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As Churches Reopen in China (1)
Wu Zhonyi highlights five areas in which believers have demonstrated great enthusiasm as churches reopen.
Grappling with Multiple Identities
When faced with various identities in a complicated world, how might Christians understand and respond to potential conflicts?
Political Counting
An interesting feature of Chinese social and political discourse is propensity to label institutions or political campaigns using numbers… They are catchy and thus relatively easy to remember. Here are some of my favorites.
August 14, 2014
A compilation of important news stories from around China this week, from online publishe sources.
ZGBriefs | October 6, 2016
How China got its name, and what Chinese call the country (October 5, 2016, South China Morning Post)
During periods when the Chinese nation was unified under one ruling house, the name of the dynasty was also the name of the nation, thus “the Great Tang”, “the Great Qing” and so on. The same principle applied when China was divided, with individual states, great or otherwise, bearing their own names. However, several names have been used to represent the idea of an integral geographic and cultural nation, the most famous one being Zhongguo (“the Middle Kingdom”).
ZGBriefs | September 13, 2018
China cracks down on 'chaotic' religious information online (September 10, 2018, The Guardian) All organisations promoting religious messages on the internet will have to apply for licenses.
ZGBriefs | September 19, 2019
No Shenfenzheng, No Problem: China to Roll out Real-Time Passport Authentication for Foreigners (September 17, 2019, The Beijinger)
Whether you hold a B-grade work visa or are just coming to China for a lark, your name and passport information will soon be added to a national expat ID authentication platform…
ZGBriefs | May 14, 2015
Chinese Province Issues Draft Regulation on Church Crosses (May 8, 2015, The New York Times)
In painstaking detail, the 36-page directive sets out strict guidelines for where and how churches in Zhejiang can display crosses. They must be placed on the facades of buildings, not above them. They must be of a color that blends into the building, not one that stands out. And they must be small: no more than one-tenth the height of the building’s facade.