A Tale of Two Chinas (1)
A red bridge in China spanning a river in a lush green forest area.
ZGBriefs
ZGBriefs | July 2, 2026
Can China’s Dong Minority Keep Their Unique Cultural Heritage? (June 26, 2026, The Diplomat)
ZGBriefs | June 25, 2026
News Update on Religion and Church in China, November 30, 2025 – March 20, 2026 (March 20, 2026, China Zentrum e.V.)
ZGBriefs | June 18, 2026
The Daughters Who Were Raised to Be Everything Under China’s One-Child Policy (June 6, 2026, Global Voices) When China ended the One-Child Policy in 2015, the shift was often described in demographic terms: declining birth rates, an aging population, and a policy adjustment to encourage more births.
ZGBriefs | June 11, 2026
How Emojis Have Become a Language Within a Language in China (June 9, 2026, Sixth Tone)
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China, America, Engineers, and Lawyers
On Wednesday, August 5, ERRChina will host an online book club discussion.
From Receiving Care to Building Care
This book explores the expansion of what is involved in missions and member care, member care in different regions and different sectors, and staying the course in good practice.
The Displaced Minority
If Chinese Christians can develop robust local sources of information and reflection, they can move away from a “nervous” existence and learn to navigate risks, mitigate pressures, and live out their faith meaningfully within the land they inhabit.
How Tang Christians Translated the Trinity
Long before the word “Trinity” was rendered into Chinese as sanwei yiti (三位一體), Christians in Tang China were already searching for language to express the mystery of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Watchman Nee, Chinese Christianity, and the Life of the Spirit
I hope this book introduces Nee to a new generation of readers—not as a perfect figure, and not as a saint beyond criticism, but as a serious Christian thinker whose work deserves careful attention.
Listening to the Voices of Majority World Theology
We must move toward a global dialogue where the Western scholar, the African pastor, the Asian theologian, and the Latin American activist sit together as equals.
ChinaSource Begins Presidential Transition and Search
ChinaSource is entering a new season of leadership transition.
From Tending Sheep to Shepherding Souls
Salvation, he came to see, is not the story of human beings climbing upward by their own strength. It is the story of one who is willing to descend for the lost.
How God Called Me to Mongolia
All of a sudden, what started as a random set of strangers in a country I knew nearly nothing about outside of my middle school world history class, became God’s children whom he loved and the most important people in my life.
The Problem of Language in Teaching World Christianity
If we are to truly appreciate theology from a worldwide perspective, surely we need to engage theology in other languages.
Reframing the Mission
A decade ago, there was a groundswell of discussion and activity among global Christian organizations around how best to partner with China’s emerging mission…