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Hope for HIV/AIDS in China

[…] including China, are now home to some of the fastest growing AIDS epidemics in the world. UNAIDS projects that China may have ten million people infected by 2010 (or one percent of the population). Dr. Eberstadt of Harvard University’s Center for Population Studies predicts that five percent of China’s people will be infected in […]

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The First and the Last Sacrifice

最初和最后的献祭

[…] Anytime: Leading Muslims to Christ Now! What follows in this post is Shipman’s story, “The First and Last Sacrifice,” as adapted by Dr. Chagas and others in 2014. We highly recommend reading the first part of this post, “Engaging with Chinese Muslims,” to have better context for how this story can be used to […]

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How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works

The author helps us to understand the workings of the religious affairs bureaucracy first by following the story of an aspiring pastor, then by viewing them historically. The Chinese Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement Association, China Christian Council, Religious Affairs Bureau and United Front Work Department are all discussed along with how they interact, lines of authority and the role of guanxi.

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Engaging with Chinese Muslims, Part 1

The Woman at the Well as a Model for Evangelism

[…] what God did so that our sins could be forgiven. The story that Mike Shipman elaborated on is called “The First and the Last Sacrifice.” (最初和最后的献祭).7 In 2014, a group of missionaries and I adapted the story, but we kept the main structure developed by the author. The story is made up of eight […]

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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 […]

Editorials

A Look Back to Look Forward

A Decade of ChinaSource

[…] an update on China’s growing urban church that is taking a variety of forms. In addition, we introduce you to the new ChinaSource website and recommend the 2010 Prayer Calendar. Throughout the years, ChinaSource has provided a variety of resources designed to aid and enhance your China service. As one of those resources, the […]

ZGBriefs

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 […]

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Religious Statistics in China

<p>Current evidence is that religion is flourishing in China. However, practical problems make statistical statements for the number of religious believers in China quite hazardous. The author cautiously examines the evidence that exists for each of the five, major, officially-recognized religious faiths in China.</p>

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Telecommunications and the Internet in China

<p>Among developing countries, China is number one in the pace at which telecommunication services and the Internet are being developed. These developments will contribute enormously to China’s modernization and integration into the global economy and may have significant domestic social and political impact. </p>

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Chinese Education: From Hallowed to Hollow

<p>For the fourth straight year in row, the number of college hopefuls taking the national university entrance exam, or gaokao, has dropped. Analysts trace the decline to a corresponding drop in the number of children born at the beginning of the last decade due to China's one-child policy. However, the decrease also suggests two realities […]