Articles on Contemporary Society
View From the Wall
Are We Ready?
A View from Beijing before the Olympics
For the one-year countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, two musicians from Hong Kong contributed a song entitled "We Are Ready." The author takes these three words and turns them into a question. Are we ready? And, from that to extract the layers of readiness needed before the Games.
Supporting Article
Providing Community through Festivals
Community "festivals" can bring harmony and love.
Lead Article
Benefits from Hosting the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are bringing major changes to Beijing and to the nation.
Peoples of China
China’s Changing Population
In any attempt to analyze China's future, the country's demographics are part of the picture.
Supporting Article
China in Transition
Transition to What?
Based on papers presented at the China 2020: Future Scenarios conference, the author identifies four scenarios and some key signposts that may indicate the direction China is heading in the future.
View From the Wall
China in 2020
Vol. 9, No. 3
Considering the changes that are sweeping though China, what will China look like in 2020? How are these changes affecting the people of China?
Lead Article
Greater China’s Great Transformation
What is ahead for China in the coming years? What can we glean from China's past that helps us understand what may be ahead for China and for the church in China?
Book Reviews
The Human Side of China’s Staggering Transformation
Oracle Bones: A Journey between China's Past and Present by Peter Hessler.
Reviewed by Chan-Kei Thong
View From the Wall
The Long Journey
The Road to the Protection of Human Rights of the Chinese People
Changes have occurred in China. The boundaries of acceptable behavior have begun to be more clearly defined by the rule of law. This has been especially noticed in the economic domain: the protection of the rights of the consumer. However, in other areas changes have not been so evident: areas of speech, the press, religion and the establishment of social organizations. Recently, and increasingly, people's understanding of human rights is also changing in significant ways.