...being dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight with a bloodied nose. The topic, #UnitedAirlinesforcespassengeroffplane, has held strong as a top trending topic over the last two days on Weibo, China's answer to Twitter....
Joann Pittman
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April 13, 2017
...Brent commented on the news that a number of foreign NGOs have successfully completed the registration process. While some have registered, the process has not been easy: These developments have...
ChinaSource Team
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April 19, 2017
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Resources
Chinese Christians feel God calling them to long-term mission service. Attrition rates of Chinese missionaries are high, however, and a number of difficulties (including finances) hinder Chinese missionary sending. As...
GJ, Si Shi (四石)
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April 20, 2017
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Ideas
...to receive financial support. But making financial needs known in the present context can be difficult. I received a phone call earlier this week from one of our medical teammates...
Si Shi (四石)
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April 21, 2017
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Stories
...always includes a book review pertinent to the theme of that issue. Check here for all those book reviews—going all the way back to the first issue in 1999! Moving...
Joann Pittman
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April 24, 2017
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Scholarship
...domestic political needs, especially in conjunction with internal power struggles. Book Cousins (April 26, 2017, The Messy Middle) You may wonder what a book cousin is. Come near and I will tell...
Joann Pittman
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April 27, 2017
...serves as a portion of the introduction to Book Five of Frog, a novel in five parts, written by Nobel laureate, Mo Yan. Frog is a rich amalgam of biography,...
BJ Arthur
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April 28, 2017
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Resources
...West Courtyard) How can a shrinking generation of experienced China workers serve a growing number of Christian leaders who themselves have become increasingly entrepreneurial? Getting Bibles into the hands of...
Joann Pittman
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May 4, 2017
...return home). With only one phone in the village, the highlight for every child is when they hear their name yelled from the local convenience store to come and pick...
Hannah Lau
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May 5, 2017
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Resources
...November of 2004. I was flying from Beijing to Kashgar via Urumqi, and due to a snowstorm in the city our flight was diverted to Dunhuang. After a brief stay...
Joann Pittman
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May 8, 2017
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Resources
...PRI) Over the past couple of decades, the number of Chinese who call themselves spiritual adherents has shot up; now, about one-third of all Chinese self-identify as belonging to a religion. The...
Joann Pittman
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May 11, 2017
...74%—internet penetration rates in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong. 201 million—number of internet users in rural areas 469 million—number of internet users who make mobile online payments 3 trillion—the combined market...
Joann Pittman
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May 15, 2017
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Ideas