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ZGBriefs | August 19, 2021

Shanghai Bans English Exams Amid Calls For Less English Teaching (August 12, 2021, Radio Free Asia) Authorities in Shanghai have canceled primary school English exams in a bid to lighten the burden on children and parents, amid growing calls for English to be de-emphasized in China's state schools.

Blog Entries

Lighting the Future: A Candle in the Dark, Part 2

More Stories from Chinese Christian Families

Hearing the incredible stories from both the children and their parents, I feel I understand why the Chinese church is once again facing severe oppression… This implicit self-exodus happening in China seems to embody God’s mercy and unfailing love. Without this persecution and oppression, we would undoubtedly lose our children forever; under the communist schemes, our children would be brainwashed and become poorly educated rebels against the truth.

Chinese Christian Voices

Your Freedom Is Not My Kind of Freedom

Only by accepting Jesus can we know the truth and accept the truth, and only then can we be free, and live above the law and under grace. If we do not…accept the freedom of Jesus but continue living in the so-called freedom under the law, then we are simply taking joy in our sin.

Chinese Christian Voices

Churches in China Prepare for the New Year

The first day of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is next week. Churches in China have been busy preparing for the holiday. These two articles from <em>China Christian Daily</em> tell of three churches that prepared and distributed free New Year couplets to bless their congregations and proclaim God’s love.

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ZGBriefs | April 13, 2017

[…] 1 — than in any single season since when it was first discovered in humans four years ago. That worries lab director Guan Yi. But what disturbs him more is how fast this strain is evolving. "We're trying our best, but we still can't control this virus," says Guan. "It's too late for us to eradicate it."</p>

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ZGBriefs | May 12, 2022

A Teacher in China Learns the Limits of Free Expression (May 9, 2022, The New Yorker) How had the country experienced so much social, economic, and educational change while its politics remained stagnant?

Lead Article

The Resolve of a Commoner

Some Reflections on China’s Catholics Today

[…] for the dignity and rights of all” in the city, and voicing hope that “social life, and especially religious life, may be expressed in full and true freedom.” Vatican diplomats privately expressed puzzlement at the pope’s decision.6 Procession for the Chrism Mass in Beijing, Easter 2024 Disputes, denunciations, and divisions continue to saturate public […]

Blog Entries

Prayer First

Sometimes God keeps graciously nudging our hearts as we pray, gifting us discomfort or a lack of peace until we make things right. Thank God for this nudging so our hearts can be set free, and relationships set right.

Editorials

Whose Zhongguohua Is It Anyway?

Five Voices on Contemporary Sinicization Debates

[…] Formation</em>, ed. Mayfair Mei-hui Yang (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), 155-178. Dylan Schexnaydre, “Sinicization of Religion: China’s Coercive Religious Policy,” United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, September 2024, accessed January 25, 2025, <a href="https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20China%20Factsheet%20Sinicization.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20China%20Factsheet%20Sinicization.pdf</a>. This focus echoes the official line of recent years. Cf. “Xi Stresses Developing Religions in […]

Events

China’s First Christians

Who Were They and What Can We Learn from Them?

Join us on March 20, 2025, in the Twin Cities for Dr. Glen Thompson’s lecture on China’s earliest Christians, their history, and lessons for today. Free and open to all!