Rides, Tables, and Tensions
Learning to receive one another amid our differences while holding fast to truth may be a discipline the entire Chinese church must continue to practice.
ZGBriefs
ZGBriefs | August 13, 2026
How Does China Build Everything So Fast? (Mar 31, 2026, Manocha Opinion via Substack) A couple days back, I was watching this reel on Instagram that it took China 9 hours to rebuild a railway station…
ZGBriefs | August 6, 2026
PLA 99th Anniversary (August 4, 2026, South China Morning Post - China Series) The People’s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1.
ZGBriefs | July 30, 2026
The Human Faces of China’s Belt and Road Strategy, Through Liu Heung-shing’s Lens (July 16, 2026, South China Morning Post)
ZGBriefs | July 23, 2026
Ten Years After the Charity Law: Whither Chinese NGOs? (July 21, 2026, Made in China Journal) While the Party-State’s firm grip on civil society has long rested on its formidable coercive capacities, it has increasingly sought to complement regulatory control with ideological legitimacy.
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Salt and Light: Rethinking Chinese Public Theology in Kuala Lumpur
After leaving Kuala Lumpur, one question stayed with me: were we, throughout the conference, actually speaking about the same thing when we used the term ‘public theology’?
Stamps and Negotiations
Fieldwork among the Bonan in Gansu begins with stamps, permissions, and a search for somewhere to stay, revealing along the way how differently a researcher and his hosts can understand hospitality, access, and an “authentic” experience.
Bringing Incarnational Faith into Public Life
Does the gospel of Christ also concern a nation's public life: justice, poverty, corruption, the environment, refugees, and people suffering in disasters? I believe the answer is yes.
From Deep Thinking to Deep Prayer
We long for every article and resource we produce to serve as a catalyst that helps us pray with greater depth and focus.
When the Law Redefines the Church
Those who want to walk alongside the church in China need to understand not only the suffering it produces, but the architecture that produces it.
From Wuzhou to Makassar
For ChinaSource readers, the story invites us to remember Chinese Christianity not as a simple one-directional story of Western missionaries going to China, but as a deeply interconnected history of receiving, translating, indigenizing, and sending.
A God of Miracles
We rejoice with Pastor Jin and his family and join him in praying for those remaining in prison, along with the families of those detained.
Where Is Our Heavenly Home?
To serve effectively in a Chinese American church, pastors must address a more fundamental issue: securing a legal status that allows them to live and minister in the country.
When Cherry Blossoms Fall in the Sweet Potato Field
May we carefully nurture these cherry-blossom seeds in the sweet potato field until, in the love of Christ, they flower and bear fruit, becoming gospel pioneers who will help shape the future of both Taiwan and Japan.
Faith Beyond Institutions
What happens to faith when the structures that once sustained it become uncertain?
Becoming an Alternative Community
The thoughtful and wide-ranging contributions in this issue of ChinaSource Journal are particularly relevant to where China’s church finds itself today.