by Chinese Network Team | Mar 30, 2016 | Holidays
“It’s often taboo to talk about death with a Chinese person. We usually will avoid the conversation.” shared Yiwei to her American friend. Yet, once each year in China there is a special day to remember, and even worship, the dead. The Qingming...
by Chinese Network Team | Mar 22, 2016 | Holidays
In Chinese the term Easter literally translates as “Risen Day” or “Resurrection Day”. Yet most students from China have never celebrated this religious holiday. Most don’t understand the significant meaning of Easter. Explaining Easter to...
by Chinese Network Team | Mar 17, 2016 | Holidays
“When I lived in China I never celebrated the Easter holiday. Like most Chinese students, I did not know the true meaning of Easter. I think it was just a Western festival,” shared Wang. Since there are signs and symbols of Easter in American culture, Chinese students...
by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Viewpoints
In the last post, I discussed Chinese pragmatism, and how that affects the way that Chinese students approach religion. In short, it seems that, as a general trend, Chinese students seem rather less concerned about whether Christianity is true, and rather more...
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