[NYer]

Jiacheng Wang, a senior at John F. Kennedy from Ningbo, a coastal city, said he left China to obtain a well-rounded education in the arts and sciences. “I wanted to have time to do the things I love,” he said, including drumming and singing. He said that the school’s religious affiliation played almost no role in his decision to enroll, but he now finds the school’s daily prayers calming. Sometimes before bed now, he prays alone.

DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, N.J., recruits students from China. Credit Ángel Franco/The New York Times “I believe in science,” Mr. Wang said. “But now, I’m kind of 50 percent Christian. I start to believe this God stuff.”

Asked during a phone interview from China whether she believed her son would convert, his mother, Li Qijun, 46, replied dismissively in Mandarin. “That won’t happen.”

Ping!

[MattinNJ]

Just saw something that Jesus was more popular than Mao on Chinese Twitter

[GreyFriar]

Thank you for this post. It blends well with this article that Jesus is more popular than Mao on China’s twitter”

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/07/jesus_more_popular_than_mao_on_chinese_twitter_infographic

[ottbmare]

Mom may be out of luck, if that’s her sincere wish for her son. But it may also just be prudent for her to say so, whether she really believes so or not. As my own relatives in a Communist country once found, it may not always be wise to declare for Christ openly until the position is stronger. As long as Christians are still persecuted in China—and they are, despite their growing numbers—Mom may just be thinking that openly admitting that he has converted, or might convert, isn’t a smart thing for her son to do.

[ottbmare]

Mom may be out of luck, if that’s her sincere wish for her son. But it may also just be prudent for her to say so, whether she really believes so or not. As my own relatives in a Communist country once found, it may not always be wise to declare for Christ openly until the position is stronger. As long as Christians are still persecuted in China—and they are, despite their growing numbers—Mom may just be thinking that openly admitting that he has converted, or might convert, isn’t a smart thing for her son to do.