The stresses and conflicts found within Chinese families are increasing with urbanization that often forces families to live apart. After discussing some of the major pressures that families face in today’s China, the author delineates some of the principles needed for building a good family foundation.
Mary Li Ma
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July 11, 2016
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Scholarship
A review of 陈织娘的一生 (A Wind in the Door) by Mrs. Chong-Ping Tong.
This uplifting book relates the story of Chen Zhi-Niang, an ordinary woman who raised six, world-prominent Chinese preachers. While her life was not an easy one, she learned to trust and obey Christ and experienced his leading in her life and in the lives of her sons.
Axin
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Scholarship
There was a big birthday celebration in China earlier this month. July 1 marked the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Joann Pittman
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Resources
Traditionally, film festival pieces are known to push boundaries and be more artistically daring than your average blockbuster affair. But the space in which director Qiu Jiongjiong plays with his film Chi (癡) is one that even has the artistic community a bit stunned. The film, which has been alternately named Mr. Zhang Believes, has been described as a hybrid documentary—one that blends theatrical fiction and autobiography. Existing in relatively uncharted territory, hybrids bravely blur the lines of categorical boundaries.
Hannah Lau
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July 8, 2016
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Stories
In a recent Christianity Today article on the wave of laws hitting foreign NGOs globally, Morgan Lee refers specifically to China when she writes, “Nearly 20 percent of the world’s population could lose access to the ministry efforts of Western Christians next year.”
Brent Fulton
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July 6, 2016
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Ideas
The mainland site Gospel Times recently reported on the discovery of a stone monument commemorating the life of a Swedish missionary named Anna Karlsson.
ChinaSource Team
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July 5, 2016
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Stories
Last week the World Economic Forum posted a short video titled “Where are the Largest Chinese Populations Outside of China?” Spoiler: Indonesia tops the list.
Joann Pittman
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July 4, 2016
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Ideas
My first glimpse into the world of domestic abuse China-side came in 2005.
Amy B.
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July 1, 2016
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Stories
If you’re with a non-profit organization that has activities in China, the new law applies to you, regardless of whether you are actually located in China.
Brent Fulton
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June 29, 2016
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Ideas
The testimony of a victim of domestic abuse and her journey to healing.
ChinaSource Team
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June 28, 2016
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Stories
You may have heard that Chongqing is China’s largest city by population (approximately 30 million), but as is the case with many things in China, “nothing is as it seems.”
Joann Pittman
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June 27, 2016
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Resources
As urban churches in China face significant changes in the 21st century, will they effectively engage their own culture and reach out with the gospel cross-culturally?
Reuben Carter
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June 24, 2016
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Ideas