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The Marketization of China’s Education

[…] services. This reflects the changing values of China’s people as decentralization results in greater reliance on individuals and market forces.  Sources Beech, Hannah. “Lesson Unlearned.” Time Asia Online 155 (10) March 13, 2000: www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0313/china.education.html Bezlova, Antoaneta. “Education yet to make the grade in rural China.” Asia Times Online January 13, 2001: www.atimes.com/china/BA13Ado1.html Boon, Say […]

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Helping Chinese Families Prepare for Birth

I am a Dutch lactation consultant (IBCLC) with a background in nursing (I did a BSc in nursing in The Netherlands) and midwifery (I graduated from the School of Midwifery in Bedford, UK). I have worked with expectant and new mothers since 1992 in the UK, The Netherlands, and in China. Together with my […]

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Where East Meets West

[…] Coopers Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 1R9, 64pp. (paperback), ISBN 981-3009-71-1.  Phone: 905568-9971. U.S. $3.75 and Canadian $4.50 plus postage. Reviewed by Wright Doyle The value of brand names is that they elicit confidence.  I trust that a car made by Toyota will perform well, if properly maintained. The same goes for authors:  any […]

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Globalization and House Churches in China

[…] wai and traffic would come to a standstill. Today, the “foreigner” walking the same street is likely a young Chinese with dyed golden hair wearing a foreign- brand jacket. Without question, globalization has influenced China’s house churches in positive ways. It has: Gained dual channels of spiritual resources: From the late 70s, the overseas […]

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Is Christianity a “Chinese” Religion?

[…] Dominican missionaries operated with increasing freedom until an Edict of Toleration was issued by the emperor. Beginning in 1807, Protestant missionaries traveled to China to spread their brand of Christianity. They have grown since then to number in the tens of millions, as we shall see. Thus, believers in Jesus Christ have been preaching […]

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Seven Reasons Chinese is Becoming Easier to Learn

[…] of accomplished Chinese people who do not speak English. Ways to practice Chinese are multiplying. More foreigners than ever are studying Chinese in China, but the inter net has made it possible for students of Chinese to experience China without having to travel there. Watch video clips on youku.com, China's youtube, scan the news, […]

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How Should Chinese Urban Churches Organize Themselves?

[…] Therefore, the debate of whether it is better to meet in smaller groups in homes or to gather together in a larger venue. In addition, there is also debate about whether individual home-based congregations should join together in larger networks. This article will examine the question of a proper place for Christians to meet together.

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A Pinyin Opinion

I am frequently asked for advice on how to learn Chinese. My answer always includes a pitch for perfecting pinyin. (Pinyin is a system which romanizes Chinese Characters, whereby is rendered nihao.)

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The “New” New HSK: Suddenly So Significant

"Cataclysmic" is how I describe the impact I foresee of the recent decision of Beijing's educational establishment to allow HSK test takers to type instead of write. "HSK" stands for hanyu shuiping kaoshi (). Beginning in 1992, the HSK tests Chinese proficiency just as the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) tests English proficiency. Revised […]

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#Pinyin Perfect

As a Chinese teacher, I feel like I am at war. The enemy is a voice in the back of my students' minds repeating "you can't do this." If they quit, the battle is lost.