Tags: china
How Much is a Google?

Louis A. Ruprecht.

The company's threat to pull out of China over censorship has implications for religion.

Bearing Witness: From Tiananmen to Tehran

Kwok Pui-lan.

On the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen square protests, we are watching another struggle for justice on the streets of Tehran. And we remember the words of Dr. King: “No lie can live forever.”

Olympics 2008: Ignoring History

Louis A. Ruprecht.

The Beijing Opening Ceremonies had an odd way of ignoring history, politics, and the West itself...

Opening ceremonies, Olympic Games 2008, Beijing Olympic Ritual and Religion, Hosted by a Religion-less State

Louis A. Ruprecht.

When the modern Olympic Games were revived they were imbued with a religious and ritualistic significance. How that will be handled by Communist China remains to be seen.

Religion Round-Up: What’s Going on in Religion Around the World

Diane Winston.

Pew studies the importance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans swing both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist Mormons has omitted...

Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

José Cabezón.

The strongest Tibetan response to China since 1959 and the media is only getting part of the story...