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Hope for HIV/AIDS in China
[…] unsanitary blood collection practices in the 1990s left thousands infected with the virus; whole villages now are informally called “AIDS villages.” “In the beginning people wouldn’t even buy cabbages from these AIDS villages,” the doctor explained. “There was so much fear and stigma.” The Christians were no different from anyone else, but now that […]
Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned
[…] and that sort of thing is liable to trip a person up when dealing cross-culturally. Just a few weeks ago, I was asking my house helper to buy potatoes at the market. “What size do you want?” she asked. I responded like this to show her: “About this big.” She laughed with eyes wide […]
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 […]
Reverse Culture Shock
[…] activities. We became used to it being a time when the whole country stops for a holiday. But now, because we are white and in Australia, our phones are not filled with celebratory messages and photos nor are we welcomed into the celebration. Here it’s a celebration for the Asians in the community, or […]
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How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
[…] way to grasp how the religious affairs bureaucracy works is to view it historically, which is especially useful as the structure today is a holdover from the 1950s. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, it organized all non-communists who wished to cooperateor collaborateinto a “united front,” by which allies could be […]
Official Protestant Groups Plan Next Five Years of Sinicization
What Does the TSPM/CCC 5-Year Plan Tell Us about the Direction of Official Protestantism?
[…] loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and comparatively weaker emphasis on traditional Christian ideas. Five-year TSPM/CCC plans are not new. In fact, since its formation in the 1950s, the TSPM—like all other societal organizations under Chinese Communist Party (or CCP) leadership—was required to formulate plans in step with the five-year plans of the CCP. […]
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
[…] out the previously existing articles but also encompassing far more aspects of religious practice. In terms of political interactions between church and Party-state, ambiguous terms in Chapter 1 Article 3 still include the protection of “normal religious activities” and of “legitimate” interests of religious sites and citizens. Further, organizations and individuals in these venues […]
Chinese Christians in the New Era—Hope and Overcoming
[…] the Japanese invasion in the 1930s to protect their congregations and lost their lives as a result. Swells is right, of course, that a focus on the numbers of converts was always misplaced; the focus should always be on the faithfulness and integrity of those who do convert, not on whether they are numerous […]
ZGBriefs | June 15, 2023
Marriages in China drop to record low despite government push (June 13, 2023, The Guardian) The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986. Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of couples tying the knot in 2022 fell by […]