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This issues begins with a report by Terry Carter titled, “Shenzhen Special Economic Zone: Foreign Money and Capitalist Techniques Serve China,” which the Canada-China Friendshi Associations’ delegates visited in 1983. It features a report from Tian Feng, “Random Thought on Random Thoughts (a discussion with Comrade Wang Ding)” by Gong Jiewen, replying to articles attacking religion from the Shanghai Journal, Shu Lin. Carter also reports on the development of China since the fall of the Gang of Four and the end of the Cultural Revolution in “Pollution and Purification.” It transcribes Gao Ying’s article in Tian Feng, titled “How to View Truth, Goodness, and Beauty Outside the Church.” The issue closes with news reports and vignettes on developments and events in China.

C&O No 37 Winter 1983 and 1984 by SarahZwierzchowski

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This issue opens with a trip report by Theresa Chu on a visit to China from August 5^th to September 8^th. It also contains a report on “The Shanghai Community Church Spring Festival Retreat” by Rev. Peng Shengyong, originally published in Tian Feng (1983). Terry Carter reports on “Prosperity and Change in the Countryside,” which gives particular attention to the commune system. A report is also given on the Phoenix Combine, the movement of intellectuals to remote regions of China by the government, and another report by Terry Carter titled “Importing Sexism.” The issue concludes with short reports on developments and events in China and a list of audiovisual materials available from the CCP.

C&O No 36 Oct 1983 by SarahZwierzchowski

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This issue transcribes a sermon given by Zhao Fusan at the closing worship service of the meeting of the China Christian Council and the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (September 1982). It also features “Looking at the Jesuit Sentencing” by Raymond L. Whitehead, which discusses the arrest and sentencing of four Catholic priests in Shanghai. It also includes a look at the life and work of Rev. Florence Li Tim-oi, the first ordained woman priest of the Anglican worldwide communion and active participant in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. It features an analysis of the economic change that has taken place and continues in China, and a short article on the 25^th anniversaries of the Patriotic Association and the independent election and consecration of bishops. It contains a review by Dr. John Berthrong of Theresa Chu and Christopher Lind’s book on the Montreal Conference, A New Beginning. It again concludes with short reports on recent events in China.

C&O No 35 June 1983 by SarahZwierzchowski

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In this issue, Wang Zen writes “A Few Objections to the “Modern Bible”” (excerpted from Tian Feng, 1983), in which he discusses the quality and impropriety of disguised Bibles smuggled into China. It also includes an article by Terry Carter on the legacy of Bishop William C. White as a missionary and an art collector. The issue also transcribes an interview with KH Ting, Han Wenzao, and Phoebe Shi, taken from the Decemeber 1982 edition of the Hong Kong Christian Council newsletter (Xinxi). It also features “The Hong Kong Church: Looking Toward 1997,” based on a declaration of the Hong Kong Church as to how they perceive the future. It also contains an article on the “Five-Good Families” and their selection. A report is given of the Nanking Massacre (1937) Commemoration held by the Chinese Canadian National Council on December 12, at which Rev. James Endicott spoke. The issue concludes with questions and answers, and vignettes on events and developments in China.

C&O No 34 March 1983 by SarahZwierzchowski

CAWG Currents 01-20-1983

In this issue, CAWG provides its submission to the 39^th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, which focuses exclusively on the Philippines. It contains reports on disappearances, political killings, massacres, arrests and torture, military taking of child hostages, forced evacuations of villagers, government attacks against labourers, government attacks against the Church, and attacks against the media with recommendations. It also includes resources and appendices on human rights abuses in the Philippines.

01-20-1983 by SarahZwierzchowski

CAWG Currents 5.3 (1983)

This issue comprises a special report on the International Ecumenical Conference on the Philippines. The entire issue touches on the economic, political and social issues pertinent to the Philippines. It includes reports on the development of the Church, the problem of transnational corporations and sweatshops, military presence and repression, political prisoners, and poverty and the rights of landless labourers. It also touches on cultural issues, such as the state of education and literacy rates, the displacement of ethnic minorities, women’s rights, the state of the health sector, and media censorship by the Marcos dictatorship. It concludes with CAWG’s summary recommendations.

Currents Vol 5 No 3 by SarahZwierzchowski

CAWG Currents 5.2 (1983)

This issue includes reports on political issues, including President Reagan’s visit to South East Asian dictators, South Korean and Philippine nuclear development programs, Sri Lankan political repression, and South Korea’s opposition to diplomacy on human rights issues. In addition, articles also focus on war deaths in East Timor, human rights abuses in Thailand, the migration and rights of workers in Thailand, and Church repression in the Philippines.

Currents Vol 5 No 2 by SarahZwierzchowski