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ZGBriefs | November 17, 2016
[…] Commission said the Chinese Communist Party has used state-backed enterprises as the primary economic tool to advance and achieve its national security objectives. China's most-wanted economic fugitive Yang Xiuzhu surrenders (November 16, 2016, BBC) A woman who Beijing named as its most-wanted economic fugitive has returned to China after 13 years on the run. […]
ZGBriefs | May 18, 2023
[…] a prominent rights activist to eight years in jail on subversion charges in what he said was a “score-settling” punishment for his two decades of rights advocacy. Yang Maodong, who goes by the pen name Guo Feixiong, was sentenced on Thursday by the Guangzhou intermediate people’s court for “inciting subversion of state power,” his […]
3 Questions: Sinicization or Chinafication?
[…] communities. The good folks at China Law Translate have posted a translation of all 41 articles. You can read it here. I recently reached out to Professor Yang Fenggang, who heads the Center for Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University, to ask him for his thoughts and insight on these new regulations. I posed […]
ZGBriefs | June 2, 2016
[…] Lixian Church, located in Panjin, Liaoning province launched a series of daily video devotionals called “Life Manna.” (生命吗哪) Each episode lasts three to four minutes, with Elder Yang Lijun presenting the devotional. Death of Henan Pastor’s Wife Points to Nationwide Problem (June 1, 2016, From the West Courtyard) If there are parallels between the […]
Is Christianity a “Chinese” Religion?
[…] and Stacey Bieler, Editors, Chinese Intellectuals and the Gospel (Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 1999). 7For conversions to Christianity by Chinese living in North America, see Fenggang Yang, Chinese Christians in America: Conversion, Assimilation, and Adhesive Identities (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania University Press, 1999). 8Jonathan Fenby, Chiang Kai-shek: China’s Generalissimo and the Nation He […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for May 24, 2012
[…] who launched an online tirade against “foreign trash” has sought to temper his words after calls for overseas guests to boycott his show. In the diatribe by Yang Rui, published on the popular Sina Weibo service, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, he described a recently expelled journalist as a “foreign bitch” and praised police […]
ZGBriefs | November 12, 2015
[…] at home in the “Chocolate City”: an exploration of place-making practices and structures of belonging amongst Africans in Guangzhou (Taylor & Francis Online) Events Chinese Propaganda Posters 1949-1979, By Yang Peiming Of Shanghai’s Propaganda Art Museum (China Rhyming) What: “Nov.14 Rasbj Talk: Chinese Propaganda Posters 1949-1979 By Yang Peiming Of Shanghai’s Propaganda Art Museum When: Saturday November 14th 4:00pm-7:00 Pm Image credit: Oxfam International, via […]
ZGBriefs | July 14, 2022
[…] cases severely restricted, is it possible that there are provinces where Protestant Christianity or Catholic Christianity are the predominant religions? According to research conducted by Professor Fengang Yang, director of The Center for Religion and the Global East, the answer is yes. This is just one of the fascinating pieces of information that Professor […]
“Shrewd as Snakes”?
In this reprint from Christianity Today, Professor Fenggang Yang explores the wisdom and shrewdness of Chinese Christians as they navigate religious repression, drawing from Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 10:16 and reflecting the cultural significance of the snake in Chinese tradition. As we mark the Year of the Snake, we hope this article encourages our […]
October 24, 2013
[…] to relent when it comes to calling for the rule of law, adherence to the constitution, or an end to abuses of power. RELIGION Q. and A.: Yang Fenggang on the Oxford Consensus and Public Trust in China (October 18, 2013, Sinosphere) In late August, two dozen Chinese public intellectuals from four of the countrys […]