Shanghai’s Marriage Market, where elderly residents gather in the hopes of setting up their children or grandchildren with “suitable” spouses by advertising their qualities. Read more …
Leftover Women in China
The issue of unmarried females, often stigmatised as “leftover” women, has long been a topic of concern in a society that prioritises marriage and motherhood for women. Read more …
One in a Billion Mother
From the moment Mary sensed she was pregnant with her third child she knew she had received a gift. But the niggling question of how a third child would affect their life worried her. Read more …
The Preeminence of Love in Chinese Families
The new era in China is seen as lacking love, ethics, and upbringing. While the original hierarchy and relationships have collapsed, a new order affecting relationships has not been established. Read more …
Distance and Duty
“Our generation of only-children is very self-conscious. We must shoulder all of our parents’ goals and their ever- bigger dreams…we don’t have our independent future, but rather, re-walk the path our parents didn’t finish.” Read more …
Check List for Preparing Chinese Returnees
What do we need to do to prepare a Chinese Christian to return to China? We have created this check list for you to use with each potential returnee to see if there is more you can do to prepare them. Read more …
Returning Home to China: An equipping guide for Chinese Christians returning home
As you return to your home country of China, you will face both challenges and opportunities. Chinese who have returned have told us stories of how God has used them and their experience overseas to influence their community after returning to China. Read more …
Issues facing returning Chinese students and scholars
This article discusses the worldview that Chinese students and scholars come from, the issues they face when returning home and some lessons learned by Chinese returnees. Read more …
Preparing Chinese living abroad to return to China
As more Chinese living abroad are coming to faith, the question of how to prepare them for integrating into the church when they return to China becomes ever more urgent. Read more …
What attracts Chinese to church?
The Christian faith is very community-based and uses a lot of language of family, and for Chinese people, it’s all about family. Chinese are in a “we” culture, not an “I” culture. That’s very much what the Christian church is, too.” Read more …