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Chai Ling

Planning to read the Bible this weekend?

Books |  Chai Ling’s A Heart for Freedom (Tyndale, 2011) explains how she, a leader of China’s 1989 Tiananmen protests, became a Christian. It’s a good book, and…

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chinese officials publicly fight corruption, privately amass fortunes

China |  Since Chinese President Xi Jinping came into power four months ago, he has publicly made war with the widespread corruption among Chinese officials. He’s…

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, residents stand outside their house damaged by an earthquake in Longmen Township.

China rocked by powerful quake

International |  A powerful earthquake rattled the hillsides of China’s southwestern Sichuan province today, killing at least 156 people and injuring 5,500, according to…

OPPOSITE EFFECT: A nurse explains an ultrasound in Xi’an, China.
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Technology fail

China |  Chinese using ultrasounds to spur abortion 

Bibles for sale, along with other books, at a store in Beijing, China.

Your Bible, now made in China

Religion |  China, the world’s largest producer of textiles and manufactured goods, is now also the largest producer of Bibles. In 2012, the country’s sole Bible…

A baby is carried with a traditional baby carrier at a park in Chongqing, China.

Chinese outraged over another forced late-term abortion

China |  Another photo of a baby forcibly aborted at seven months by Chinese officials went viral last weekend, stirring anger in the Chinese community online. “What…

An elderly Chinese woman caries a baby piggyback in a traditional basket.

Abortions under China’s one-child policy total entire U.S. population

Abortion |  Last week, the Chinese government revealed officials have killed 336 million babies through abortions since 1971, when the government first started…

A believer prays while others line up to receive Communion during a morning Mass at Beijing's official Catholic church South Cathedral in China.

Chinese paradox: Bigger churches, more persecution

Religion |  China opened its largest church last month to keep up with the growing number of Christians and to demonstrate its “support” of religion, according to The…

South Korean Army soldiers set up barbed wire fence during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea.

Midday Roundup: The war of the telephone

Newsworthy |  The sounds of silence. Tensions continue to escalate on the Korean Peninsula today, with the North severing a hotline the two countries have used since 1971…

Elton John and Bjork
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In their faces

Music |  Elton John’s China rebuke stands in a long line of singer statements of dubious value

Kenyans line up early this morning for voting in a general election in Kisumu, west of Nairobi, Kenya.

Globe Trot: Voting in Kenya, fighting in Mali, geology in Africa, and AIDS cured in Mississippi

International |  High voter turnout in Kenya today marks one of the most complex—and controversial—presidential elections in the key East African nation and strong…

Feng Jianmei
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'We lost the most,' says Chinese mother

China |  Feng Jianmei, whose forced abortion last summer lit a firestorm against the country’s one-child policy, spoke out about her experience for the first time…

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