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April 20, 2010

Sub-Zero Weather Threatens Chinese Earthquake Survivors

ADRA reports the April 14 earthquake in Qinghai Province, China, killed more than 1,700, injured tens of thousands, and displaced hundreds of thousands. ADRA teams have been dispatched to Chengdu, Sichuan (www.adra.org).

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April 15, 2010

Indian refugees from religious violence

In India, religious violence leaves long trail of refugee camps: Christians fled violence from two years ago, but Muslims and Hindus are also religious refugees after over 20 years.

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April 7, 2010

How many Christians are in China?

Paul Hattaway has posted an extensive table of the number of Christians in China, with detailed statistics down to the prefecture & city level. He derives these from interviews as well as from over 2,000 published sources. A great, exhaustive, authoritative piece of research.

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April 1, 2010

Afghanistan: poverty, corruption

A UN report says two-thirds of Afghans live in dire poverty despite $35 billion in aid since 2002.

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March 29, 2010

India Statistics

300 Million go Hungry in India. India ranks 65th out of 88 countries. In Persecution Update India.

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March 29, 2010

Mongolia: millions of livestock die in cold

Mongolia is experiencing its worst winter in years, killing off their livestock. The Red Cross is appealing for help. In BBC.

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March 29, 2010

Yemen divided over child brides

Hundreds of women were demonstrating in front of the Yemeni parliament: some in favor of child brides, and others against it. Take a look at a deep cultural divide. In IRIN.

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March 26, 2010

China population’s to peak at 1.4 billion

China’s population is slowing. India’s population is growing three times as fast. China is likely to peak at just under 1.4 billion in 2026, and India will become the world’s most populous country. In Next Big Future.

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March 26, 2010

China: aid send to drought regions

Over 18 million and 11 million livestock have been impacted by drought in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan and Chongqing. 1.4 million tons of emergency aid have been sent. In The Guardian.

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March 24, 2010

China: eyes religious group finances

Chinese Gov’t to Tighten Watch Over Religious Group Finances (International Christian Concern): 130,000 religious institutions?

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March 24, 2010

North Korea: more bad news

North Koreans fear another famine amid economic crisis (LA Times). Analysts in the region feel the nation is on a “countdown to collapse,” lurching from crisis to crisis, and supposedly Kim Jong-il has a life expectancy of less than three years.

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March 24, 2010

India: teaching on giving needed?

India’s wealthy class uncharitable, study shows. The number of wealthy Indians is rising, but the level of philanthropy is not. Indian missions and churches will suffer until it does.

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March 23, 2010

Drought in China

Drought is crippling southwest China, leaving millions without drinking water and causing food prices to increase. Scientific American reports it is the worst in living memory.

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March 23, 2010

India: 1,000 attacks on Christians in 500 days

Christians Face 1,000 Attacks in 500 Days in Karnataka, India. From Worldwide Religious News, quoting Compass Direct. Gives a brief chronology of the persecution wave.

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March 22, 2010

China’s 1-child policy is quietly changing

Chinese officials always knew the one-child policy wouldn’t last more than about a generation. On the horizon is the specter of 4-2-1: 1 child supporting 2 parents & 4 grandparents. The rules are now quietly changing. In New York Times.

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March 22, 2010

How not to deal with failure

N. Korea Is Said to Execute Finance Chief. Makes it difficult to learn from mistakes, or to encourage any attempt at innovation. Although certainly the currency reform was botched.

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March 22, 2010

China: wives of homosexual men

In China, 90% of homosexual men are married. Perhaps 25 million women “are trapped in loveless and often miserable marriages [to homosexual men],” writes the Economist in an that looks at the phenomenon and its social cost in depth.

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March 22, 2010

Immigrants in Israel

People groups: There are some 20,000 immigrants in Israel, many asylum-seekers from the African nations of Eritrea and Sudan. In Christian Science Monitor.

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March 22, 2010

Culture Shock: a public kiss in Dubai

Dubai’s economic success has brought foreign workers. Immigrants, however, are testing Dubai’s traditional values: as one British couple, caught kissing in public, have discovered. In CNN.com.

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March 22, 2010

China leads world in virtual spending

In 2009, Chinese spent about $5 billion on virtual goods (in online games, etc). The USA, by contrast, spent about $1 billion. In CNN.com

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