Peeking beneath the Surface
...anyone working in China or with Chinese. It makes Chinese culture more accessible. So, I return to where I started. The freshness of this book lies in the fact that...
...anyone working in China or with Chinese. It makes Chinese culture more accessible. So, I return to where I started. The freshness of this book lies in the fact that...
...graduates indicating that alternative methods of financing higher education, such as scholarships, student loans, and work-study programs, need to be further developed. The condition of Chinese education in many remote...
...was a static event and memorization was the key to success. Consequently, becoming a “book worm” and memorizing everything became the only option in education. This feudal educational system was...
...process of change will be highly complex, even chaotic at times. We need to look beyond the superficial headlines about China as a threat to U.S. interests and see both...
...sent to the U.S. to gain new values as well as advanced degrees. Confusion, corruption, and the need for hope and loving communities are pushing people to look along religious...
...tragic incident in Belgrade, they understand the need for cooperation instead of confrontation. Their policies toward the U.S. will be firm, but not aggressive. New Chinese leaders all see reunification...
...likely to expand in China. Overall I liked the book, although it is quite academic. It fills an important gap in the English language literature on the new generation of...
...light of these challenges, Christians in the West first need to figure out the essence of their Christian faith. They need to be more sensitive in their approach and more...
A recent visitor to the Mu’en Three Self church of Shanghai confided, “Gosh, I didn’t expect it to be so Western—not after hearing them say they were an indigenous church.”...
...While Western evangelicals have had difficulty with some of the liberal theological positions Ding has espoused over the years, I, as an evangelical, believe his recent book brings out some...
...truth. It addresses many of the questions I have heard from intellectuals from the PRC and Taiwan, and I believe that educated Chinese will find it useful in answering common...
...need to have realistic expectations of our staff and systems and know the limits of both. We first need to ask what is at stake. What would be the consequences...