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This coping mechanism masquerading as a digital scrapbook gives you a window into our experiences as a Canadian-American couple trying to live into and love - and some days just survive - China. Visit the blog (http://chinahopelive.net) directly to see all the photos, videos and links the way they're supposed to be.
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China Hope Live

English - China, Chinese, Culture
http://chinahopelive.net
China Hope Live · 2W ago

Eating Bitterness: an intro to the unprecedented Chinese migrant worker phenomenon

A fine overview with lots of links for further reading about the hundreds of millions of people who leave the village for the city and make the stuff you buy.
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China Hope Live · 2W ago

Chairman Mao enshrined — literally

Chairman Mao has long been described as having "god-like" status in China. But for at least one town, it's now no longer just a metaphor.
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China Hope Live · 2W ago

A deeper look into the dynamics of living with Chinese propaganda

Two insightful posts from Seeing Red in China about living in an aggressively and explicitly propagandized environment, and how Chinese try to deal with it.
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

Defining You (Pt. 2): Pick your poison

Whether Chinese or Western, collective or individualistic, are we all just willing peons of a sophisticated market that colonizes our identities for profit?
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

Would you rather…? (Gutter Oil 2.0)

"Gutter oil" is back with a vengeance (not that it had ever left...)
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

“Re-LIN-gion” Chinese internet meme

A translation (with mouseover pinyin pronunciation) of a religion-themed Jeremy Lin Chinese internet meme that was shared by some Taiwanese friends on Facebook.
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

Mainland students lining up for Western private schools

With faith in China's future but not its present, and the belief that education abroad will make success at home, Chinese increasingly enter private US schools.
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

A short intro to the Confucian “Mandate of Heaven” (天命)

I've found Andrew Hong's blog to be a good source for easy introductions to basic, relevant Confucianism. His latest introduces the "Mandate of Heaven."
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

Happy “Resurrection Festival” 2012!

An article from sinologist Dr. Brent Fulton on why the Chinese government's policy toward Christians is more positive than you think.
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China Hope Live · 1M ago

Interview with Prof. Liu Peng on Religious Issues in China

If you have a serious interest in understanding religion issues in China, this interview from Liu Peng of the Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences is for you.
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