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Spreading the Gospel: Christian Posters in Early 20th Century China

Posters were the most common visual imagery of Christianity in China from 1919 to 1949. In his lecture, Dr. Daryl Ireland showcased some of his collection of nearly 700 posters from both Protestants and Catholics and discussed how they are changing the way we think about Chinese Christianity.

Summer Watch List

Six brilliant Chinese films for you to stream inside where it’s cool on hot summer days.

Ascension

What does it mean to pursue the “Chinese Dream”? And how can those of us who watch a film like Ascension move away from judgement and toward understanding and compassion for people struggling to achieve their dream?

Found

Found…is clear about its purpose—to tell the stories of three girls who are looking for the puzzle pieces of their identity.

Rickshaw Boy

Can poverty rob a man of his soul? Can betrayal by the things you love most break the constraints of the God-given conscience and society’s mores? Rickshaw Boy challenges the reader with these wrenching considerations. Though set in a bygone era in a culture that has since been transformed by globalization, Lao She speaks to us clearly—perhaps even more so than to his contemporaries.

Beethoven in Beijing

The remarkable story of the Philadelphia Orchestra's decades-long relationship with China is told in the documentary film Beethoven in Beijing. See it free until May 14, 2021.

Leap

A biographical sports drama spanning decades, telling the inspiring story of China’s women's national volleyball team.

Nian

“If we let our fears hold us back, we will miss out on all that is beyond what we can imagine.”

76 Days

Director Wu Hao takes his audience to Wuhan to experience what it was like to be a doctor or nurse in a hospital there, or to be a patient in one of the wards.

The Climbers

The true story of Chinese mountaineers who successfully summited Mount Everest (twice)—the Chinese way.