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The Earliest Chinese Christianity Brought Back to Life

Readers [of Jingjiao] will not only be equipped with the fascinating history of Jingjiao, which helps overcome the anti-Christian narrative that Christianity was brought into China by European and American colonial imperialists. Christians and missionaries in various global cultural contexts will also benefit from this book by learning from the Church of the East missionaries’ creative strategies of inculturation.

Book Reviews

The Costly Revival

China’s Christian Millions by Tony Lambert, 

Reviewed by Alex Buchan

Chinese Christian Voices

Confucius, the Bible, and Preaching

A Chinese Christian highlights the the popularity of Confucianism as a warning against the 'popularization' of the gospel.

ZGBriefs

November 01, 2012

FEATURED ARTICLESpecial Series from National Public Radio: China: Change or Crisis?Part 1: As Economy Slows, China Looks For A New ModelPart 2: In China, A Ceaseless Quest To Silence DissentPart 3: China’s New Leaders Inherit Country At A Crossroads (October 29, 2012, NPR) GOVERNMENT / POLITICS / FOREIGN AFFAIRS‘One party, two coalitions’China’s factional politics (October […]

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ZGBriefs | March 2, 2017

Focusing on religious oppression in China misses the big picture (February 28, 2017, CNN)
Protestantism is booming and Chinese cities are full of unregistered (also called "underground" or "house") churches. These are known to the government but still allowed to function. They attract some of the best-educated and successful people in China. And they are socially engaged, with outreach programs to the homeless, orphanages, and even families of political prisoners. To me, this is an amazing story and far outweighs the cross-removal campaign, which basically ended and seems to have had no lasting consequences.

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ZGBriefs | June 22, 2023

Last Lockdown: Why Are China’s Campuses Still Closed to the Public? (June 19, 2023, The World of Chinese) Months after China lifted its “zero-Covid” policies in December 2022, marking a sudden end to three years of mandatory testing to enter public spaces and other strict measures, one space has yet to return to normal—university campuses.

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October 18, 2012

FEATURED ARTICLEA Point Of View: Making sense of China(October 12, 2012, BBC)The great task facing the West over the next century will be to make sense of China – not in our terms but in theirs. We have to understand China as it is and as it has been, not project our own history, culture, […]

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ZGBriefs | February 2, 2017

It's Lunar New Year, and China's Young People Are Sick and Tired of It (January 29, 2017, Global Voices)
However, the traveling trend has shifted slightly in recent years, as more and more people decide to travel abroad during the holiday, in order to avoid seeing relatives altogether. Among the younger generation in particular, many find the Near Year's greetings and conversation among extended family members about their marriage and income status to be annoying.

View From the Wall

Behind China’s Urbanization

The Chinese government’s release of its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure of $1,000 per person at the end of 2003 signifies that China is on the verge of becoming a world economic power. It also signifies that full-fledged urbanization has taken off. The traditional Chinese society, rooted in agriculture, is gradually diminishing and yielding […]

Peoples of China

Peoples of the Cities

The author takes us on a tour of some of the side streets of Beijing, showing us the diversity of people within the cities of China.