Gao Zhisheng's Family Appeal for His Release
Missing activist and lawyer Gao Zhisheng has failed to reappear following the end of his sentence, prompting an appeal for information from his family. From The Telegraph: Mr Gao’s older brother, Gao...
View ArticleLove in China
An editorial in the Christian Science Monitor looks at the new book by Liao Yiwu and at Christianity in China: Mr. Liao is a “nonbeliever,” as he puts it, but he became mightily impressed with China’s...
View ArticleLiao Yiwu: Walking Out on China
At The New York Times, writer Liao Yiwu describes his escape from China: Yunnan province, in southwestern China, has long been the exit point for Chinese who yearn for a new life outside the country....
View Article“To Tear Out the Heart and Rip Out Their Eyes”: A Story of Kidnapping,...
At Jottings from the Granite Studio, historian Jeremiah Jenne describes “The Tientsin Massacre” of 1870, a counterpart of sorts to Los Angeles’ “Chinese Massacre” the following year. The episode was...
View ArticleParty Members Warned Over Religion
A high-ranking official has spoken out against a resurgence of religious practice among Party members which breaches regulations and, he claimed, threatens the CCP’s unity. From The Associated Press:...
View ArticleChinese Atheists Lured to U.S. Christian Schools
Some American Christians are capitalizing on the desire and ability of many wealthy Chinese families to send their children abroad to study. Bloomberg reports on the increasing numbers of Chinese...
View ArticleAi Weiwei: “If Twitter Censors, I’ll Leave” (Updated)
Fearsomely prolific Twitter user Ai Weiwei has written that “if Twitter censors, I’ll stop tweeting”, following news that the microblogging service is to selectively block posts to comply with local...
View ArticleFrom Virginia Suburb, Yu Jie Continues His Mission
The New York Times’ Edward Wong talks to writer Yu Jie, who left China for the United States last month, about the experiences that drove him to leave, his Christian faith and his plans for the future....
View Article“Jesus Loves China, Too”
Since news broke of activist Chen Guangcheng’s escape from house arrest late last month, Chinese-born and Texas-based Pastor Bob Fu and his organisation ChinaAid have often featured prominently. Fu was...
View ArticleJesus vs. Mao? An Interview With Yuan Zhiming (Updated)
In the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson continues his series of interviews with prominent Chinese thinkers by talking with Yuan Zhiming, a former pro-democracy activist turned Christian preacher....
View ArticleLeadership Rumour “Too Extraordinary to be Believed”
At JimRomenesko.com, Jason Feifer pointed out a 1694 report on developments in the Chinese court, in light of mistakes made in the rush to cover episodes like the Newtown shooting. “As we look at what...
View ArticleChina Still Exists; Beijing’s Doomsday Problem Persists
The People’s Republic of China, like the rest of the world, still existed as of 19:30 PST on December 21st, 2012. U.F.O.-watchers had gathered in Hunan, anti-cult organisations had issued reassuring...
View ArticleGoing Undercover, Evangelists Taking Jesus to Tibet
At The Guardian, Jonathan Kaiman examines the activities of Christian missionaries in Tibet. These have prompted widespread distrust among the overwhelmingly Buddhist population, but appear to be...
View ArticleChristian Fundamentalists Targeting Tibetans
While some Christian missionaries in China aim to fill spaces left by the suppression of traditional values and decline of Maoism, others work to convert members of already beleaguered minority...
View ArticleThe Post 80s Generation—Are the Kids All Right?
At ChinaFile, Sun Yunfan, Orville Schell and Damien Ma discuss the gap between members of China’s post-80s generation and their parents, based on a recent article by James Palmer that was featured on...
View ArticleAfter Epic Escape, Chen Guangcheng Mired in Partisan U.S.
Following heated controversy last month over legal activist Chen Guangcheng’s departure from New York University, The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs reports a tangled political “tug of war over Mr. Chen...
View ArticleThe Precarious Lives of China’s Rights Lawyers
At The Atlantic, Thomas Stevenson describes the personal and professional risks faced by China’s rights lawyers, often with little reward in terms of money or courtroom victories. Mr. Wen is an earnest...
View ArticleA Century of American Dreams and Nightmares of China
At The China Story, Jeffrey Wasserstrom tracks the distortion of Western views of China by hopes for its religious or political conversion and fears of its military, demographic or economic might....
View ArticleCanonizing Matteo Ricci: A Political Maneuver?
Debra Bruno reports for The Atlantic that some are skeptical of the campaign to turn a founding figure of the Jesuit China mission, Matteo Ricci, into a saint: Whether that process is positive or not...
View ArticleCrackdown Stymies China Church’s Christmas Meeting
The AP reports that a Christian congregation’s Christmas meeting in Nanle county, Henan province was blocked as part of an ongoing crackdown on the local church: The canceled meeting at the church in...
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