Ni hao (hello in Chinese) ! China, the 1st or 2nd most populous nation in the world w/over 1 billion and growing-wow! That is the first thought that comes to me when I think of China. I've (Sal) met people from China all over, but I never really got a chance to really know anyone that I could think of as close. While attending UMM, I've gone to know some individuals. I remember one lady I met that studied here and she was always busy in her school work. I'm not trying to steretype any particular people of China, but probably the people I've indirectly interacted are the many Chinese restaurants you find all over. You can find one even in Morris of all places-we had a 3-5+ year "drought" of not having one. While I was attending school from 95-99, I think the current local Chinese restaurant just opened towards the end of my years attending UMM.
Anyway, I'm here to write more about Chinese food, but "soul food". Shang Ti-God's Word-Bible, which has been unfortunately been scarce in Communists China. I was previewing this movie that I got from the local Christian bookstore, Family Bookstore, located in our very small town-mall. This movie is going to be played in my local church's first "International Movie Night" tonight-Saturday, October 18th at our old church building. While watching the movie, here were some observations:
Movie: China Cry
China Cry: Christian Persecution in Athiest China
"This video is part six of a movie that details the life of Nora Lam and the Church as it began to become heavily persecuted under atheistic Communist rule in China. Instead of dying, the church not only survived, it began to thrive"
Main Character: Sung Neng Lee (Nora Lam) played by Julia Nickson
Background Story: Sung grows up in a �upper class�Efamily (dad is a doctor) and their comfortable �way of life" (somewhat like �usliving in the U.S. turns around after the Japanese stormed in during WWII She goes through obstacles as the nation of China goes through the �Cultural Revolution (30 years before the infamous Tinanmen Square 1989 Massacre incident)
Here were some comparitive "blessing�s" observations that I made between this lady�s experience during this time in China and America (present day from my personal experience so far):
-we are blessed to have a democratic government
-we are blessed to have more freedom compared to what Sung went through
-we are blessed to have �religious freedom"(somewhat despite the current debates on: �Pledge of
Allegiance �Ten Commandments in City Hall� Prayer in Schools �Makeshift Cross still standing from the WTC rubble �God inscribed in the bricks of a memorial in Columbine [Focus on the Family]
-we are blessed to worship publicly (Seung witnesses a �undergound church have worship and praise silently as they just mouth the words)
For more related resources to what Sung experienced:
Web
-"China's History of Providential Perspective, Cultural Revolution too
Ministries
-Nora Lam Ministries, San Jose, CA based providing aid to children in China
Books:
-China Cry, book written w/Irene Burk Harrell
-Discovery of Geneis: How the Truths of Genesis Were Found Hidden in the Chinese Language
+Chinese Characters, from euroasiasoftware
+Chinese Written Language
-The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
-Watchman Nee, a missionary within his own country (others)
-Hudson Taylor, a missionary that opened the door to mainland China
-Books on China, reccomended by Urbana/IVCF
Movies:
-Emperor of the Sun
Yes, there is no perfect government, nation, etc�EWe have to remember, that we don�t live in a perfect world. The only perfect place will be eternity-Kingdom of God. Where Jesus is King
[1 Samuel]
Now, look at this quote from a scene that got my attention while previewing another movie while writing this.
Missions Conference: Missionaries Testimony
I attended the Hossana Worship (church in Morris) Center's Mission Conference this past Saturday, April 17th of 2004. I was enlightened by the testimonies of this missionary. Particulary a miracle of the "key that fell from the sky" that a Chinese non-believer asked God for, which made him a believer thought this. There are many cool stories he share, which is name is forbidden for privacy-safety issues.
....to be continued!
Largest Number of Students from China at UMM 06'-07 Academic Year
I had a chance to meet some of the large number of Chinese residents from Morris' sister City this summer at the annual Talent Show at East Side Park. They were here for less then a month to see the city. This Fall of 2006', we had the largest number (#17 estimate) of students from China come to UMM. I met a lot of them at a local Chinese restaurant before the school year started. I got to know them more when 3 of them needed a ride to the Twin Cities during the Labor Day weekend.
I got the chance to take them (Snow, Suki, and Shin?) to Alexandria last weekend (November 3rd of 2006). Here is a picture of them eating at Arbys (just opened recently in Alexandria, MN) for the first time...
Here is recent (Friday, April 13th of 2007) picture I took with Suki, Snow, and Danke Z. Suki and Snow love KFC, so I took them to another or even a better "chicken place"...
