Editorial


        We are living in interesting times now in Hong Kong. In a by-election on December 2, 2007 to fill the seat of deceased legislator Ma Lik in the Legislative Council, Mrs. Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary in the last British governor's cabinet defeated Mrs. Regina Yip, ......

 

Hong Kong – 10 Years On

Chris Patten

        I gave a party at my old college at Oxford – where two other governors of Hong Kong had also been educated – to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the handover in 1997. Obviously on that occasion I made a rather personal speech – from the heart,  ......

 

A Review Of Protestant Churches' Social Participation Since 1997

Kwok Nai Wang

        It has been ten years since Hong Kong returned to China. In the past decade, the people of Hong Kong have gone through some very tough times: the bird flu crisis and the Asian financial meltdown, which resulted in an alarming economic downturn shortly after  ......

 

A Ten-Year Review of the Relationship Between Church and State in the HKSAR

Anthony Lam

        The year 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the existence of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (HKSARPRC). It is a good time to examine the role of the Catholic Church in the SAR throughout the decade since  .......

 

Data on Religion in China

Roderick O'Brien

        There are many books and academic articles published in mainland China about religion. Readers need only to go to the shelves of any major bookshop, such as those in Xidan or Wangfujing in Beijing to see what books are available. A quick tour of any provincial ......

 

China Church and News Update December 2006 – November 2007

Compiled by Father Sergio Ticozzi, PIME

        Bishop Paul Xiao Zejiang, 40, ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Guiyang, Guizhou on September 8, 2007 ......

 

Estimated Statistics for China's Catholic Church (December 2007)

Sergio Ticozzi, PIME

 

BOOK REVIEW – Chiesa Cattolica e Cina Comunista

Reviewed by Matteo Nicolini-Zani

        Chiesa Cattolica e Cina Comunista: Dalla rivoluzione del 1949 al Concilio Vaticano II [The Catholic Church and Communist China: From the Revolution of 1949 to the Second Vatican Council], by Elisa Giunipero (Brescia: Morcelliana, 2007;  ......

 

New Book

Papal Documents Related to China 1937-2005

        Papal Documents Related to China reveals the dramatic evolution in the Pope's thinking and speaking about China and the China Church. It highlights the deep love and respect for the Chinese people, their culture and great concern for their suffering. ......