Summer Reading for 2020
...James Fenimore Cooper A fascinating adventure story, grounded in American history. As the French and Indian war rages, the two daughters of a British officer prepare to return home. But...
...James Fenimore Cooper A fascinating adventure story, grounded in American history. As the French and Indian war rages, the two daughters of a British officer prepare to return home. But...
...U.S. Airlines From Resuming Service, Transportation Department Charges (May 23, 2020, Skift) The U.S. government late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for U.S. airlines to...
...2020, The Points Guy) Delta Air Lines and United Airlines hope to resume flights to China in June, four months after they suspended service to the country during the early...
...her parents Theo and Olive Simpkin were working. This book is the extended biography of her parents and the family. Theo and Olive Simpkin served with the China Inland Mission...
...I’m usually positive about learning and teaching Chinese, but I sometimes also feel frustrated when I mix up two characters with the same pronunciation, but with subtly different meanings. But...
...a good look at what it took to get to the place they are today. As I met with them, one on one, I said that I had a few...
...As his book title suggests, Mann viewed the engagement myth as fundamentally flawed in its straight-line view of the West’s relationship with China. Reflecting on the years since Mann’s book...
...is not a book to be read in one sitting, however gripping the various accounts! Like so many of the books about China that recount the lives of ordinary people,...
...workers. Our first duty is to glorify his name, not our own. Can I Leave Now? (April 8, 2020, ChinaSource Blog) I am not naïve: this is what I signed up for,...
...visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits. The country is also limiting Chinese and foreign airlines to one flight per week, and flights must not be more than...
...Shanghai: One Month In (March 11, 2020, Sinosplice) I’ve been getting lots of questions from friends all over the world about how things are going in Shanghai (especially as the virus continues...
...how others in the China space answer the question, I reached out to a number of my friends in the China academic and ministry communities for their response to the...