Popeyes on 310 W Lake St
Minneapolis, MN 55408 (612)825-5129
Student Liubing Chen reflects on her UMM experience
Posted by Bekah Deutl '08, Anoka on Sunday, May. 6, 2007
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In early 2005, the University of Minnesota, Morris and Capital Normal University (CNU) in Beijing, China, began exploring student exchange opportunities. That summer, 12 UMM students and two advisers traveled to China�s Jiashan County to jump-start an exchange program, the first with the United States in that region of China. This academic year, 2006-07, UMM welcomed 19 students from China, including Liubing Chen.
Chen is a senior English language and literature student from CNU, and editor of CNU�s magazine. She chose to study at UMM because of the agreement between the two universities, UMM�s excellent liberal arts education, and to improve her English.
�It�s great to be a student here!� says Chen. �It�s totally an English environment, and I have to use English to communicate every day, so it�s really helpful for my improvement. It�s much easier to learn English here than in China. What�s more important is that the people are very friendly and helpful, so I feel very happy to be here.� Chen lives in the on-campus apartments, a great location to hone her English skills.
While CNU is a very large university, with four different campuses and more than 20,000 students at her campus alone, Chen finds UMM comparable. �Both of the universities are very good. CNU emphasizes teacher training. It has great school spirit and pays much attention to moral character. The professors are all very nice and responsible. UMM students are all very diligent and cultured. The professors at UMM are at high levels in their subjects and fields, and they treat students very well, helping a lot in our academic area.� Because of UMM�s liberal arts emphasis, Chen has been able to take many different courses, which she enjoys.
Chen treasures her experiences at UMM: �I would definitely recommend for people in China to study at UMM. It�s a wonderful place to study and live. You not only make progress in your academic career, but also in your personality.� Chen is interested in a career involving American-Chinese communication. �I think it is very important work, and I�ll be very satisfied if I can use my language skills to help people,� she comments.
This is Chen�s first experience in the United States. The native of Beijing, population nearly 15 million, is really enjoying the small town of Morris. �I come from a big city, so I don�t have many chances to enjoy the peaceful country life. I love the fresh air in Morris! The most impressive thing is the tolerance among people. In Morris, people from different countries can get along with each other very well. I have lots of friends here, not only Americans but also students from other counties. I think the best word to describe Morris is �harmony,�� she observes.
Reflecting China�s one child policy, Chen is an only child. Her mother and father, both college graduates, are a designer and a manager of a company, respectively. �I feel really lucky to be their child because they are open-minded parents who love me very much. We three get along very well.� Chen appreciates her parents� encouragement to study abroad. It is as invaluable to her as the support she has received at UMM. Chen is very thankful for all of the help she has received through orientation, from the Center for International Programs staff, and from the tutors who aided her throughout the year.
Chen and Payne
Chen and Tap Payne, professor of theatre, at UMM's International Country Fair.
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Morris delegation to ratify Sister City agreement in China (04/12/2006 Morris Sun Tribune)
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Morris Mayor Carol Wilcox and University of Minnesota, Morris Chancellor Sam Schuman will be among 16 people with ties to the area and UMM traveling to China on Thursday.
The group will be involved in the formal declaration of Morris and the Chinese city of Jiashan partnering through the Sister City program.
�I�m excited, and I�m sure everyone else is excited,� Wilcox said. �I think it�s a great opportunity.�
Schuman first proposed the Sister City connection last year because of Jiashan�s growing ties to the University of Minnesota, Morris.
The trip also will include the signing of academic exchange documents, Wilcox said.
After Schuman suggested the Sister City program, the city readily agreed to join in. The Morris City Council in February approved a resolution entering into a Sister City agreement.
Enrolling in the Sister Cities International program is $140 per city per year, and Schuman offered to pick up the fee for both Morris and Jiashan.
The Sister Cities idea was born after Schuman and several UMM students visited Jiashan.
The University of Minnesota, which has a center devoted to Chinese students and study, has more graduates from China than any university in the U.S., Schuman said.
Schuman visited China twice recently, taking tours of the area and universities in Beijing and Shanghai.
�It was an astonishing experience about which I could speak for hours, hours and hours,� Schuman told the Morris City Council last year.
At the request of Chinese officials, 12 UMM students spent a couple weeks in Jiashan and surrounding areas last summer.
UMM eventually would like to establish an exchange program with Chinese students, according to Schuman.
