The modern Olympic Games have never been awarded to a host country whose citizens did not have English as a common language. The promise to be the host city presented enormous language challenges to Beijing. Many of Beijing’s 13 million people will be working with the athletes and spectators. Nearly every walk of life will need bilingual English skills by 2008.
It’s not about the Olympics or sports, but about what God is already doing in China.
Are there opportunities for churches in China to build on the increase in interest in sports due to the coming Beijing Olympics?
Many challenges face China today and have resulted in clashes of culture and class.
The author moderates a series of conversations through questions as a means of looking for better ways to engage Chinese urban professionals. Here are some of the assumptions we are making that raise the questions we are tackling.
Expanding upon his previous article, "The Gospel, Evangelism and Social Action in China," the author asks and answers some penetrating questions.
Few rural evangelists and pastors have really given up their farms or relied on the churches for their living. The author explains more.
The Chinese government’s release of its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure of $1,000 per person at the end of 2003 signifies that China…
For Xue Yunhao, a farmer and father of two in Shaanxi Province, repaying a government loan of 20,000 RMB was proving to be an…
As the greatest rural to urban migration in history continues in China, God is at work. He is opening doors for Christians to impact…
The author takes us on a tour of some of the side streets of Beijing, showing us the diversity of people within the cities of China.
Chinese Awakenings by James and Ann Tyson. Westview Press, 1995, 325 pp. ISBN, 0813324734, paperback. Cost: $28 at www.barnesandnoble.com.