Visas for “Short Term Tasks”
New visa regulations and how they might affect you on your next trip to China.
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New Report Highlights Roots of Religious Persecution in China
According to China Aid Association’s latest annual report, religious persecution in China more than doubled last year. The increase comes as no surprise, as 2014 was marked by a wave of attacks on church buildings, particularly in the city of Wenzhou and around the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang. The general social tightening that has come to characterize President Xi Jinping’s rule contributed to the pressure on religious believers, as did heightened tensions between the regime and ethnic minorities in Western China.
Worship in China
The destruction of churches and widespread pulling down of crosses in Zhejiang province during the past year have served to highlight the dilemma facing China’s Christians, whose numerical growth has, for the past several decades, outstripped the availability of suitable venues for worship.
Defects in the Chinese Education System
In this “special report” in the Christian Times, a reporter talks with a Christian woman who runs a homeschooling academy in Guangzhou about her thoughts on the Chinese education system.
One Hundred Churches of Zhejiang
Due to the so-called “Church and Cross Demolition” campaign, the churches of Zhejiang Province have been in the news a lot over the past year. Whether on TV, online, or in our local newspapers, we have probably all seen heart-breaking pictures of demolished churches and crosses.
Waldorf Schools in China
Waldorf Schools are popping up in first, second, and third tier cities of China.
A Chinese Worship Song
In March of 2014, over a thousand Christians from all over China attended the Grace to the City Convention held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. For two and a half days they listened to teaching by Tim Keller, as well as from urban house church leaders from various cities around China.
The Safety Belt of China
Last week I attended The Gospel Coalition Conference in Orlando, FL.
Is Compassion Conditional?
One of the difficult realities of life in China (or any other developing country) is the daily encounter with beggars.
Celebrating Life and Death at Easter
This year Qingming Festival–Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day–and Easter fell on the same weekend. While Christians around the world were celebrating an empty tomb many in China were remembering their dead and caring for tombs still filled with bones.
Beijing Christians Celebrate Qingming Festival
This year April 5 was an interesting day for Christians in China as Easter coincided with Qingming Festival (grave sweeping). On the day they celebrated the empty tomb they were also expected to tend to the tombs of their ancestors. In some cases, the ancestors were themselves Christians, so ceremonies and services are conducted at Christian cemeteries.
ChinaSource at The Gospel Coalition Conference
Two years ago I had the privilege of leading a workshop on the church in China at The Gospel Coalition National Conference in Orlando.