DownloadArticles : Asia
Aug. 23 issue
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Photo by Tom Wenger/MCC
Afghanistan aid organization investigates workers’ deaths
The eye care team killed in Afghanistan Aug. 5 — including Glen Lapp, a Mennonite Central Committee worker — may have been attacked by “non-local fighters,” according to International Assistance Mission.
IAM, a longtime MCC partner, investigated the circumstances around the deaths of 10 members of one of its eye care teams, from Afghanistan, the United Kingdom, Germany and the U.S.
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MCC responds to Pakistan floods
WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee is responding to flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,600 people through sharing resources with like-minded, experienced organizations.
Aug. 16 issue
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MCC service worker killed in Afghanistan
A Mennonite Central Committee worker in Afghanistan was shot to death Aug. 5.
Aug. 2 issue
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Bluffton group sees China boom
BLUFFTON, Ohio — Chad Kinnear got to see how his company does business on the other side of the world.
July 12 issue
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Reappraisal of Asia sojourn
On my desk is Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Christian-Muslim Encounter in Khiva by Walter R. Ratliff, published by Wipf and Stock, 2010, 293 pages, $34.
June 21 issue
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Gambling not good fortune in Macau
MACAU — The sign of the cross advertises the Master’s Hotel, but its translation reads “good fortune,” and the hotel is known to charge service fees for “escorts.”
May 17 issue
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Chinese pastor discovers a spiritual homecoming
VANCOUVER, B.C.— Jonathan Yin, recently ordained for ministry in Beijing, calls his encounter with Anabaptist theology a “homecoming of faith.”
May 10 issue
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Getting to truth in Thailand
When protests in Thailand began receiving media coverage in March, my husband and I were at first bemused by the lack of content in the reports.
April 26 issue
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Vietnam church celebrates new leaders
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Government officials sent congratulations and bouquets when the Vietnam Mennonite Church celebrated a group of new leaders.
April 12 issue
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Real battle for Afghanistan
With the war in Afghanistan entering its ninth year and the death toll rising, Americans are wondering if this war is winnable.
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