🇨🇳 China Missions

Accounts of Christian missionary work in China, exploring the collision of Western faith and Chinese culture across centuries of evangelism, resistance, and adaptation.

Gladys Aylward

by Gladys Aylward • 1970

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

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🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Gladys Aylward 90%

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

by Gladys Aylward 1970

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🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

River Town

by Peter Hessler • 2001

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

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🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion 📕 Cultural Revolution 🚫 Daily Authoritarianism

River Town 89%

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

by Peter Hessler 2001

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14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion 📕 Cultural Revolution 🚫 Daily Authoritarianism

Introducing Christian Mission Today

by Michael W. Goheen • 2014

Western-led mission is over. The future is polycentric, holistic, and urban; here is the map.

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📚 Missiology 🌍 Global Christianity 🤝 Holistic Mission 🗣️ Contextualization 🏙️ Urban Mission

Introducing Christian Mission Today Summary

Introducing Christian Mission Today 88%

Western-led mission is over. The future is polycentric, holistic, and urban; here is the map.

by Michael W. Goheen 2014

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224 ratings

📚 Missiology 🌍 Global Christianity 🤝 Holistic Mission 🗣️ Contextualization 🏙️ Urban Mission

American Shaolin

by Matthew Polly • 2007

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

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🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion 💪 Physical Discipline 🧑 Male Coming Of Age

American Shaolin 88%

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

by Matthew Polly 2007

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🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion 💪 Physical Discipline 🧑 Male Coming Of Age

The Insanity of Obedience

by Nik Ripken • 2013

Persecution follows obedience like a shadow. Most global believers know this. The West forgot.

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🌍 Global Missions ⛓️ Persecuted Church ⛪ Church Planting ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry

The Insanity of Obedience 88%

Persecution follows obedience like a shadow. Most global believers know this. The West forgot.

by Nik Ripken 2013

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🌍 Global Missions ⛓️ Persecuted Church ⛪ Church Planting ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry

Dreaming in Chinese

by Deborah Fallows • 2010

Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.

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📖 Language Memoirs 🏮 Chinese Culture 🧠 Linguistic Relativity 🗣️ Everyday Linguistics 🎓 Language Acquisition

Dreaming in Chinese 88%

Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.

by Deborah Fallows 2010

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2k+ ratings

📖 Language Memoirs 🏮 Chinese Culture 🧠 Linguistic Relativity 🗣️ Everyday Linguistics 🎓 Language Acquisition

The Coming China Wars

by Peter Navarro • 2006

Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.

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🇨🇳 China Trade Policy 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft 🛢️ Resource Diplomacy 🌊 Hydropolitics

The Coming China Wars 88%

Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.

by Peter Navarro 2006

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222 ratings

🇨🇳 China Trade Policy 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft 🛢️ Resource Diplomacy 🌊 Hydropolitics

I Stand Corrected

by Eden Collinsworth • 2014

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

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🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

I Stand Corrected 88%

When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.

by Eden Collinsworth 2014

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188 ratings

🏢 Business Etiquette 🇨🇳 Modern China 📖 China Memoir 🗣️ Cultural Fluency 📜 Confucian Values

The Long Game

by Rush Doshi • 2021

A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.

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🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚖️ Hegemonic Transition 🧿 Offensive Realism 📊 Economic Statecraft

The Long Game 88%

A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.

by Rush Doshi 2021

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚖️ Hegemonic Transition 🧿 Offensive Realism 📊 Economic Statecraft

The Third Revolution

by Elizabeth C. Economy • 2018

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

The Third Revolution 88%

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

Missions

by Gailyn Van Rheenen • 1996

An integrated model for mission: spiritual formation, cultural fluency, and strategy working as one.

