‘Special forces-styled travel’? Changing face of mainland Chinese travellers triggers Hong Kong tourism rethink (September 8, 2024, Channel News Asia)
Shifts in the age, priorities and perspectives of mainland tourists in Hong Kong are posing unique challenges for businesses in capturing their attention and spending. In the first of a two-parter, CNA explores how the city is coping on the tourism front.
China’s tourism market poised for Mid-Autumn Festival surge, driven by cultural and short-distance trip boom (September 7, 2024, Global Times)
Experts predict that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, from September 15 to 17, will see sustained high demand for short-distance travel. Combined with the upcoming National Day holidays, this is expected to inject continued vitality into consumption, contributing to economic growth in the latter half of the year.
People from Macao and Hong Kong spend 454 million yuan in Zhuhai each month (September 6, 2024, the Macao News)
Zhuhai is registering more than 360,000 monthly arrivals from Macao and Hong Kong, a new study finds, with the visitors happily digging into their pockets. The increasing number of SAR residents heading to mainland Chinese cities like Zhuhai to shop and dine is an ongoing challenge for local businesses
Villagers reluctant to say goodbye to one of Hong Kong's last squatter settlements (September 8, 2024, The Manila Times)
The Cha Kwo Ling village in east Kowloon is filled with small houses built from metal sheets and stones, as well as old granite buildings, contrasting sharply with the high-rise structures that dominate much of the Asian financial hub.
Workplace violence and turnover intention among Chinese nurses: the mediating role of compassion fatigue and the moderating role of psychological resilience (September 7, 2024, BMC Public Health)
Workplace violence is a global public health issue and a major occupational hazard cross borders and environments. Nurses are the primary victims of workplace violence due to their frontline roles and continuous interactions. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience sample of clinical registered nurses from public hospitals in Changsha, Hunan, China.
Macao a perfect blend of historic charm, modern flair (June 20, 2024, Global Times)
The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has been named "Culture City of East Asia 2025," according to a recent Xinhua News Agency report, which cited the Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR government.
Chongqing: Student Ministry Is Not Like Other Cities (August 22, 2024, China Partnership)
The student ministry in Chongqing is not like other cities. Up to now, there is still not a good student ministry here. I’ve heard that other cities – like Shandong Province, or Xi’an—have large ministries, with many students who graduate from them. In Chongqing, many student ministries have faced difficulties and even eventually left the city. All the churches in Chongqing who do student ministry are being persecuted. They are very strict with students here.
Chongqing: I Long to See Revival (August 26, 2024, China Partnership)
More than a decade ago, the president of my seminary told me, “Chongqing has never experienced revival. At different times, there have been waves of revival throughout China, but Chongqing has never been touched.” He encouraged me to stay in Chongqing, believing that one day, I would see revival. This is my deep hope.
In the Fire, Yet Unburned: A Journey of Faith in Adversity (August 27, 2024, Chinese Church Voices)
Though I have become a respected professor at a renowned Chinese university, with a decent job and God-given gifts and talents sufficient to meet the university’s various assessment requirements, my journey of faith has been one of stumbling towards God as it is he who never abandons me. I fall, get up, and fall again. But after such fiery trials, I find myself reborn like wild grass.
Crossing Cultures: Missio Dei and Missionary Formation (August 26, 2024, ChinaSource)
I have heard it said that the church of God has a mission to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to all unreached peoples, and when we fulfill that mission, the Lord will return. It is better said that the God of mission has a church, a people he shapes and sends in collaboration with missio dei. God himself accomplishes missionary formation through a series of shaping events that unfold over a lifetime.
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Blessing Asia
In October-2022 more than 500 Christian leaders from across Asia gathered in Thailand for the Asia 2022 Congress, sponsored by the Lausanne Movement and various partnering organizations. I had the opportunity to participate in the Congress virtually and was mightily blessed. From Bible exposition to K-pop worship, and through seminars and workshops, the participants were encouraged by the stories of what God is doing in countries all over Asia. Clearly, God is on the move.
A beautiful vision was portrayed in a video of the popular worship song The Blessing, featuring singers from all over Asia. Here it is:
Many of the sessions have already been posted on their website and to their YouTube channel.
One that I found particularly helpful considering all that is going on in China was a presentation titled Church and State Relationship in Asia Today. You can see the video here.
I encourage you to spend some time on their website; there are fantastic resources for understanding God’s work in Asia today.
Original link: https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/blog-entries/blessing-asia/
Image credit: Andrea Brucker, via Unsplash
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