Those of us who work in China are often asked if we think that the situation for the church in China is getting better or worse. I have always found that to be a problematic question. First of all, “better” and “worse” are relative terms, so the first response has to be “better or worse […]
If I were in Beijing This Weekend
I’m not in Beijing to experience the Chinese New Year celebrations, but if I were, this is what I would be seeing outside my living room window: That clip was filmed on New Year’s Eve, 2010 — from my living room window! Part of me is glad to be missing that and part if me […]
The Corner of Stalin and Freedom
In the 1990’s I studied and worked at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, Jilin Province. We always got a chuckle out of the fact that the school was located on the corner of Stalin and Freedom. There wasn’t much on that corner — our university entrance, the Friendship Store, and some government offices. Today there […]
