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Post-Conference Reflections on Expatriate Ministry in China

[…] of the year when their Chinese friends want nothing more than to sit around and talk about life and family. But hey, who doesn’t enjoy warm beaches, cheap shopping, donuts, Swensons ice cream, and unhindered Google access? The yearly Thailand exodus is now so much a “normal” part of China service that one wonders […]

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The Chinese Internet–by the Numbers

I began working in China in the 1980s, long before the advent of the internet. A letter home took two weeks (at least). An international phone call cost $3.00/minute if I had the time and patience to sit in a dark and dingy telephone office for hours waiting for the call to go through. […]

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China’s Burgeoning Cities

[…] of relationships. In office buildings, if conversations have important content, people will meet in hallways or outdoors to talk. The Falungong organizers made extensive use of cell phones and the internet, but the security organs are working overtime to master ways of controlling and monitoring these advanced means of communication. This type of atmosphere […]

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ZGBriefs | May 11, 2017

[…] Back then it was a journey that took two days and three nights; today the fastest train makes the journey in 30 hours. Palace Museum plans web-only tickets (May 8, 2017, China Daily) The Palace Museum in Beijing, the most visited museum in the world each year, plans to stop selling paper tickets from […]

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Peace in Detention

[…] I wouldn’t. The female officer said, “How do you know you wouldn’t?” I said that I wouldn’t, because of my faith and my conscience. They made a phone call to bring in their boss. Police officer numbered _____ looked very kind and friendly. He came in and said, “I’ve read some of the Bible. […]

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ZGBriefs | November 8, 2018

[…] released earlier this month, more of China’s rich live in the capital of Beijing than in Shanghai, and the Southern tech powerhouse of Shenzhen is close behind. China's Number of Births Just Keeps Dropping  (November 1, 2018, The Diplomat) The birth rate did see a bump in 2016, the first year the new policy was […]

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The Wenzhou Church Reborn from the Ashes

[…] now, instead of competing to see who can build the best building, the focus has shifted to the spiritual construction of believers. Training programs have increased, the number of people studying theology (but not necessarily in full-time ministry) has increased, and spiritual formation is once again being valued. I believe that the experiences of […]

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ZGBriefs Newsletter for April 26, 2012

[…] demography. An upside-down pyramid (April 23, 2012, The Economist) OUR correspondents discuss the impact that China’s ageing population could have on its economy. ‘The service sucks’: Chinese airlines under fire (April 23, 2012, Sydney Morning Herald) Chinese airlines are struggling to stick with schedules as they contend with military restrictions on airspace, bad weather […]

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December 5, 2013

[…] policymakers call capture, a condition in which economic or security dependence of one country on another allows the more powerful to drive the others policy making. US airlines warned to stay out of China's new air defense zone (+video) (November 30, 2013, Christian Science Monitor) The US and Japan are defying China by sending […]

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ZGBriefs | August 20, 2020

How to cook rice: in Asia, it’s no laughing matter (August 16, 2020, South China Morning Post) Rice, in Asia, is serious business. The culturally diverse region eats a variety of rice – Basmati rice, Jasmine rice, multigrain rice or Japonica rice and more – and cooks it in different ways