Post Mortems
2014-05-08
The L.A. Times has dutifully sent a reporter to Wenzhou. So has the BBC. Both have come up with on-the-scene articles.Read More →
More Information
2014-05-02
In the case of the Wenzhou Church, CNN Thursday connects a change in government rhetoric to an investigation of five government officialsRead More →
Reporting on Wenzhou (from Beijing, London, etc.)
2014-04-30
Monday, the LA Times joined the Washington Post and The New York Times with its story.Read More →
Church destroyed
2014-04-28
The practical application of the negotiated settlement between local officials and local Christians in Wenzhou started being enforced today in China. Read More →
Did I read this whole thing wrong?
2014-04-26
Duped. I let down my guard and my prejudices about the Communist government of China flowed through. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. Read More →
Symbols and Windmills
2014-04-23
A local official thinks the cross on top of a new huge church is too big and that Christianity is spreading too fast. So, of course, tearing down the cross will solve everything.Read More →
Wenzhou: The End May Be Near
2014-04-22
Wrecking crews are said to have showed up at the church in Wenzhou as state media in Beijing continues to be the only outlet covering this story.Read More →
Quote of the day: We understand that crosses are a symbol of Christian belief so we are negotiating.
2014-04-18
China state media continues to be the only media providing coverage of the standoff between church goers in Wenzhou and officials who want to demolish their church. The Beijing-based Global Times offering this feature yesterday.Read More →
Demolition shemolition
2014-04-12
The Wenzhou story continues to simmer. On Thursday, state media in the form of the Beijing-based Global Times weighed in with an official denial. Read More →
“They Control”
2014-04-10
A friend who spent time evangelizing in China during the last decade recalls a meeting with a 90+ year-old survivor of the Cultural Revolution, a devout Catholic. Asked about religion today, the old man, in excellent English would only say “they control….they control.”Read More →
Christians 0 Lions 0
2014-04-08
Situation in China: still fluid, according to Christian Broadcasting Network.Read More →
Wenzhou’s Masada?
2014-04-06
My teaching assistant in the first class I took when I returned to graduate school in the mid-90s, a Chinese woman still grieving her late dad, told me at the time she hoped religion in America would help her. In the end, it didn’t.Read More →
Big Trouble in Big China
2014-04-05
If I were Mr. Party head in the province who provoked this mess I’d clear out my desk and make up two envelopes for my successor. One which is numbered 1 and inside has a piece of paper that says “blame me” and the other numbered 2 with a piece of paper inside that says “make up two envelopes.”Read More →