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The Three-fold Call of the Leader as Steward
[…] to know God more intimately each day. Pray for balance in your life as a reflection of God’s love for you. Pray for a peaceful and contented relationship to time, and the wisdom to invest it wisely in the work of building God’s kingdom. Image credit: Underground Church – Hainan by Surfing The Nations, on Flickr
ZGBriefs | March 24, 2016
[…] is an annual meeting of the who's who in China's political and economic circles, and most years it has been an opportunity to take in the balmy Hainan breeze, an escape from the end of the brutal Beijing winter. China Launches New “Three-in-One” Business License (March 23, 2016, China Briefing) The Chinese government has […]
ZGBriefs | December 10, 2020
[…] to someone else? Travel / Food China’s virus-free ‘Hawaii’ sees tourism boom (December 7, 2020, Al Jazeera) Millions of domestic tourists are descending on China’s southernmost island province of Hainan, presenting a surreal contrast to grim hospital scenes, shuttered restaurants and stifling home quarantine elsewhere in a virus-ravaged world. Known at home as the “Hawaii of […]
December 6, 2012
[…] Chinese taxpayers are hardly satisfied with their governments fiscal record.Surfing on crest of a wave in China (December 4, 2012, Reuters)A beginner paddles his surfboard out into Hainan Island’s warm waters wearing white gloves, a mask and snorkel. Another has his board back-to-front, while a woman wants to wear her leg rope like a […]
ZGBriefs | January 23, 2025
[…] and covering beaches in thick layers of jelly-like algae. The outbreak, fueled by warming seas and pollution, has spread across Guangdong, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Hainan. Arts / Entertainment / Media See You Again, the Hit Reality TV Series in China Helping to Destigmatise Divorce (January 15, 2025, The Guardian) The premise […]
June 26, 2014
[…] 2014, AFP)As top Communist leaders gathered in Beijing, veteran Chinese political activist He Depu was obliged to leave townfor an all-expenses-paid holiday to the tropical island of Hainan, complete with police escorts. It is an unusual method of muzzling dissent, but He is one of dozens of campaigners who rights groups say have been […]
ZGBriefs | April 1, 2021
[…] 28, 2021, The World of Chinese) The glittering nightlife and upscale resorts of Haitang Bay and Yalong Bay may seem like temples to everything materialistic and profane, but Hainan’s religious past shines through plenty of natural and cultural destinations on the island. Centuries of Buddhist and Daoist influence have left traces in statues, shrines, and […]
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China’s Minority Women
[…] watch. This sacrifice is a tradition observed by the oldest female in every family. As she prepares, she frets about Ermei who has gone to work in Hainan. Ermei assembles toys in a factory. Because the family had no money for school fees—and because educating a daughter who eventually will live with a husband’s […]
October 11, 2012
[…] and calls for democracy are alive on at least some Chinese university campuses. But during a question-and-answer session as part of a lecture Mr. Sima delivered at Hainan University on Sunday, one young man launched a multipronged attack on Mr. Simas ideology, according to a video of the incident widely circulated across Chinese-language websites. […]
From Trailblazer to Fellow Traveler
[…] classmate of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, met his wife (also from New York), in India on his way to China and went on to establish outposts on Hainan Island in the south. In another section entitled “Adventurers” we read about James Gilmour’s path-breaking work in Mongolia and the exploits of the CIM’s Mildred Cable […]