ZGBriefs | June 25, 2020
...American who grew up with mainly white Americans, I thought I was thoroughly American until I served as a cross-cultural worker in Asia. In Asia I experienced a lot of...
...American who grew up with mainly white Americans, I thought I was thoroughly American until I served as a cross-cultural worker in Asia. In Asia I experienced a lot of...
...Being Chinese? (November 17, 2025, Chinese Christian Voices) Since leaving my hometown of Shanghai, I’ve traveled to many places. I’ve met a Canadian who speaks fluent Shanxi dialect, considers himself...
...an essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Beijing resident Ian Johnson. He described the new book to the Beijinger by email from Berlin. Take Language Learning Seriously: A Book Recommendation (July 16, 2021, ChinaSource Blog)...
...American churches might pass the Christian faith to the next generation. In my suggestions towards reaching American-born Chinese (ABC) or second-generation Chinese, I will highlight the tensions of living in...
When I was a teenager, I wondered why my American friends would brag about disobeying their parents—at home or in public. I sometimes disagreed with my parents, but I would...
...a meaningful addition to the familial or racial identity. I believe this cultural dimension is critical for understanding Tsang’s summarized factors that contribute to the progressing Chinese American evangelicalism. As...
...one part of a larger picture; every culture and community has unique ways of expressing the connection between God and a creative life. The Asian American experience is no exception....
...South China Morning Post) When Li Wenxi, a Beijing book store worker traveled to Shanxi province in December to help local Christians open a new book store in the capital...
Spiritual Formation in the Wider Sense When I was a young Christian, I was told by a well-respected pastor and seminary teacher that there are two views on the composition...
In a post last summer, I wrote about Jennifer Lin’s book, Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family: When a Catholic Chinese-American journalist discovers that her grandfather...
...are you here? Are you married? Why not? I will be honest and say that how I answer that last question often depends on my mood. Sometimes I just say...
...learn a great deal about driving and village life in Book I; education, hospitals, and small-town politics in Book II; and business and economic development in Book III. Hesssler includes...