If you want to know the real impact of what is blandly termed “popular Chinese religion,” Dead Women Walking is for you. Though based upon true stories from Taiwan, it could just as well describe the plight of millions of Chinese on the mainland, as traditional religions experience resurgence in a post-Mao society.

Meeting physical needs has always been part of God’s strategy for demonstrating his goodness and greatness among the Chinese.

In this issue, MSI writers look at “The most excellent way” of doing professional – we could say, any – service among the Chinese.