Reading Christian scriptures in China

Buddhist stone scriptures from Shandong, China

This paper introduces the website of the Buddhist Stone Scriptures project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Based on the TEI guidelines we store textual and visual data together with GIS information in a XML database. To access the inscriptions we provide visual tools like zoomable maps or Flashinterfaces as means of navigation. A special problem is the display of a single inscription, as...

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Book Reading in Urban China

Authors’ Note: We wish to thank Hui Niu for her assistance in preparing data files and Yu Lee for his extensive help in all phases of data management and statistical analysis. An earlier version of this material was presented at “Repositioning Hong Kong and Shanghai in Modern Chinese History,” a conference at the University of Hong Kong. Financial support for both data collection and analysis w...

Our Lady of China: Christian Appropriation in Chinese Culture

The Long-Term Effects of Christian Activities in China

Does culture, and in particular religion, exert an independent causal effect on long-term economic performance, or is it merely a reflection of the latter? We explore this issue by studying the experience of Christianity in China during the late 19 and early 20 century. Despite of the arduous process, the fast spread of Christianity, especially among the less developed and isolated regions of C...