Results for: guizhou
China’s Churches Reaching China’s Ethnic Minorities, Part 2
[…] regions, border regions, and among ethnic minorities for short term ministry. In the late 90s, he went to serve at the mountainous intersection of Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou provinces, among the Miao people, the Tujia people, and the Kam people. After that, he served in regions such as the Tibetan Plateau and the Xinjiang […]
Lessons from the Life of Samuel Pollard
[…] not lose sight of. The following article, published in the Gospel Times, is a summary of this sermon. One hundred years ago, Samuel Pollard passed away in Guizhou’s Shimenkan. This great missionary dedicated his life to the cause of the gospel in Yunnan and Guizhou, with a special focus on the Miao (Hmong) people. […]
ZGBriefs | September 3, 2020
[…] China said on Wednesday that Beijing would reopen to nine international flights from eight countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark, Austria, Sweden and Canada. Scenes From China’s Guizhou Province (September 2, 2020, The Atlantic) From remote hilltop Buddhist monasteries to ancient villages to the skyline of the capital city, Guiyang, gathered here are a few glimpses […]
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, May 29 Issue
[…] Incredible Spectacle of the Ten Miao Parade (May 27. 2014, Life on Nanchang Lu) Fiona Rielly, keeper of the blog Life on Nanchang Lu recently traveled to Guizhou to see the Sister's Meal Celebration put on by a Miao community: As part of the Sister's Meal Festival Celebrations, the Ten Miao Parade takes place […]
ZGBriefs | September 7, 2017
[…] kind of competition to see who has the most or the funniest. China keeps trying to ban officials from drinking (September 5, 2017, The World of Chinese) Guizhou is the latest province in China to institute a ban on official alcohol purchases for government employees, the move being particularly notable as Guizhou is the home of […]
May 29, 2014
[…] the Ten Miao Parade (May 27. 2014, Life on Nanchang Lu) As part of the Sister's Meal Festival Celebrations, the Ten Miao Parade takes place in Taijiang, Guizhou. Miao groups from ten different village areas – women, men and children, all in their best festival dress – dance and march through the streets to […]
ZGBriefs | October 27, 2016
[…] Trip Through Guiyang (October 26, 2016, The World of Chinese) One thousand and seventy-one meters above sea level in the downtown area, Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou Province, is probably one of the most geographically diverse cities in China. On the plateau, mountains, hills, basins, and terraces dot the urban environment. Here, skyscrapers […]
View From the Wall
Changes and Challenges
China after Joining the WTO
[…] skyscrapers filling the landscapes of Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. They see capitalism alive and well in the southeastern costal areas. They see severe poverty in Yunnan and Guizhou’s mountainous regions. They see huge numbers of unemployed workers in northeast China. They see Muslim antigovernment activities in northwestern China. How do you define China? How […]
ZGBriefs | July 12, 2018
[…] the number of scavengers declines and the amount of household waste rises. So the Chinese government is hoping to convince local residents to pick up the slack. Guizhou Pilots Carbon Offset Poverty Alleviation Program (July 10, 2018, Sixth Tone) Policymakers are hoping to kill two birds with one stone through a tree-planting program that endeavors to […]
ZGBriefs | September 22, 2022
[…] into a ditch, killing 27 people. “We Must Wake Up!” (September 20, 2022, China Media Project) As anger flared across Chinese social media yesterday following the deadly crash in Guizhou of a passenger bus transferring positive Covid cases, Gao Yu (高昱), the deputy executive editor and head of investigations at Caixin Media, posted a reflection on the tragedy […]