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📚 Missiology 🌱 Church Planting 🦋 Spiritual Formation 🌍 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔄 Contextualization

Missions 88%

An integrated model for mission: spiritual formation, cultural fluency, and strategy working as one.

by Gailyn Van Rheenen 1996

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118 ratings

📚 Missiology 🌱 Church Planting 🦋 Spiritual Formation 🌍 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔄 Contextualization

The Shortest History of China

by Linda Jaivin • 2021

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

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🏯 Imperial China 🔄 Dynastic History ☯️ Chinese Philosophy ⚓ Opium Wars 📈 Chinese Economic Rise

The Shortest History of China 88%

Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.

by Linda Jaivin 2021

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🏯 Imperial China 🔄 Dynastic History ☯️ Chinese Philosophy ⚓ Opium Wars 📈 Chinese Economic Rise

Has the West Lost It?

by Kishore Mahbubani • 2018

China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.

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🌍 Global Power Shifts 🇨🇳 China's Rise ♟️ Realpolitik 🕊️ Non-Interventionism 🏛️ Multilateralism

Has the West Lost It? 88%

China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.

by Kishore Mahbubani 2018

3.70

984 ratings

🌍 Global Power Shifts 🇨🇳 China's Rise ♟️ Realpolitik 🕊️ Non-Interventionism 🏛️ Multilateralism

Serving with Eyes Wide Open

by David Livermore • 2006

Mission trips built around you. Cultural intelligence for serving communities instead.

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✈️ Short-Term Missions 🏛️ Cross-Cultural Ministry 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🌍 Global Church 💰 Power And Poverty

Serving with Eyes Wide Open 88%

Mission trips built around you. Cultural intelligence for serving communities instead.

by David Livermore 2006

4.03

746 ratings

✈️ Short-Term Missions 🏛️ Cross-Cultural Ministry 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🌍 Global Church 💰 Power And Poverty

The Great Wall

by Julia Lovell • 1981

The Great Wall was many walls, built for conquest as much as defense, and it failed.

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🏯 Imperial China 🇨🇳 Sinocentrism 📖 Revisionist History 🏰 Fortress Mentality 🗺️ Symbolic Landscapes

The Great Wall 88%

The Great Wall was many walls, built for conquest as much as defense, and it failed.

by Julia Lovell 1981

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344 ratings

🏯 Imperial China 🇨🇳 Sinocentrism 📖 Revisionist History 🏰 Fortress Mentality 🗺️ Symbolic Landscapes

The Barefoot Lawyer

by Chen Guangcheng • 2013

Blind and under house arrest, he crawled seven hours through Chinese fields to escape.

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ✊ Dissident Memoirs ⚖️ Human Rights In China 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🔒 Authoritarian Regimes

The Barefoot Lawyer 88%

Blind and under house arrest, he crawled seven hours through Chinese fields to escape.

by Chen Guangcheng 2013

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ✊ Dissident Memoirs ⚖️ Human Rights In China 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🔒 Authoritarian Regimes

America's Greatest Challenge

by Newt Gingrich • 2019

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

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🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

America's Greatest Challenge 87%

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

by Newt Gingrich 2019

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269 ratings

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

Pray for the World

by Patrick Johnstone • 2015

2.8 billion people, 6,645 unreached groups: what to pray when the gospel still hasn't reached them.

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🗺️ Global Missions 📖 Prayer Guides 🌍 World Christianity 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🎯 Unreached Peoples

Pray for the World 87%

2.8 billion people, 6,645 unreached groups: what to pray when the gospel still hasn't reached them.

by Patrick Johnstone 2015

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76 ratings

🗺️ Global Missions 📖 Prayer Guides 🌍 World Christianity 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🎯 Unreached Peoples

Red Roulette

by Desmond Shum • 2021

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Red Roulette 87%

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

by Desmond Shum 2021

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Lost on Planet China

by J. Maarten Troost • 2008

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

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🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Lost on Planet China 87%

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

by J. Maarten Troost 2008

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12k+ ratings

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Red Scarf Girl

by Ji-li Jiang • 1997

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

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🇨🇳 Chinese History 🏮 Cultural Revolution 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir ⚖️ Political Persecution 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence

Red Scarf Girl 87%

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

by Ji-li Jiang 1997

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🇨🇳 Chinese History 🏮 Cultural Revolution 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir ⚖️ Political Persecution 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence

Paul the Missionary

by Eckhard J. Schnabel • 2008

Paul's methods have been studied for centuries. They weren't what made his mission work.

