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Striving toward the Chinese Century

[…] within us to effectively answer the above challenges.  Notes ^ The Economist, “A Survey of Global Economy,” October 1, 1994. ^ John K. Chang, Industrial Development in Pre-Communist China, Aldine, Chicago, 1969. ^ Rong-Hong Lin, Too Highbrow to be Popular: Ze-Chen Chao’s Biography and Theology, Hong Kong,China Graduate School of Theology, 1994, p. 161. […]

ZGBriefs

ZGBriefs | January 25, 2018

<p><strong>How China Plans to Feed 1.4 Billion Growing Appetites</strong> (February 2018, <em>National Geographic</em>) As more Chinese crave Western-style diets, the booming nation rushes to industrialize an agricultural economy long built around small farms.</p>

Chinese Christian Voices

Have We Failed Returnee Christians? (Part 1)

<p>The number of Chinese Christians continues to grow, both inside and outside of China. As large numbers of Chinese move and travel abroad, particularly to the West, many encounter Christianity for the first time. Many of these Chinese come to faith while abroad. After living abroad, Chinese Christians often have trouble transitioning into church life […]

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ZGBriefs | August 31, 2023

Measuring Religion in China: Christianity (August 30, 2023, Pew Research Center) There is a range of estimates for the number of Christians in China, partly because different researchers use varying sources and methods, and partly because some analyses make adjustments to account for limitations in survey and government data.

Blog Entries

A Chinese Christian Exodus?

Due to a number of monumental changes in politics, economy, and society in mainland China over the past decade, Chinese emigration has apparently been accelerating steadily…. What caught our attention is the very obvious and strong presence of Christians in ongoing emigration from China. A couple of unofficial estimates put the percentage of Christians…at 15-20%.

Chinese Christian Voices

Evangelism, Reformed Theology, and Church Life, Part 1

<p>A growing movement of churches attracted to the Reformed faith is gaining steam in China. Although still comparatively small in number, these churches and several of their prominent leaders are gaining influence among Christians across China. This article, originally published in the journal <em>ChurchChina</em>, provides hard data on how Reformed theology has impacted the evangelistic efforts […]

Book Reviews

America for Americans

A Book Review

In her book, Lee examines the ways xenophobia manifests itself, and how it has been directed at specific groups of immigrants throughout American history. From the pre-Revolutionary War period to the Muslim Ban of 2017, this book points out that the fear of foreigners manifests contemporary social, political, and economic anxieties.

Book Reviews

Listening to the Heart

A Book Review

<p><em>Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China </em>by Leslie T. Chang. Picador, 2010, ISBN-10: 033044736X, ISBN-13: 978-0330447362; 320 pages; paper $10.88; Kindle edition $11.99 at Amazon. (Note: Various editions are available with a slightly different title, dates of publication and number of pages.)</p> <p><em>Reviewed by Andrea Klopper</em></p>

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Mainland Chinese on the African Continent

<p>Every year, China does $10 billion worth of trade with Africaand this continues to increase. Thus, the continent, and especially South Africa, is drawing a large number of Mainland Chinese. Who are these Chinese and what are their situations? Who is trying to reach them with the Gospel and what challenges do they face […]

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ZGBriefs | January 7, 2016

[…] stick are the people who live in the areas giving up their water, who, without choosing to have had to leave their homes, find new work, leave behind the comforts of community and family, and fathom how their lives fit into the grand and ambitious plans their leaders have devised to solve a nation’s problems.</p>