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Peoples of China
China’s Migrant Children
[…] Global Times, Feb 25, 2010. http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-02/507860.html 3If “left behind” children of migrant workers, who remain in the villages without parental care, are included in these statistics, the number rises to 30 million total migrant children in China, comprising 20% of the compulsory school-aged student population. “Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from […]
The Nitty Gritty of China’s Social Credit System
[…] received by individuals. In effect, China’s social credit system is a way of commodifying “face.” The entire project works through public shaming. A Social Credit System with American Characteristics? One article poses a provocative question, “Chinese-Style Social Credits System a Harbinger of US's Future?” The writer states: That is the fundamental reason both the […]
Peoples of China
Profiles of Chinese House Church Leaders
[…] south from which he received a college level theological degree and is now pastoring a church in the north. This church is not big in terms of number but has quality. There are numerous intellectuals in various disciplines in its congregation. Leader H is young, in his 30s and without much other educational experience […]
Book Reviews
The Chinese Church in Transition
Navigating Mission in the Diaspora
[…] this study was conducted in 2013, much of its information likely remains applicable today. One possible weakness of the plenitude of data, however, is that the overwhelming number of charts can sometimes be more distracting than helpful. In my estimation, the most fascinating aspect of this book is Wu’s own reflections on the same-ethnicity […]
6 Approaches to Contextualization in China
[…] Malaysian Chinese theologian, K. K. Yeo, who is quite explicit about his ambition to develop a distinctive Chinese theology. “Synchronistic” approach Third, the “synchronistic” approach draws from a number of cultural concepts to communicate theological meaning. Many of the earliest missionaries to China are characteristic of this view. They and others have taken seriously the importance […]
Training Cross-Cultural Workers to Cross Honor-Shame Cultures
[…] illustrate one possible way to train people from one honor-shame culture to minister in another honor-shame culture. Preliminary Suggestions The latter part of the chapter explores a number of possible applications. I raise several questions that we must ask if we want to dig deeper into the prospect of training missionaries from one honor-shame […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] individuals, and activities obey Party and state regulations as well as try to direct them to be patriotic (“loving the country, loving their religion”). It encompasses a number of activities that are formal, such as registration of a new congregation, and informal, such as calling pastors on the phone to check on them. The […]
Reverse Culture Shock
[…] plunged down on the reverse culture shock curve (see also this link). This is the stage where lots of things are irritating, like . . . The number of mosquitoes and sand flies that bit us on holidays. December and January are hot, not cold as we have become accustomed to. Complaining Australians (ironically […]
Lead Article
The Resolve of a Commoner
Some Reflections on China’s Catholics Today
[…] another priest refused to receive a rosary I had brought for him blessed by the pope; he was clearly unsupportive of the Vatican’s policies toward China. An American priest friend of mine who was recently visiting China, attended an Easter Vigil Mass with thousands of attendees. The photos he sent me are astonishing. Realities […]
Peoples of China
Strangers in a Strange Land: Expatriates in China
[…] skilled labor pool in China is lacking, and there are great opportunities for skilled foreigners to work and live in China. Beijing’s embassy district boasts the largest number of diplomatic relations with any nation on the planet except for the United Nations. Previously, Hong Kong was the primary port of call, but now, economic […]