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English and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games have never been awarded to a host country whose citizens did not have English as a common language. The promise to be the host city presented enormous language challenges to Beijing. Many of Beijing’s 13 million people will be working with the athletes and spectators. Nearly every walk of life will […]
View From the Wall
Public Theology in China
Some Preliminary Reflections
[…] Christians to be very different from the general population. Yet, Christians in China are citizens of God’s eternal kingdom as well as citizens of China. However, as citizens of this world, they seem to have failed to live very profoundly as citizens of the eternal world. Can the tension between these two citizenships be resolved?
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China’s Place in the World
Fulton discusses Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” that envisions a new role for China on the world scene. He looks at three arenas where Xi seeks to establish China’s superiority.
The Challenge of China’s Shifting Labor Market
The new year is upon us, and McKinsey China has come out with a new set of predictions for 2014. A key theme running through these predictions is a significantly changing labor market, particularly as a result of advances in technology and the way it is being utilized both in the workplace and by consumers.
The Tricolor Religious Market and the Growth of Christianity
The Great Awakening in China (3)
[…] Communist repression? My book Religion in China offers a sociological explanation. Without getting into academic jargon, I would simply say that we may compare religion to a market. There are legally approved religious sites, organizations, and activities of the five major religions of Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestant Christianity. These religious organizations are […]
Book Reviews
When East Meets West in the Market Place
[…] joint-venture investment bank, the race between McDonnell Douglas and Boeing to secure a foothold in China’s nascent aircraft market, Xinhua’s drive to corner the market on financial news in China, and the political intrigue behind the emergence of competition among China’s domestic mobile phone carriers. Each chapter begins with an overview of the players […]
3 Questions: The 2018 World Watch List
Each year the World Watch List ranks the top 50 countries where Christians face persecution—whether political, social, religious, or otherwise. Here the team at World Watch Research, which publishes the list, discusses China’s ranking. The WWL provides a valuable gauge of how much freedom Christians in a given country have to practice their faith. […]
Editorials
Education: For Whom? And Why?
[…] as “key point” schools were reopened and thousands of the finest students sent abroad for study. With the dawn of the new millennium comes a third alternative— market-driven education. The marketization of education conveniently answers both the government’s desire to cease being the sole underwriter of education in China and the growing demand of […]
The Dream of a Beijing Father and Educator
[…] one-child policy, these schools would have the desire and calling to work together with parents in educating students. When could this dream come true? Many Chinese parents share this dream and like birth of a baby, it is hard to wait. Today more Chinese people are starting small schools – even illegally. Some are […]