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China Expats and Home Church Support

One of the least discussed aspects of the expatriate’s experience is the role of the home support community, particularly that of the home church.

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3 Questions: China’s New Tax Law

China’s new tax law and how it may affect foreigners working in China. 

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When the Gates Close and the Church Is Called to Care

The story of one church caring for those who had to leave China unexpectedly. 

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Crisis Plans and Communication Challenges

Support from Sending Organizations

With compromised computers and uncertainty as to which forms of communication were still OK to use, organizations struggled to be in regular contact with their workers and acknowledged that some of their people felt left out and lonely when they needed their organization's presence and support.

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The Impact of Leaving on the Kids

How to help children face the uncertainties and trauma of an unexpected departure. 

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The Need for Professional Help

Having to leave your home in China suddenly is not just difficult, it is a trauma and should not be taken lightly.

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When Our Dream Came to a Halt

That was the beginning of a month and a half of interrogations until we left China, my husband with a “ten days to leave the country” stamp in his passport.

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When the Dream Comes to a Halt

A series on caring for those who have left China. 

ChinaSource Perspective

More Blessed to Receive

Expatriate teachers went to China to give. But often they ended up taking more of China with them than they had bargained for. The editor of ChinaSource Quarterly gives several suggestions for how to be a good reciever.