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China’s Belt and Road Initiative, first conceived in 2013, will encompass 65% of the world population. Bryant provides background about this initiative and what it will involve, then looks at its significance for missions from China.
Cook reviews this recent volume about the first half of Timothy Richard’s career and evaluates the book’s content and approach.
WU Xi candidly speaks of difficulties China’s frontline missionaries face as they move into cultures different from their own. Churches and sending agencies need to address these issues if the work of their missionaries is to be effective.
The Wenzhou model for missions is examined; its origins, development, and characteristics, along with its strengths and weaknesses are discussed.
From the desk of the guest editor.
Boxes of Christian books sent to Wuhan and Hubei province for Christmas continue to make an impact during the coronavirus outbreak.
While Guilin is often considered a “must see” tourist site, Guangxi province itself remains, for many, a relatively unknown corner of China. This book helps fill the gap.
An unflinching look at the lives of migrant workers in a factory city.
Which Chinese Bible translation is best? A Chinese professor of systematic theology responds.
In the spring of 2019, ten of China’s highly respected Christian artists gathered at Purdue University to freely display and discuss their work with each other and a fascinated public. Only now is art being encouraged in the church, but this connectedness of art and faith is providing a refuge for artists in this increasingly difficult time.
The author brings to our attention Christian propaganda posters, intentionally used in China between 1927 and 1951, aimed at toppling China’s ideological systems. They provide a view of what Chinese Christians believed about their faith, and how they believed Christ could transform China.
This brochure, from an exhibit held at Bard College (Annandale on the Hudson, New York) in September 2011, is an introduction to contemporary Chinese art.