, it...
...York Times, Urbanites Flee China’s Smog for Blue Skies goes a bit further, however, and writes about a growing number of urbanites who are leaving the cities permanently to escape...
...28, 2013, BBC) Sina Weibo ranks its users by both popularity (number of followers) and online influence (level of activity, combined with the number of active followers and the number...
The development of Christianity in China over the past thirty years has been extraordinary both in terms of number of followers and influence. The official figure for the number of...
...seminary, a regional seminary or a local Bible school, all under government authority. After a successful examination, his application passes from the local official church pastor to the provincial Protestant...
...Moreover, the policy was formulated and imposed on the population after China had already achieved most of its modern fertility decline, with the number of children expected for each couple...