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Chinese Christian Voices

A Closer Look at the China Religion Survey

[…] not provide any type of retirement insurance for their clergy, and 26% of places of worship did not purchase health insurance for clergy. ‪Regarding the issue of tickets for entry (to temples and other religious sites) there seems to be a significant gap between reality and the criticisms made by the media and public, […]

Chinese Christian Voices

Chinese Churches Celebrate Holy Week

[…] how Holy Week is celebrated in China. Holy Week has arrived the various ways the Chinese Church contemplates Jesus sufferings and prepares for Easter Beginning with Palm Sunday, Christians worldwide have formally entered into the last seven days before Easter – Holy Week. During this week, churches all over China and all over the […]

Supporting Article

The Challenges and Strategies of Returnee Ministry in the New Era

[…] Abroad, released by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), the return of Chinese students has accelerated significantly over the past decade. From 2000 to 2019, the number of returnees increased from 9,000 to 580,300, with the return rate in 2019 reaching 82.5 percent. The pandemic and changes in international relations further boosted the […]

ZGBriefs

September 26, 2013

[…] The New York Times) Just five years after Chinas high-speed rail system opened, it is carrying nearly twice as many passengers each month as the countrys domestic airline industry. With traffic growing 28 percent a year for the last several years, Chinas high-speed rail network will handle more passengers by early next year than […]

View From the Wall

When Can I Go Home?

Caring for China's Homeless Children

[…] nonexistent. Falling victim to scams or discrimination, being yelled at or chased away are all commonplace occurrences. They fend for themselves by begging, collecting trash, working as cheap labor or even committing petty crimes. In the shadow of skyscrapers, they barely survive. They are the “homeless children.” The term “homeless children” is controversial in […]

Articles

Policy, Implementation, and Shifting Official Perceptions of the Church in China

[…] In any given week, somewhere in China, urban believers are holding services in rented office buildings, hundreds of unofficial Bible schools are offering classes, children are attending Sunday schools and youth meetings, books containing all kinds of Christian content are sold openly in bookstores across the country, businesses are conducting chapel services for their […]

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ZGBriefs | December 5, 2019

<p><strong>Expat Wrestling Season: The internal clash between staying and going</strong>  (December 3, 2019, <em>The Culture Blend</em>)<br /> It’s here again. Wrestling season. For the expats. Here’s the backstory . . . for the rest of you. Expats don’t stay forever. We come and go. </p>

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ZGBriefs

March 5, 2015

[…] Kong Rally in Support of China (August 17, 2014, The New York Times) Tens of thousands of people marched under a blistering sun in Hong Kong on Sunday to express their opposition to a pro-democracy movement that has threatened to bring Asias biggest financial center to a standstill if the government does not open […]

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China’s Pentecostal Churches

Changing Times, New Approaches

New religious regulations implemented in 2018 have caused churches to be shut down and foreign workers to leave. The author addresses developments in church networks and the emergence of churches with a Pentecostal identity.

ZGBriefs

October 18, 2012

[…] Out of China (October 15, 2012, Wall Street Journal)China, once a catch basin for the world’s money, is now watching cash stream out. Wealthy Chinese citizens are buying beachfront condos in Cyprus, paying big U.S. tuition bills for their children and stocking up on luxury goods in Singapore, frequently moving cash secretly through a […]