Chinese students, the mayor of Jiashan are planning to visit Morris this summer, Wilcox said.
The Jiashan officials are planning a formal banquet at which the Sister City documents would be signed, Wilcox said.
�It�s quite formal and big,� Wilcox said. �It�ll be real fancy. I don�t know if I�m fancy enough for it, but I�ll give it a shot.�
The rest of the trip involves tours of Jiashan, and the rest of Zhejiang, the province in which the city is located. The group will visit manufacturing facilities and academic institutions, and take in many cultural sights and events, Wilcox said.
The group also will travel to Beijing to visit with Chinese commerce officials, and sightsee, she said.
They will return April 23.
�It will be the only time I�ll be there, I�m sure, so I want to see it all,� Wilcox said. �It should be fun.�
Jiashan, Morris sign exchange agreement
Theresa Novak '09, Coon Rapids on Monday, Apr. 17, 2006
Event Date/Time: Thursday, Apr. 27, 2006
"Those who traveled to China along with Schuman and Wilcox are Falzerano, Jaime Moquin, UMM Office of Admissions, Michael Korth, chair, UMM Science and Mathematics Division, Tap Payne, chair, UMM Humanities Division, Margaret Payne, Morris resident, Jooinn Lee, chair, UMM Social Sciences Division, Claire Lee, Morris resident, Pam Solvie, faculty, UMM Education Division, Mary Ann Scharf, Morris resident, Linda Schmidgall, Morris resident, Neil Schmidgall, Superior Industries, Michael Sparby, AURI and LaVonne Droegemueller, teacher, Morris Area High School.
Along with student exchanges for study abroad, the possibility of faculty participating in this program is undecided. UMM students have the opportunity to attend classes for an entire semester at either Shanghai University or Capital Normal, or to attend the May Term where they will spend two weeks at Capital Normal, five days teaching English in Jiashan, and the last five days visiting Shanghai.
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Related Links:
Jiashan, China - English job offered
Shanghai-Lonely Planet
Shanghai Municipality China, from Oriental Travel
Shanghai-Travel China Guide
Oriental Peral Tower, tv and radio tower
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I went to a music festival called Sonshine Festival in Wilmar, Minnesota back in the summer of 1999/2000. A group called Jars of Clay had a memorable share on how big God is after a mission trip to China...
Jars of Clay on China
"I went to a music festival called Sonshine Festival in Wilmar, Minnesota back in the summer of 1999/2000. A group called Jars of Clay had a memorable share on witnessing how BIG God is after a mission trip to China..http://www.goodnewseverybody.com "
..see music concert video on "World Apart"
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"..is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China,[4] and has also been known in English as Peking (English pronunciation (info)). The municipality of Beijing borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.[5]
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2008 Beijing Olympics song"Welcome to Beijing" MV(full)
"中国加油！！北京加油！！韩庚加油！！
hangeng shoots this MV with many other famouse singers in Chinese.
translated lyrics by: red nose sister(红鼻子姐姐)
"Welcome to Beijing "
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China earthquake aftermath - victims & rescue
" "Added: May 14, 2008 (Less info)
Terrible earthquake and a respectful local official. This clip is from CNN's website. "
"CHENGDU, China - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades.
The 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu. Striking in midafternoon, it emptied office buildings across the country in Beijing and could be felt as far away as Vietnam.
Snippets from state media and photos posted on the Internet underscored the immense scale of the devastation. In the town of Juyuan, south of the epicenter, a three-story high school collapsed, burying as many as 900 students and killing at least 50, the official Xinhua news agency said. Photos showed people using cranes, mechanical hoists and their hands to remove slabs of concrete and steel.
Buried teenagers struggling to break free from the rubble, "while others were crying out for help," Xinhua said. Families waited in the rain near the wreckage as rescuers wrote the names of the dead on a blackboard, Xinhua said.
The earthquake hit one of the last homes of the giant panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve and panda breeding center, in Wenchuan county, which remained out of contact, Xinhua said.
In Chengdu, it crashed telephone networks and hours later left parts of the city of 10 million in darkness.
"We can't get to sleep. We're afraid of the earthquake. We're afraid of all the shaking," said 52-year-old factory worker Huang Ju, who took her ailing, elderly mother out of the Jinjiang District People's Hospital. Outside, Huang sat in a wheelchair wrapped in blankets while her mother, who was ill, slept in a hospital bed next to her.
