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The Resolve of a Commoner

Some Reflections on China’s Catholics Today

[…] for the dignity and rights of all” in the city, and voicing hope that “social life, and especially religious life, may be expressed in full and true freedom.” Vatican diplomats privately expressed puzzlement at the pope’s decision.6 Procession for the Chrism Mass in Beijing, Easter 2024 Disputes, denunciations, and divisions continue to saturate public […]

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Prayer First

Sometimes God keeps graciously nudging our hearts as we pray, gifting us discomfort or a lack of peace until we make things right. Thank God for this nudging so our hearts can be set free, and relationships set right.

Editorials

Whose Zhongguohua Is It Anyway?

Five Voices on Contemporary Sinicization Debates

[…] Formation</em>, ed. Mayfair Mei-hui Yang (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), 155-178. Dylan Schexnaydre, “Sinicization of Religion: China’s Coercive Religious Policy,” United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, September 2024, accessed January 25, 2025, <a href="https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20China%20Factsheet%20Sinicization.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20China%20Factsheet%20Sinicization.pdf</a>. This focus echoes the official line of recent years. Cf. “Xi Stresses Developing Religions in […]

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China’s First Christians

Who Were They and What Can We Learn from Them?

Join us on March 20, 2025, in the Twin Cities for Dr. Glen Thompson’s lecture on China’s earliest Christians, their history, and lessons for today. Free and open to all!

ZGBriefs

September 12, 2013

[…] at large monitors. They more closely resembled Little Brothers than the Orwellian image of an omniscient and fearsome Big Brother. "Our job prevents Weibo from being shut down and that gives people a big platform to speak from. It's not an ideally free one, but it still lets people vent," said a second former censor.</p>

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9 Language-Learning Resources Online

<p>Today there are almost unlimited resources for learning Chinese, and many of them are available online for free. Herewith is my list of nine recommended online resources. </p>

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ZGBriefs | April 13, 2023

Mayflower Church members arrive in U.S. after Thailand deportation scare (April 11, 2023, Radio Free Asia) Dozens of members of a persecuted Protestant church in China have arrived in the United States after escaping the country via Thailand, where they were also detained by the immigration authorities amid fears of repatriation. The Mayflower Church […]

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Why Should Chinese Philanthropy Practitioners Read “Corporate Philanthropy in China and Beyond”?

I believe Chinese practitioners can learn from the altruistic ethos of viewing wealth as a trust from God. Adopting this perspective can free us from being disillusioned by institutional corruption, ungrateful beneficiaries, or inactive wealthy individuals.

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ZGBriefs Newsletter for April 12, 2012

[…] 11, 2012, Guardian Books Blog) A new phenomenon in China fiction published exclusively online is giving young writers the opportunity to get their work read quickly and free from censorship. GOVERNMENT / POLITICS / FOREIGN AFFAIRS China warns military to ignore internet rumours (April 6, 2012, BBC News) China’s official military newspaper has warned […]

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Beethoven in Beijing

A Film Recommendation

The remarkable story of the Philadelphia Orchestra's decades-long relationship with China is told in the documentary film <em>Beethoven in Beijing</em>. See it free until May 14, 2021.