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🕊️ Apostle Paul 🌍 Missiology ⛪ Early Church 🔧 Missionary Methods 🌏 Contextualization

Paul the Missionary 87%

Paul's methods have been studied for centuries. They weren't what made his mission work.

by Eckhard J. Schnabel 2008

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85 ratings

🕊️ Apostle Paul 🌍 Missiology ⛪ Early Church 🔧 Missionary Methods 🌏 Contextualization

A Bull in China

by Jim Rogers • 2007

China's middle class is the largest in history. The sectors and strategies for investing in it.

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🐉 China Investing 🏙️ Emerging Markets 📊 Sector Analysis 🌏 Global Macro 👤 Individual Investors

A Bull in China 87%

China's middle class is the largest in history. The sectors and strategies for investing in it.

by Jim Rogers 2007

3.52

389 ratings

🐉 China Investing 🏙️ Emerging Markets 📊 Sector Analysis 🌏 Global Macro 👤 Individual Investors

A Just Mission

by Mekdes Haddis • 2022

The people Western missions aimed to save hold the key to a faith stripped of colonialism.

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🕊️ Missiology 📖 Postcolonial Theology ✈️ Short-Term Missions ⚖️ Restorative Justice 🌍 Global Christianity

A Just Mission 87%

The people Western missions aimed to save hold the key to a faith stripped of colonialism.

by Mekdes Haddis 2022

4.03

128 ratings

🕊️ Missiology 📖 Postcolonial Theology ✈️ Short-Term Missions ⚖️ Restorative Justice 🌍 Global Christianity

Mao's America

by Xi Van Fleet • 2023

Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.

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🏮 Maoist China 🕯️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Totalitarian Parallels 🎭 Identity Politics Critique 🌏 Cultural Comparison

Mao's America 87%

Mao's Red Guards burned the books of her childhood. Now she watches America strike the match.

by Xi Van Fleet 2023

4.42

560 ratings

🏮 Maoist China 🕯️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Totalitarian Parallels 🎭 Identity Politics Critique 🌏 Cultural Comparison

Hidden Hand

by Clive Hamilton • 2020

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

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🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Hidden Hand 87%

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

by Clive Hamilton 2020

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806 ratings

🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Eternity in Their Hearts

by Don Richardson • 1980

Cultures worldwide knew of a Supreme God and a lost sacred book long before missionaries arrived.

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🗺️ Missiology 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 General Revelation 📖 Missionary Stories 🌏 Evangelism And Culture

Eternity in Their Hearts 87%

Cultures worldwide knew of a Supreme God and a lost sacred book long before missionaries arrived.

by Don Richardson 1980

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🗺️ Missiology 🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 General Revelation 📖 Missionary Stories 🌏 Evangelism And Culture

The New Silk Roads

by Peter Frankopan • 2018

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

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🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

The New Silk Roads 87%

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

by Peter Frankopan 2018

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8k+ ratings

🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

China After Mao

by Frank Dikötter • 2022

Deng's reforms weren't a path to democracy; they were the same dictatorship with a market face.

