My Take | Mixing Marx with Confucius: the heart of the matter for China

My Take | Mixing Marx with Confucius: the heart of the matter for China

In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the faithful at the five-yearly Communist Party congress that belief in people’s hearts would give strength to China as a nation. “When people have faith, the country has strength and the Chinese nationality has hope,” he said at the time. The phrase has been cited again and again … Read more

China Geological Survey’s former head Zhong Ziran charged with state secrets leak, bribery

China Geological Survey’s former head Zhong Ziran charged with state secrets leak, bribery

The former head of China Geological Survey has been charged with bribe-taking and leaking state secrets by the country’s highest prosecutorial agency. Zhong Ziran, 62, is accused of using his senior positions at the natural resources ministry as well as its affiliated China Geological Survey to take a “particularly big” amount of bribes, the Supreme … Read more

China’s Xi Jinping puts culture and ecology front and centre in visit to historic Gansu

China’s Xi Jinping puts culture and ecology front and centre in visit to historic Gansu

Chinese President Xi Jinping put the national focus on cultural and environmental protection as part of a four-day trip to a historic heartland in the northwest. During his inspection tour of Gansu province from Tuesday to Friday, Xi called for improved conservation and management of the region’s landscape, from mountain and forest areas, to farmland … Read more

UK-based Methodist Church advises against ‘husband’ and ‘wife’

UK-based Methodist Church advises against ‘husband’ and ‘wife’

Church told CP they are ‘very proud’ of their guidance ‘to repent of any hurtful language’ By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Sunday, December 31, 2023 iStock/Kenneth_Keifer The Methodist Church in Great Britain released an “Inclusive Language Guide” this month advising Methodists to avoid using gendered terms such as “husband” and “wife” because such allegedly … Read more