The ancient city of Dunhuang, which for centuries welcomed Western merchants travelling along the legendary silk road to China, could be a “perfect platform” to improve China-US relations, according to an American research professor. Neil Schmid is the first and only Western scholar hired by the Dunhuang Academy in northwest China’s Gansu province to study…
A California pastor has returned home after spending nearly two decades imprisoned in China. David Lin, aged 68, was released and is now reunited with his family in the United States, the State Department confirmed Monday. Lin, who frequently traveled to China in the 1990s to spread the Christian gospel, was detained in 2006 while…
China’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday typically sees families reunite and give thanks, much like Thanksgiving in America. This year, Chinese-American pastor David Lin will have much to be thankful for when the holiday is marked on Tuesday. In a surprise move, Beijing freed the 68-year-old Sunday after he spent nearly 20 years in prison in a…