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“Footprints” in Chinese popular culture

‘Footprints in the sand show where one has been’ = 凡走过必留下痕迹. Where did this odd equivalence come from? Chinese bloggers track down a possible source.

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Milk Pig on shopping for a Bible

Milk Pig (奶猪) writes about buying the Bible (圣经), Bible Stories (圣经故事), and The Story of the Bible (圣经的故事) by van Loon (房龙).

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Chinese smoking makes bibles more expensive

From Fons Tuinstra: Heavy smoking makes bibles too expensive Chinese men are smoking more heavily and that has made the bibles worldwide more expensive, I read in a rather Christian newspaper from the Netherlands. For cigarettes the same kind of … Continue reading

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Bootleg faith

A pirated Bible (圣经) sold by a roadside bookseller in Jilin, China.

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