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Jingjiao—Not Nestorian
[…] to the East from Oxford University Press, 2022). Rather than disparaging this early church, we ought to be thanking God for it. Rather than looking for heresy between the lines, we ought to rejoice in the Christian witness that the stele and documents show existed in seventh- and eighth-century China. The name “Nestorian” has […]
The Long History of Government Oversight and China’s Church
[…] neither harm nor help another man. Nor indeed is it the business of religion to compel religious worship, for that ought to be done of a person’s free will, and not by force” (To Scapula 2). By the early fourth century, Christianity had become legal in the empire, and by the end of the […]
Creating a Truly Chinese Church
[…] is general agreement from all sides that a truly Chinese church is the goal, there is still little agreement on what that means in practice. Is it better if a church choir does not use Western style robes and sing only hymns whose words and melodies are composed by Chinese Christians? Is a distinctly […]
ZGBriefs | May 2, 2024
Visa- free policies alone will not revive China’s inbound tourism (April 30, 2024, East Asia Forum) The decline in China's inbound tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns, leading to the expansion of its 15-day visa-free travel policy to incentivise tourist visits. But further efforts, such as improving travel convenience, addressing structural […]
ZGBriefs | May 16, 2024
China’s Chang’e 6 Moon Mission is a Game Changer (May 13, 2024, <em>The Diplomat</em>) China’s bid to return lunar samples from the far side of the Moon will have long-term strategic and geopolitical implications.
ZGBriefs | May 9, 2024
Red Renaissance (May 6, 2024, <em>China Media Project</em>) In early February, Chinese media teemed with stories of cultural festivities in rural villages countrywide. In a “rural bookroom” in Xinjiang’s Ha’ermodun Village, a series of events “enriched the spiritual lives of villagers,” according to a local news release. More than 4,000 kilometers away, in Fujian’s […]
ZGBriefs | July 4, 2024
What You Need to Know about China’s Terra-Cotta Warriors and the First Qin Emperor (Updated April 19, 2024, <em>Smithsonian Magazine</em>) In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in China’s drought-parched Shaanxi province unearthed fragments of a clay figure—the first evidence of what would turn out to be one of the greatest […]
ZGBriefs | June 20, 2024
Podcast—Peter Hessler On His New Book, “Other Rivers: A Chinese Education” (June 13, 2024, <em>Sinica Podcast</em>) This week on Sinica, the highly-regarded writer Peter Hessler joins to talk about his new book, out July 9: Other Rivers: A Chinese Education. Over 20 years after teaching with the Peace Corps in Fuling (the subject of […]
ZGBriefs | May 30, 2024
Everything You Need to Know about <em>Sight</em> (March 7, 2024, Angel Studios) <em>Sight</em>, starring Terry Chen and Greg Kinnear, follows the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a Chinese immigrant who defies all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon. Drawing upon the grit and determination he gained from a turbulent uprising in his […]
ZGBriefs | September 12, 2024
EXPLAINED: What Is the China-Africa Summit and Why Does It Matter (September 3, 2024, Radio Free Asia) Leaders of African countries are arriving in Beijing this week for a China-Africa summit, at which President Xi Jinping is expected to lay out his idea of a "shared future" with African nations, underpinned by Chinese demand […]