Xinhua reported 8,533 people died in Sichuan alone and 216 others in three other provinces and the mega-city of Chongqing.
Worst affected were four counties including the quake's epicenter in Wenchuan, 60 miles northwest of Chengdu. Landslides left roads impassable Tuesday, causing the government to order soldiers into the area on foot, state television said, and heavy rain prevented four military helicopters from landing.
Wenchuan's Communist Party secretary appealed for air drops of tents, food and medicine. "We also need medical workers to save the injured people here," Xinhua quoted Wang Bin as telling other officials who reached him by phone.
To the east, in Beichuan county, 80 percent of the buildings fell, and 10,000 people were injured, aside from 3,000 to 5,000 dead, Xinhua said. State media said two chemical plants in an industrial zone of the city of Shifang collapsed, burying hundreds of people and spilling more than 80 tons of toxic liquid ammonia.
Though slow to release information at first, the government and its state media ramped up quickly. Nearly 20,000 soldiers, police and reservists were sent to the disaster area.
Disasters always pose a test for the communist government, whose mandate rests heavily on maintaining order, delivering economic growth, and providing relief in emergencies.
Pressure for a rapid response was particularly intense this year, with the government already grappling with public discontent over high inflation and a widespread uprising among Tibetans in western China while trying to prepare for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics.
"I am particularly saddened by the number of students and children affected by this tragedy," President Bush said in a statement.
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge sent his condolences to President Hu Jintao, adding: "The Olympic Movement is at your side, especially during these difficult moments. Our thoughts are with you."
Premier Wen Jiabao, a geologist by training, called the quake "a major geological disaster," and traveled to the disaster area to oversee rescue and relief operations.
"Hang on a bit longer. The troops are rescuing you," Wen shouted to people buried in the Traditional Medicine Hospital in the city of Dujiangyan, on the road to Wenchuan, in comments broadcast by CCTV.
"As long as there was a slightest hope, we should make our effort a hundred times and we will never relax," he said outside the collapsed school in Juyuan.
The quake was the deadliest since one in 1976 in the city of Tangshan near Beijing that killed 240,000 although some reports say as many as 655,000 perished the most devastating in modern history. A 1933 quake near where Monday's struck killed at least 9,000, according to geologists.
Monday's quake occurred on a fault where South Asia pushes against the Eurasian land mass, smashing the Sichuan plain into mountains leading to the Tibetan highlands near communities that held sometimes violent protests of Chinese rule in mid-March.
Much of the area has been closed to foreign media and travelers since then, compounding the difficulties of getting information. Roads north from Chengdu to the disaster area were sealed off early Tuesday to all but emergency convoys.
In Chengdu, the region's commercial center, the airport closed for seven hours, reopening only for emergency and a few outbound flights. A major railway line to the northeast was ruptured, stranding about 10,000 passengers, Xinhua said. Although most of the power had been restored by nightfall, phone and Internet service was spotty and some neighborhoods remained without power and water.
Nervous residents spent the night outside, some playing cards or heading to the suburbs. State media, citing the Sichuan seismology bureau, reported 313 aftershocks.
"Traffic jams, no running water, power outs, everyone sitting in the streets, patients evacuated from hospitals sitting outside and waiting," said Ronen Medzini, an Israeli student in Chengdu, via text message.
When it hit shortly before 2:30 p.m., the quake rumbled for nearly three minutes, witnesses said, driving people into the streets in panic.
"It was really scary to be on the 26th floor in something like that," said Tom Weller, a 49-year-old American oil and gas consultant staying at the Holiday Inn. "You had to hold on to something like that or you'd fall over. It shook for so long and so violently, you wondered how long the building would be able to stand this."
While most buildings in the city held up, those in the countryside tumbled. On the outskirts of Chongqing, a school collapsed, killing at least five people. Residents said teachers kept the children inside, thinking it was safer.
The city of Mianyang ordered all able-bodied males under 50 to take water and tools and walk or drive to Beichuan, where most of the buildings had collapsed.
State TV broadcast tips for anyone trapped in the earthquake. "If you're buried, keep calm and conserve your energy. Seek water and food, and wait patiently for rescue," CCTV said.
Although initially measured at 7.8 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey later revised its assessment of the quake to 7.9. Its depth about six miles below the surface, according to the USGS gave the tremor such wide impact, geologists said.
