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My First Home Church

“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). On March 12, 2014, China Aid Association reported that a Christian woman was arrested by the police on Christmas Day. The charge was engaging in a Christmas celebration in public and preaching the Gospel on Christmas Day. According to the […]

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A Sheep Among Wolves; The Tragic Story of a Young Lama in China

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama XIV I like the quote from the Dalai Lama, “Be kind whenever possible…”. In other words, it is possible to always be kind… but there may be a price to pay. Jampa’s fate confirms the aphorism that when you are a sheep among wolves, […]

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Freedom from Fear

…the right of every person to practice their faith how they choose “We, therefore, believe in the inherent dignity of every human being – dignity that no earthly power can take away. And central to that dignity is freedom of religion – the right of every person to practice their faith how they choose, to […]

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Conquering Fear

“We cannot track you when you are in the U.S.” ChinaAid, a Christian association in the U.S. that defends freedom of religion in China, recently published an article I wrote about a Chinese pastor that was detained by authorities and, in general, the deplorable situation of religious freedom in China. The moment I read the […]

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The Mysterious Death of a Christian in China

Chinese New Year is coming soon. It reminds me of my first and also last reunion with the old girls and old boys from high school before the 2008 Chinese New Year. As we chatted and drank tea, the organizer, who used to be our class monitor, causally said, “Yuanming will never make it to […]

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Smoke and Mirrors: Religious Freedom in China

“If you have faith as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible to you (Matthew 17:20).” This is what is happening in China today – more and more Chinese are sowing this mustard seed and seeking the salvation of […]

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Bicycle Girl

I grew up on a bike, literally, in “bicycle kingdom”– China. In 2008, my salary as a college lecturer was about US$180 a month. Living in a mammoth metropolis like Beijing, with six rings of highways encircling the city, I needed transportation to take my son to and from school and go to work three […]