China from Above
It’s time for a mid-summer tour of China—from the air!
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Unpacking China’s Cities
China’s urbanization today is less about the largest cities that often make the headlines, and more about a host of smaller, yet faster growing, metropolises that will be home to the majority of Chinese in the coming decades.
Outsourced Children
A must-read for anyone involved with orphaned or abandoned children and the programs that care for them in China.
Suzhou!
Suzhou—the Venice of the East!
The Wenchuan Earthquake—10 Years Later
On May 12, 2008, the ground began to shake in Sichuan Province. By the time it stopped, nearly 100,000 people had lost their lives.
Fire, Noise, and Red! Happy New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year from the ChinaSource Team!
Do You Have a Message for Your 18-Year-Old Self?
Why at the end of 2017 was there a sudden flood of people posting photos of themselves when they were 18-years-old on Chinese social media? And what were the captions they were writing?
Beijing!
So which is it? Beijing or Peking? Yes!
A Sojourner’s Story
I remember an auntie from Henan Province. She lived in the single-story district and prayed with us every day. She always prayed for Beijing and blessed Beijing. . . . She left for her hometown after a round of demolitions, or perhaps a forced migration.
Why Are the Migrants Being Kicked Out?
Ridding Beijing of unsafe and illegally built structures—is it about ridding the city of structures or people?
A Pivotal Decade
Writing in 2001, Dr. Carol Lee Hamrin anticipated the major milestones in a decade—the 2000s— that in many ways served as a defining period for China.
Cities on the Silk Road
A look at the cities of the ancient Silk Road today—the cities of the "One Belt, One Road initiative.