The earthquake also rattled buildings in Beijing, 930 miles to the north, causing evacuations of office towers. People ran screaming into the streets in other cities, where many residents said they had never felt an earthquake.
In Beijing, where hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors are expected for the Olympics, stadiums, arenas and other venues for the games were undamaged.
Li Jiulin, a top engineer on the 91,000-seat National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest and the jewel of the Olympics was conducting a site inspection when the quake struck. He told reporters the building was designed to withstand a 8.0 quake.
"The Olympic venues were not affected by the earthquake," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing organizing committee. "We considered earthquakes when building those venues."
Some 660 miles to the east in Anhui province, chandeliers swayed in the lobby of the Buckingham Palace Hotel. "We've never felt anything like this our whole lives," said a hotel employee surnamed Zhu.
The massive Three Gorges dam, the world's largest about 350 miles to the east of the epicenter, was not affected, according to the information office of State Council Three Gorges Construction Committee. The area around the enormous dam remains increasingly precarious as rising waters in the reservoir have led to landslides.
Premier Wen, after arriving in Chengdu, traveled to Dujiangyan, near the collapsed high school. On his plane, he appealed for people to rally together.
"This is an especially challenging task," state TV showed Wen saying, reading from a statement. "In the face of the disaster, what's most important is calmness, confidence, courage and powerful command."
给我一颗中国心
"To remember the victims of the 5.12 earthquake in China, and more importantly let's help the needy, the orphans, the children, the old, and more. Let's rise up from the ruins, and rebuild our country, and rebuild our lives. Life is short, and life is vulnerable. Let's humble ourselves and love each other, and maybe we can find the true safe place, as the Bible says, in Jesus Christ. God bless China!"
"BEICHUAN, China China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed today for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.
The confirmed number of dead rose nearly 10,000 from the day before to 51,151, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference. Another 29,328 people remained missing and nearly 300,000 were hurt in the May 12 quake centered in Sichuan province, he said.
The disaster left 5 million people homeless and leveled more than 80 percent of the buildings in some remote towns and villages areas near the epicenter. In bigger cities whole apartment blocks collapsed or are now too dangerous to live in because of damage and worries about aftershocks.
"We need more than 3.3 million tents," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters, adding that 400,000 tents have already been delivered. It was the second call for tents from China in recent days.
"We hope and welcome international assistance in this regard. We hope the international community can give priority in providing tents," he said.
Underscoring the need, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited two tent manufacturing companies in eastern Zhejiang province, urging workers to boost production to meet needs from the disaster area, state media reported.
U.S. aid to earthquake victims totals $2.8 million, Ambassador Clark T. Randt Jr. said, including medical equipment and satellite images
of damaged infrastructure. The American Red Cross had donated $10 million, and American companies operating in China have pledged more than $34 million.
In the effort to assure people the government was placing top priority on relief efforts, Premier Wen Jiabao returned today to the disaster zone, the official Xinhua News Agency said his second trip there following a visit immediately after the quake.
The government is also grappling with official estimates of more than 4,000
China earthquake
A couple reacts immediately after an earthquake struck during their wedding photo shoot at a deserted catholic seminary in Pengzhou in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday May 12, 2008. Five couples were having wedding photos taken when the earthquake struck, and all escaped without injury. The century-old seminary was destroyed in the quake, which left tens of thousands dead in Sichuan. (AP Photo)
children orphaned by the quake, and received hundreds calls from people offering to adopt them.
Anger that so many children died because their school buildings were poorly built continued to simmer online and in state media. The Southern Metropolis News quoted a rescuer as saying that rubble from the Juyuan high school, where more than 270 students died, showed that no steel reinforcing bars were used in construction, only iron wire.
Pictures posted online of Wufu town, where some 200 students died when the Fuxin No. 2 Primary School collapsed, showed roads lined with wreaths. Piles of dusty school bags were among the rubble.
"The children did not die because of a natural disaster, they died because of a dangerous building," read a hand-painted banner strung across a roadway.
In Beichuan, the smell of bleach was overpowering as rescue workers in white safety suits sprayed disinfectant in the area. Villagers were picking up medicine from stands set up by the government.
The town's government offices opened today at a hotel in neighboring Anxian county.
"Our previous office buildings collapsed, but our responsibilities, never," Ma Yun, head of the county's administrative office, was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
Blocked streams, earthquake-loosened soil, mudslides and the upcoming rainy season create the risk of secondary disasters that can make relief work and rebuilding even more difficult, officials with the Ministry of Land and Resources said today.
