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Evangelist Luis Palau to preach to 20,000 in Hangzhou, China this month
03.05.10 | Permalink | Comment?

This story is cross-posted on Shanghaiist.

Evangelist Luis Palau preaching to the crowds

We’ve known it for a while now — China is destined to be home to the world’s largest Christian population. And if evangelists like Luis Palau have their way, gospel rallies and healing crusades in tents, megachurches and stadiums will become [...]
censorship
Declaration of the Anonymous Netizens 2009
06.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Cross-posted on Shanghaiist:
Floating around on the Chinese interwebs right now is the very creative Declaration of the Anonymous Netizens 2009. It is an apt description of our mood right now following the mysterious disappearance of all Google apps in China [h/t Rick Martin, @mranti @fumi]
2009 Declaration of the Anonymous Netizens
To the Internet censors [...]
music
Afterquake feat. Abigail Washburn and David Liang
05.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Watching this in the office earlier today gave me goosebumps and tears. More here.