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Looking Ahead: Which China?

[…] middle class plays a key role, as does China's economic transition from a strong growth orientation, heavily dependent on manufacturing, to a more sustainable economy emphasizing the service and information sectors. For this scenario to play out the systemic urban/rural inequality enforced by China's household registration (hukou) system would need to be addressed. Chaos […]

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Twenty-five and Counting

[…] Studies, took on the challenge of managing the new publication and has served faithfully in that role ever since. Dona Diehl of the Evangelical Missions and Information Service (EMIS) designed the first issue and continues to lend her artistic touch to each one. During the past six years we have witnessed China’s entry into […]

Peoples of China

China’s Migrant Children

[…] Global Times, Feb 25, 2010. http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-02/507860.html 3If “left behind” children of migrant workers, who remain in the villages without parental care, are included in these statistics, the number rises to 30 million total migrant children in China, comprising 20% of the compulsory school-aged student population. “Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from […]

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Why Divorce Is on the Rise in China

According to a recent article in The Economist, marriage is alive and well in China. So is divorce. From 1994 to 2004 the number of couples divorcing per year more than doubled. China’s divorce rate now stands at 2.7 per thousand people; higher than European countries and fast approaching the United States, which is […]

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The Olympic Challenge

[…] any inquiry with a tired meiyou (meaning— “We don’t have it.”), today—“Welcome!” and “Can I help you?” are becoming more common phrases as Beijing moves toward a service-oriented culture. Newly built parks add color to what was once a very gray landscape, while overhead gigantic billboards proclaim China’s dream of hosting “the best Olympics […]

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Member Care Is Part of the Mission

[…] Tsai states in the conclusion to her article, “The well-being of missionaries is part of the mission.” It is our prayer that the articles in this issue will raise the profile of this vital service to God’s servants, prompting deeper discussion and sparking new practical efforts to prepare and to come alongside those being sent.

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Partnering with Churches in China

Toward a New Paradigm

[…] Chinese brothers and sisters are praying for them as well. Sharing Experiences Christians in China are launching into new areas such as education, marriage and family ministry, service to their communities, and reaching non-Chinese both domestically and beyond China’s borders. In many cases there are no experienced leaders to guide these new ventures. While […]

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A Second Look at China’s Urbanization

[…] planning official in Shanghai’s Pudong area, social change in these new cities takes place in three stages, all three of which have obvious implications for witness and service in urban China. Urbanization itself is the process of creating the environment in which hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people will live and work. […]

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China’s Next War?

[…] look at this map.)   At the speed at which China is adding new cars on the road (China added more cars last year than the total number plying its roads in 1999 .) and building new coal-fired power plants the future looks bleak. Even worse is the situation with the water. So much […]

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Skills No Longer Needed

[…] that they do not belong in this multicultural society. When in a park, being aware at every moment of who is near my children and whether their phone is pointing at them. At the same time, monitoring the pulse of my children’s stress levels. Do they notice the attention on them and, today, do […]