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📜 Modern Chinese History 💰 State Capitalism ⛓️ Authoritarian Rule 📹 Surveillance State 🌫️ Environmental Damage

China After Mao 87%

Deng's reforms weren't a path to democracy; they were the same dictatorship with a market face.

by Frank Dikötter 2022

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1k+ ratings

📜 Modern Chinese History 💰 State Capitalism ⛓️ Authoritarian Rule 📹 Surveillance State 🌫️ Environmental Damage

China's Economy

by Arthur R. Kroeber • 2016

China's economy isn't a miracle: it's a hybrid of one-party rule and market forces at scale.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Economy 🌏 Emerging Markets 🏛️ Political Economy 📦 Export Led Growth 🏭 State Capitalism

China's Economy 87%

China's economy isn't a miracle: it's a hybrid of one-party rule and market forces at scale.

by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016

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🇨🇳 Chinese Economy 🌏 Emerging Markets 🏛️ Political Economy 📦 Export Led Growth 🏭 State Capitalism

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

by Steve Tsang • 2024

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

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🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping 87%

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

by Steve Tsang 2024

4.09

172 ratings

🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

Wealth and Power

by Orville Schell • 2013

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

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🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

Wealth and Power 87%

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

by Orville Schell 2013

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1k+ ratings

🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

Crouching Tiger

by Peter Navarro • 2015

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

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219

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Crouching Tiger 87%

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

by Peter Navarro 2015

4.04

219 ratings

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret

by F. Howard Taylor • 1932

When Hudson Taylor stopped striving, he unlocked a force that opened all 18 provinces of China.

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🕊️ Missionary Biography 📜 19th Century Missions 😌 Spiritual Rest 🌍 Incarnational Mission 🙏 Radical Dependence

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret Summary

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret 87%

When Hudson Taylor stopped striving, he unlocked a force that opened all 18 provinces of China.

by F. Howard Taylor 1932

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9k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Biography 📜 19th Century Missions 😌 Spiritual Rest 🌍 Incarnational Mission 🙏 Radical Dependence

Poorly Made in China

by Paul Midler • 2009

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

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🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Poorly Made in China 87%

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

by Paul Midler 2009

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2k+ ratings

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Miraculous Movements

by Jerry Trousdale • 2012

Former imams and donkey cart drivers now lead the fastest Christian growth in history.

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🤝 Disciple Making 🌱 Church Planting Movements 🏠 Simple Church 🔥 Persecution And Faith 🌙 Dreams And Visions

Miraculous Movements 87%

Former imams and donkey cart drivers now lead the fastest Christian growth in history.

by Jerry Trousdale 2012

4.36

771 ratings

🤝 Disciple Making 🌱 Church Planting Movements 🏠 Simple Church 🔥 Persecution And Faith 🌙 Dreams And Visions

The Perfect Police State

by Geoffrey Cain • 2021

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

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🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

The Perfect Police State 87%

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

by Geoffrey Cain 2021

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1k+ ratings

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

From Rebel to Ruler

by Tony Saich • 2021

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

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🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

From Rebel to Ruler 87%

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

by Tony Saich 2021

3.83

119 ratings

🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

The Hundred-Year Marathon

by Michael Pillsbury • 2014

China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.

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🌏 Geopolitics 🥊 China-Us Rivalry ♟️ Grand Strategy 🚀 Asymmetric Warfare 🏦 State Capitalism

The Hundred-Year Marathon 87%

China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.

by Michael Pillsbury 2014

4.20

5k+ ratings

🌏 Geopolitics 🥊 China-Us Rivalry ♟️ Grand Strategy 🚀 Asymmetric Warfare 🏦 State Capitalism

Confucianism

by Daniel K. Gardner • 2014

No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.

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🏮 Chinese Philosophy 📜 Confucianism 🎯 Virtue Ethics 🌱 Self Cultivation ☯️ Eastern Philosophy

Confucianism 87%

No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.

by Daniel K. Gardner 2014

3.98

372 ratings

🏮 Chinese Philosophy 📜 Confucianism 🎯 Virtue Ethics 🌱 Self Cultivation ☯️ Eastern Philosophy

Red Dawn Over China

by Frank Dikötter • 2026

China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.

