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Skills No Longer Needed
[…] that they do not belong in this multicultural society. When in a park, being aware at every moment of who is near my children and whether their phone is pointing at them. At the same time, monitoring the pulse of my children’s stress levels. Do they notice the attention on them and, today, do […]
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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The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
[…] both official churches and house churches. Not only is the Xi government attempting to forcibly implement religious policy by eradicating house churches, it is also constricting the number of public worship spaces in Three-Self churches, and even announcing efforts to transform the meaning and practices of traditional Protestant worship through the “Sinicization” campaign. The […]
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 […]
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. […]
Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned
Years ago, I was having a conversation with my Malaysian friend, and we started talking about how Malaysia has a lot of British influence. “We drive on the right like they do,” my friend explained.
“Wait, what?” I thought I had heard her wrong, or that she had misspoken. “You mean you drive on the left like they do.”
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 […]
Religious Policy Development in the PRC since 1949–An Overview
[…] or State Association for Religious Affairs (SARA) as the name was changed to in 1998, defines and regulates the activities of all "normal" religious bodies in China. 1 Under the SARA, the China Christian Council (CCC) functions as a regulatory organization over the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), whereas the TSPM structures and regulates […]
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 […]
A Chinese Church in Maryland Serving around the World
[…] As I prayed and asked God to show us how we could reach out to our community, God opened a door for us to serve. From April 17 to June 30, 48 CBCMers joined Peace City Church for 19 days, filling 143 time slots to distribute meals to refugees in Parkview Gardens Apartments in […]