Avoiding further geological disasters during relief work and rebuilding will be a "daunting task," said Yun Xiaosu, vice minister of land and resources.
The earthquake and aftershocks created 34 lakes, known as barrier lakes, as debris blocked rivers and streams throughout the earthquake area.
"The dangers at the barrier lakes are severe," Yun said. "The water level in some lakes is high and rising. If there's a break, it will cause severe damage."
People who might be in the way of breaks already have been evacuated, he added.
The region's rainy season starts in June, creating further problems and risk of major mudslides, Yun said.
The torch relay, a symbol of the country's hopes for the Beijing Olympics, restarted Thursday with a minute of silence at a container terminal in the eastern seaport city of Ningbo. The torch run has been toned down in the wake of the quake.
Originally planned for next month, organizers said the Sichuan leg of the run would be delayed until just before the start of the Aug. 8 games.
In another sign of attempts to return to normal after the quake, officials in the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu ordered all government bodies and companies to resume regular operations, Xinhua reported."
HUMANITARIAN AID RESPONSE:
SOS! Please help Chinese earthquake victims!
"They need help to rebuild their lives! Your kindness and generosity will be greatly appreciated!
Please make donation to American Red Cross or Canada Red Cross online or phone or mail or other ways found on their websites.
http://american.redcross.org
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In UK, please go to UK Red Cross site:
China Earthquake Appeal launched
http://www.redcross.org.uk/news.asp?i...
To China Red Cross directly, please
visit
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Please also check whether your company or charities will match your contribution.
Thanks!"
China Aid calls upon world churches to pray for earthquake victims
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service Tuesday, May 13, 2008
"..China Aid Association (CAA) says in a media release that it "mourns with the suffering Chinese people during this moment of great loss."
CAA is actively collaborating with the Chinese house churches to send love gifts to help survivors.
Meanwhile, CAA says it has learned that in the past two days, in spite of the attention garnered by of the rescue efforts for victims of the earthquake in Sichuan province, one house church Bible School in Hebei was raided and forced to close.
Church sources informed CAA that at 10:30am on May 13, 2008, a Bible school located in Yanjiao town, Sanhe city of Hebei Province was raided by more than 30 officers from the Sanhe City Religious Affairs Bureau, Sanhe Public Security Bureau, Langfang City Public Security Bureau of Hebei province and local PSB officers, led by the Chief of the Hebei Religious Affairs Bureau....
*other related sites: Monitor China
While in China, Franklin Graham and Samaritans Purse Respond to Earthquake Destruction
Relief Group Also Helps Cyclone Devastated Myanmar and Tornado Victims In United States
By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service Tuesday, May 13, 2008
"..According to a news release, Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, is currently on a 10-day visit to China where he is meeting with government and church leaders in Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai.
When he learned about the devastating earthquake, Graham committed $150,000 to assist with the immediate disaster response. The relief organization is continuing to look for additional ways it can contribute to earthquake relief efforts.
According to the news release, Graham met with Elder Fu Xian-Wei, chairman of the Three Self Patriotic Movement, and Rev. Gao Feng, president of the China Christian Council, at the organizations national headquarters in Shanghai. ..
Samaritans Purse lands first U.S. nongovernmental organization flight to deliver 90 tons of earthquake relief in Chengdu, China for victims in devastated cities of Schifang and Mianzhu
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service Saturday, May 24, 2008
"...A media release states the cargo jet was loaded with emergency supplies including 1,140 rolls of high-grade plastic sheeting to provide temporary shelter to nearly 5,000 people, medical supplies, hygiene kits and blankets.
Samaritan's Purse also has water and sanitation experts from Water Missions International (WMI) on the ground to train and equip locals with six water filtration systems -- each with the capability of producing some 10,000 gallons of clean water per day -- serving tens of thousands of people.
Samaritan's Purse is an international Christian relief organization that provides immediate, no-red-tape response to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations -- especially in locations where few others are working. The organization is working in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, natural disaster, poverty, famine and persecution.
Media wishing to obtain more information about Samaritan's Purse, including high-resolution downloadable photos from the May 23 Charlotte airlift, should visit www.DeMossNewsPond.com/sp"
One of few ministries allowed into China prepares for long-term aid, Posted: 28 May, 2008 (Mission Network News)
"China (MNN) ― Two aftershocks hit China yesterday afternoon. One, a magnitude 5.4, and the other a magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale. Shortly after, the same news source reported that five people had been found dead. Another source reported that in earthquakes the magnitude of the May 12 one in China, aftershocks have occurred for two to three months afterward.