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🀄 Chinese Communism ☭ Maoist China 🇷🇺 Soviet Influence ⚔️ Chinese Civil War 🩸 Political Violence

Red Dawn Over China 87%

China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.

by Frank Dikötter 2026

3.82

153 ratings

🀄 Chinese Communism ☭ Maoist China 🇷🇺 Soviet Influence ⚔️ Chinese Civil War 🩸 Political Violence

World on the Brink

by Dmitri Alperovitch • 2024

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

4.20

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🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

World on the Brink 87%

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024

4.20

832 ratings

🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?

by Yong Zhao • 2014

China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.

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203

📚 Education Systems 📝 Standardized Testing 🌍 Comparative Education 📜 Confucian Education 💡 Creativity Deficit

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? 87%

China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.

by Yong Zhao 2014

3.94

203 ratings

📚 Education Systems 📝 Standardized Testing 🌍 Comparative Education 📜 Confucian Education 💡 Creativity Deficit

The China Model

by Daniel A. Bell • 2015

Voters are ignorant, money corrupts, and the future gets no vote. China's alternative explained.

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🌍 Comparative Politics 🏛️ Chinese Governance 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 📊 Public Choice Theory ☯️ Modern Confucianism

The China Model 87%

Voters are ignorant, money corrupts, and the future gets no vote. China's alternative explained.

by Daniel A. Bell 2015

3.60

290 ratings

🌍 Comparative Politics 🏛️ Chinese Governance 🎓 Meritocracy Critique 📊 Public Choice Theory ☯️ Modern Confucianism

Contagious Disciple Making

by David Watson • 2014

Strip away Christian culture, ask what people will obey, and the gospel reproduces itself.

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533

🧱 Disciple Making 🌍 Cross Cultural Missions 🌱 Organic Church 🏃 Obedience To God 🤝 Lay Ministry

Contagious Disciple Making 87%

Strip away Christian culture, ask what people will obey, and the gospel reproduces itself.

by David Watson 2014

4.20

533 ratings

🧱 Disciple Making 🌍 Cross Cultural Missions 🌱 Organic Church 🏃 Obedience To God 🤝 Lay Ministry

Asia's Cauldron

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2014

One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.

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🔭 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ⚓ Maritime Strategy 🗺️ Territorial Disputes ⛽ Energy Security

Asia's Cauldron 87%

One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2014

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3k+ ratings

🔭 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ⚓ Maritime Strategy 🗺️ Territorial Disputes ⛽ Energy Security

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

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🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

Chinese Cinderella 87%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

Not Forgotten

by Kenneth Bae • 2016

North Korea sentences a missionary to 15 years hard labor. His jailers become his congregation.

4.13

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🏕️ North Korean Labor Camps 📖 Missionary Memoirs ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🔗 Labor Camp Survival 🙏 Christian Testimony

Not Forgotten 87%

North Korea sentences a missionary to 15 years hard labor. His jailers become his congregation.

by Kenneth Bae 2016

4.13

1k+ ratings

🏕️ North Korean Labor Camps 📖 Missionary Memoirs ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🔗 Labor Camp Survival 🙏 Christian Testimony

The Kingdom Unleashed

by Jerry Trousdale • 2018

What multiplying churches in the Global South know about disciple-making that the West forgot.

4.53

109

🌐 Missiology 📖 Discipleship Models 🌱 Church Multiplication 🌍 Global Christianity 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

The Kingdom Unleashed 87%

What multiplying churches in the Global South know about disciple-making that the West forgot.

by Jerry Trousdale 2018

4.53

109 ratings

🌐 Missiology 📖 Discipleship Models 🌱 Church Multiplication 🌍 Global Christianity 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World

by Rebecca E. Karl • 2009

He freed a nation, starved a generation, and the Party still carries his portrait.

3.83

284

🏮 Modern Chinese History 🚩 Maoist China 👤 Political Biography 📢 Revolutionary Ideology 🌾 Peasant Movements

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He freed a nation, starved a generation, and the Party still carries his portrait.

by Rebecca E. Karl 2009

3.83

284 ratings

🏮 Modern Chinese History 🚩 Maoist China 👤 Political Biography 📢 Revolutionary Ideology 🌾 Peasant Movements

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