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Christianity and Regulation in China
[…] these policies have been ineffective and suggests a re-evaluation of the governments attitude towards religious policies: Religious believers are citizens and religious groups should be regarded as civil organizations. Like other civil groups they have a distinctive focus and agenda. Environmental organizations focus on environmental protection, childrens groups focus on the rights of children, […]
Why Christians in China Must Prepare Themselves for the New Regulations on Religious Affairs
[…] “gatherings of religious citizens for religious activity should generally be carried out in registered sites for religious activity.” But only “religious organizations” registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs could apply for registration as a “site of religious activity.” And within Christianity, this “religious organization” was defined as the “Three-Self” system, comprised of the […]
ZGBriefs
March 5, 2015
[…] a plan for how Hong Kong will elect its top leader. Pro-democracy activists in the city, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, have been threatening mass civil disobedience if a Beijing-backed committee is allowed to control who can run in the citys 2017 elections. Here are five things to watch this month as […]
Policy, Implementation, and Shifting Official Perceptions of the Church in China
[…] an indigenous NGO, using “Christian” in its name and a cross in its logo. The Chinese government has not only allowed this work to continue, but the Civil Affairs Bureau has helped to facilitate the work. In November, 2008, the Research and Development Centre of the State Council (China’s equivalent of a Cabinet) hosted […]
Protestantism and the Future of China
[…] mobilization from a rational standpoint. The second problem we must be aware of is that we need to build the structures of a modern rational society, particularly civil society organizations such as the church. At present, Chinese-speaking Christians do not possess a notion of "modernized governance" because, according to Weber's definition, Chinese-speaking Christians at […]
View From the Wall
Faith Going Public
Urban Christians and Civic Participation in China
Structural Overview Before 1949, both governmental and social organizations coexisted in Chinese society along with a primitive civil society. For example, in the cities, urban residents enjoyed some political and religious freedom because the Republican government was not very hostile to religion; many of their officials and military officials were baptized Christians. We know […]
Peace in Detention
[…] and joy in my heart. Praise and thanks be to God! I was slapped by two station masters (officer-in-charge _____ and deputy officer-in-charge _____) as well as civil security police. But God’s love is so long and wide and high and deep, that it is beyond what we can understand. I do not feel […]
ZGBriefs | July 23, 2015
[…] an annual survey of more than 100 property developers, consultants and investors conducted by the nonprofit real estate group Urban Land Institute. Science / Technology China's mobile phone users 94.5% of population (July 19, 2015, China.org.cn) The number of Chinese mobile phone users accounted for 94.5 percent of its total population by the end […]
ZGBriefs | June 18, 2015
<p><strong>Does Xi Jinping Represent a Return to the Mao Era?</strong> (June 16, 2015, <em>China File</em>)<br /> Following is an edited transcript of a live event hosted at Asia Society New York on May 21, 2015, “ChinaFile Presents: Does Xi Jinping Represent a Return to the Politics of the Mao Era?” The evening convened the scholars […]
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China’s Pentecostal Churches
Changing Times, New Approaches
[…] in terms of its size, social influence, outreach ministries, and even its global vision. The spiritual passion blazing for decades has started to cool down with the number of Christians attending church dropping. However, in the midst of all of this, the persecution also serves to sift the church, to purify it, and to […]