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Rural Urbanization in China
<p>The phrase “rural urbanization,” at first glance, appears to be an oxymoron. Yet it is an apt phrase to describe what has been happening in China, especially in the eastern regions, over the past two decades. </p>
ZGBriefs | June 8, 2017
[…] /> The making of Harbin is like no other Chinese city. In 1898, Russian engineers and workers from both Russia and China came to build the Chinese Eastern Railway. They were soon followed by Russian Jews fleeing pogroms, and then aristocrats driven out by the Bolshevik Revolution and White Russian troops seeking refuge after […]
ZGBriefs | June 4, 2015
<h2></h2> <p><strong>Scenes From China's Yangtze River Disaster</strong> (June 2, 2015, <em>The Atlantic</em>)<br /> A passenger ship named Dongfangzhixing ( Eastern Star) carrying 458 people, including 406 Chinese passengers, 5 travel agency workers and 47 crew members, sank on Monday night in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in China. According to officials 15 people […]
New Report Highlights Roots of Religious Persecution in China
[…] The increase comes as no surprise, as 2014 was marked by a wave of attacks on church buildings, particularly in the city of Wenzhou and around the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang. The general social tightening that has come to characterize President Xi Jinping’s rule contributed to the pressure on religious believers, as did […]
Book Reviews
Where East Meets West
<p><em>One World: Two Minds, Eastern and Western Outlooks in a Changing World </em>by Denis Lane, </p> <p><em>Reviewed by Wright Doyle</em></p>
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Introducing Modern Chinese Education
<p>Following a brief overview of the history of China’s educational system, the authors compare underlying Eastern and Western worldviews and then the practical implications these have for expatriates teaching in China.</p>
Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Chinese Church
<p>In recent years, some churches in China have begun to think about and become more involved in cross-cultural ministry among China’s ethnic minorities. In August the Mainland site Gospel Times published an article about efforts by some churches in eastern and northeastern China to establish churches in minority areas. </p>
ZGBriefs | June 27, 2024
In China, Even Stanford Grads Are Fighting for Civil Service Jobs (June 19, 2024, <em>Sixth Tone</em>) China’s intense competition for civil service jobs appeared to hit new heights this week after it emerged that a world top university’s graduate had chosen to take a job with an obscure township government in the eastern Anhui province.
ZGBriefs | September 28, 2017
<p>The Fast-Fading Memories of Harbin’s Migrant History (September 26, 2017, Sixth Tone)<br /> The construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway saw the arrival of a wave of Russian immigrants in northeastern China. At first, most were rail workers and their families, but later, merchants who had caught wind of the enormous commercial potential raced to open […]
Keep Praying for MH
<p>On July 17, a Malaysian Airlines flight travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot out of the skies over eastern Ukraine. 298 souls perished. In the days following, many Christians took to Weibo to express their condolences. We have translated a few of those posts below.</p>