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People’s Republic of Desire

A Film Review

People’s Republic of Desire Directed and produced by Hao Wu Released in 2018 Mandarin Chinese, with English subtitles 95 minutes in duration Available on Vimeo, Amazon and iTunes. Trailer available on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/253528095 What is live streaming? Essentially it is live video broadcasting online. With the help of the many available platforms today, almost […]

Chinese Church Voices

An Official Code of Conduct for China’s Pastors

[…] preventing the capability of foreign infiltration as well as to stand on guard against cults, heresies, and extremism.  In addition, the document promotes mutual respect and harmony between different religions as well as inter-religious dialogue and cultural exchanges. It also demands that staff conform to churches' rules and regulations with moral integrity. Original Article: […]

Peoples of China

Finding the People in the People’s Republic

[…] of ultrasound technology for selective abortions. Estimates about China’s sex ratio vary, but according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), by 2020, China will have between 30 and 40 million more men under the age of 19 than there are women. This is the equivalent of every young male in the United […]

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Understanding the Chinese Church

[…] of pastors discussing the spiritual situation in China, the same questions appear with regularity: What is happening in the house church in China? What is the difference between the house church and the State sponsored church? Is anybody currently being persecuted in China today? Is it dangerous for a North American to travel to […]

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Language vs. Attitude

[…] anyone else in the area. One pleasant evening I saw Mr. Zhang sitting on his front steps and decided it might be a good time to get better acquainted. He smiled and welcomed me to sit down and chat. Between his halting English and my entry-level Chinese, we managed to have a conversation, neighbor […]

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How to Learn a Language, Part 1

Criteria for Success

[…] about foreign language learning. Here we look at criteria for successfully learning a foreign language. Aptitude Aptitude is the first criterion for success. Obviously, some people seem better at language learning than others. Moreover, success has little correlation with intelligence. Many highly educated persons have dismal language learning outcomes. Conversely, many uneducated people learn […]

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How to Learn a Language, Part 2

How to Work Hard

[…] if they make pronunciation, syntactic, or cultural errors. Some think they will make fools of themselves if people realize how limited they are in the target language. Better just to shut up and try to look intelligent. “Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is […]

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Where Did They Get That Idea?

[…] of New Year observances. There is no indication that New Year religious rites were imported from other peoples or cultures. Then how can we explain remarkable parallels between Chinese New Year and Jewish Passover observances? Consider: In the week before Passover/Chinese New Year, the family works hard to clean the house thoroughly (for Passover, […]

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We Live in Different Worlds

How does a student of language enter another culture? It takes more than classroom experience.

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Social Distance

[…] tend to begin with social categories that form the units of analysis: race, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and so on.” In other words, group identities and relationships between groups are what characterize sociological research pertaining to so-called social distance. As for the study of language, there are linguistic markers which signal social distance between […]