U.S. satellites reveal China's solar dominance (January 11, 2025, Mashable South East Asia)
The sun's energy is plentiful. And China is capitalizing. Images captured by two Earth-observing satellites, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, revealed a rapid expansion of solar farms in a remote northern Chinese region, the Kubuqi Desert.
Meeting Gen Z where They Are—An Insider’s Perspective (January 7, 2025, Chinese Church Voices)
As a member of Gen Z, I understand the pressures and challenges facing young people today. As a Christian, I also experience the struggles of living a Christian life and recognize the difficulties the church faces in attracting and retaining young believers. This article will discuss young people’s views on church life and explore how the church can better draw and keep them.
The Immigrant Church…in Southeast Asia: Part 2 (January 6, 2025, China Partnership)
Many Chinese are settling in other Asian countries, places not so far from their original home, countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and other southeast Asian destinations. Among the current diaspora are many Christians, including house church pastors. In this season of tumult, Chinese believers are considering how to continue sharing the gospel with other Chinese who are either unsettled or in the process of re-settling. While these changes present challenges to the spread of the gospel, it is also an important opportunity, one the church wants to meet intentionally.
A Son’s Gratitude (January 6, 2025, ChinaSource)
Up until this point in my life, it always felt that my love for Theology and Chinese were together an odd combination, or potentially a fluke of random chance. To say this conference changed my perspective on that would be a vast understatement. I finally met over 100 people who not only shared a similar interest and desires, but had so many unique ways in which they were living out this same calling we shared, in cities across the US, China, and Taiwan.
Continuing Partnership Beyond the Golden Age: Stepping Out (January 3, 2025, ChinaSource)
As the golden age for missions in China fades, the dynamics of ministry are changing drastically. Foreign workers are being forced to leave, and local churches are facing increasing repression. In this challenging environment, how can the international community continue supporting and walking alongside their beloved Chinese brothers and sisters? A recent trip I took offered deep reflections on a new model of partnership and how God continues to pour out his love and carry out his work in China.
Year Two of Praying for China’s Cities (January 2, 2025, China Partnership)
At China Partnership, we place a high value on cities. As I wrote in my introductory piece to 2024, Chinese cities have a special place in the work of the kingdom of God. Because of this belief, we spent all of 2024 praying for Chinese cities. We prayed for a different city each month, drawing our prayer requests from the Christians that call those cities home. The feedback we have received from this prayer focus–as well as our own internal experience–has been fantastic. So much so, that in 2025 we’re going to do it all over again.
China State Media Launches ‘China-U.S. Friendship Stories’ Campaign at Kuliang Forum, Rooted in Missionary Legacy (January 1, 2025, China Christian Daily)
The forum was held in Beijing on December 20, 2024, aiming to enhance understanding and promote people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States. It brought together over 150 representatives from the political, academic, media, and business sectors, as well as youth and members of the “Friends of Kuliang” organization.
Top Stories 2024: South China Sea Flashpoints (January 10, 2025, U.S. Naval Institute)
Throughout the year, numerous incidents involving dangerous maritime maneuvers, water cannons, and aerial interceptions occurred around and above other South China Sea maritime features, including the long-disputed Scarborough Shoal.
Why China Needs Comprehensive Welfarism (January 11, 2025, Modern Diplomacy)
The assertion that “without a well-functioning economy, political stability cannot be achieved” may sound all too cliché, yet it is certainly true. In the context of China, many of the nation’s challenges are deeply rooted in economic issues.
Hong Kong top judges told to ‘stop complicity in police state’ (January 8, 2025, The Straits Times)
A jailed Hong Kong activist on Jan 8 told five top judges to stop their “complicity” in a “police state”, an unusually direct rebuke that highlights a growing credibility crisis for the city’s courts.