Evangelical Free Church of America's Touch Global outreach was one of the few organizations allowed into China after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province. Good relationships in China between their indigenous partners and ex-patriot staff allowed them to start helping within minutes after the earthquake hit. ...
The greatest need right now is for finances so that their work can become long-term. Up until now, much of their response has been through their indigenous partners, though the resources with their North American partners are useful as well.
As they transition to the long-term response, "It requires us to kind of shift our focus," said Snyder...
Inner strength has grown over the past 20 years in China, but the earthquake has shaken a bit of their confidence which opens up different doors. It has "allowed opportunity for conversations about things that, up until now, have just been impossible to achieve."
EFCA Touch Global also has work in Myanmar. "
Earthquake survivors in China receive another six water purification systems from Water Missions International
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service Friday, May 30, 2008
"..The systems were airlifted by FedEx at no cost to WMI and are expected to reach Shanghai tomorrow. Upon arrival in Shanghai, the systems will be transported into Chengdu to the areas of greatest need.
According to a media release, WMI's International Project Director, Andre Mergenthaler, has been on the ground in China leading a water resource team of engineers and technicians through installation and operation of systems previously deployed for this disaster relief effort.
The media release says that since the disaster struck, WMI, in cooperation with Samaritan's Purse, has deployed a total of 12 water systems to China. Six of those systems are now set up and operational in Luoshi, Yinghua, Lungji, and Mianzhu, towns with a total population of 29,000 people...
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2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing
"The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, are an international multi-sport event, that will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the Athens games of 2004..."
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Beijing Olympic Grand Opening Ceremony Images
"http://olympicgames2.blogspot.com Beijing Olympics opens with outstanding fantastic ceremony Fireworks, athletes and pageantry on a scale never before seen in the Olympics opened the Summer Games in Beijing on Friday. A global TV audience of four billion and 91,000 in the Olympic Stadium witnessed the opening ceremony. 20,000 fireworks torched the sky, fairies floated in a constellation of incandescent beauty and 56 children representing China's ethnic mix paraded the flag of the People's Republic. The eighth day of the eighth month, 2008, Chinese president Hu Jintao sat alongside Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee. 4,000 years of Chinese history was condensed into the mother of all floor shows to mark the opening of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. This was the choreographed demonstration of might the like of which the Olympic Games has never seen. This was history set to music and dance, every step reminding the assembled world leaders that Beijing stands at the centre of a universe every bit as legitimate as those born of Greece and Rome. Gunpowder, or the burning of medicines in these parts, we were reminded in a series of heady detonations was invented this end of the Silk Road half a millennia ago. Paper, another creation of ancient China, and writing utensils made of bamboo slips dating back to the fifth century BC, featured heavily in a display of artistic hegemony worthy of the great nation China believes herself to be. The Summer Olympics are now officially under way, the cauldron flame has been lighted in a manner that will be talked about for generations, China has a lot of new friends and "The Greatest Show On Earth" lived up to its $100 million expectations inside the incomparable Bird's Nest. What an Opening Ceremony. One World One Dream has just been replaced as the most useful phrase here by How Did They Do That? This Opening Ceremony was billed as the greatest show on Earth, and it quite possibly was. Artistic director Zhang Yimou had the daunting task of incorporating 5,000 years worth of Chinese civilization into one program, and it was done with mind-blowing technology and artistic flair. The stadium itself was the star, its open-roof ring stretching a few stories high above and serving as a projector screen for waterfalls, whales, flying doves, stars, ancient Silk Road travel and much more. Everything about this Opening Ceremony left one breathless and wanting more, and that is what a good Opening Ceremony is supposed to do of course.
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Stadium designer blasts China Olympics - 12 Aug 07
"The man behind China's signature Olympic stadium has criticised next year's games and says he is going to boycott them. Ai WeiWei says Beijing is using pomp and propaganda to hide the true of face of China. "
2008 Summer Olympics, from Wikipedia
"..officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event which is being celebrated in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008 and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. Ten thousand, five hundred athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games.[2] The 2008 Beijing Olympics will also mark the third time that Olympic events will have been held in the territories of two different National Olympic Committees (NOC): at the 2008 Olympics, equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong, which competes separately from mainland China..."
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