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Following the Footprints of Early Missionaries to Yunnan (1)
[…] eighty years ago by American missionary Isobel Kuhn, I was moved by her picturesque life. However, when we traveled almost halfway across China, dragging our exhausted bodies, breaking through layers of pandemic barriers, and finally arrived in front of this dilapidated hut, everything seemed totally different than we expected. The small wooden hut was […]
China Ministry and Transformational Development (2)
The End of an Era?
During the week of October 7, 2021, three months’ worth of rain fell on the typically arid plains of central Shanxi. This record- breaking downpour swelled rivers, leading to burst dikes along the Yellow River and extensive flooding of local fields and reservoirs. According to official media, the heavy rainfall in Shanxi affected 1,757,100 […]
Café Encounters
[…] Chinese soil, and humbly place yourself alongside everyday urban residents racked with the inarticulate ache for life. . . Then amidst a society increasingly strained to the breaking point, you will find the harvest that awaits you as white as it has ever been. For more on the current situation for expatriates wanting to […]
The Earliest Chinese Christianity Brought Back to Life
Readers will not only be equipped with the fascinating history of Jingjiao, which helps overcome the anti-Christian narrative that Christianity was brought into China by European and American colonial imperialists. Christians and missionaries in various global cultural contexts will also benefit from this book by learning from the Church of the East missionaries’ creative […]
The Milk Powder Crisis as a Christian Spiritual Lesson
[…] In March, the government of Hong Kong announced that it would limit the amount of milk powder that could be taken out of the territory. From a BBC report on April 8, 2013: Authorities in Hong Kong also introduced restrictions in February to prevent shortages, banning travellers from leaving the territory with more than […]
Now You See it, Now You Don’t
Last week as the Internet in the US was melting, thanks to a dress and a couple of llamas, Chinese netizens were gripped by an online documentary that was going viral. The video, titled Under the Dome, is a hard-hitting look at the effects of pollution in China. It was posted on February 28, and […]
Two Meetings, Three Hands
Some things just don’t translate well from Chinese into English. Take, for example the annual government meetings that are taking place in Beijing this week. In Chinese the meetings are referred to as Liang Hui (两会), which literally means “two meetings” (sometimes also translated as “sessions”). Using such a term in English to describe a conference, […]