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Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] says to “work patiently and meticulously”) and should remember that religious believers are not enemies but that they share the same “fundamental political and economic interests” as non-religious people. Sinicization: A New Concept for “Nationalizing” Religions “Sinicization” or “making Chinese” is the big new concept that appears in Xi’s speech. Skeptics might ask, “Haven’t […]
China in the Mirror: Challenges and Realities
Reflections on China, Part 1: The Context in 2024
I first went to China in 1985, serving there until 2012. The level of surveillance and scrutiny of expatriates at that time was high… While the current ministry context, with highly technological surveillance tools, feels restrictive, it appears to be a change in method, rather than a change in concept. We have been here […]
Peoples of China
Understanding and Engaging with the Post-Eighties Generation
In China, the “post-eighties” denotes those who are were generally born during the 1980s. They are the earliest generation of those who became known in the West as the “Little Emperors” of China. Typically, they were raised in a family environment where all adults focused their attention on their only heir. R and J […]
Peoples of China
China’s Migrant Children
[…] compulsory education as a key issue in the National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020). Since the emergence of the family migration phenome non, restrictions under the hukou system4 have excluded migrant children from accessing public schools and other critical social services in the cities. Privately-run migrant schools thus emerged […]
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Change, Stasis and Opportunity
Exploring Chinas Developmental Trajectory
[…] hoping to use the service sector to create financially sustainable ministry models, the lack of strong demand will be a headwind for the indefinite future. Although the number of spots for college students has grown remarkably, those students are not receiving a good education and are not finding jobs upon graduation, except for those […]
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Saving China, Saving Ourselves: 1911–1965
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (2)
[…] the fact-filled dossiers, The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the United States (1908), and co-authored with Irish American Patrick J. Healy, A Statement for Non-Exclusion (1905). Judy Yung. Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco (Berkeley: University of California, 1995) and Unbound Voice: A Documentary History of […]
The Dream of a Beijing Father and Educator
[…] their child overseas for school even though they really don't want their young child to be away from them nd many struggle financially to support them. The number of overseas Chinese students increases every year, yet it is obvious that the majority of Chinese parents do not have the finances to send their child […]
The Value of Interdependence
[…] me. The harvest is all around us, and only together, engaged in God’s interdependent plan, can we bring it all in. Notes ^ New Song is a non-profit that partners with registered and unregistered Chinese churches and NGOs to equip local mentors/coaches/teachers to implement a unique biblically based, culturally relevant self-worth curriculum to children […]
Thanksgiving in Chengdu
[…] you know that it has rich food diversity—exotic mushrooms and tree funguses; greens of every shape and shade the likes of which are never seen in a Stop & Shop or Winn Dixie; unimaginable varieties of noodles made from flours, potatoes, or seaweed; and an assortment of odd snack foods like lobster-flavored potato chips, […]
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The Church’s Role with Returnees from China
[…] settings and grow to prefer it. Then, upon returning to one’s home country, it is frequently a return to a culturally monolithic community with a relatively small number of multicultural people. This is particularly true within the church. It is distressing to find friends and family in one’s home country to be more provincial […]