Welcome to China Compass! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. You can follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). You can also email me with any questions or comments @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. B.F. Westen is my pen name, for security reasons. If you want to see the missionary books I’ve published and learn more about our work, you can find easy links to everything @ PrayGiveGo.us!

China, Iran, NK using AI to Track Christians

https://www.christianpost.com/news/china-iran-using-ai-to-track-and-repress-christians.html

China Scared To Open Booby-Trapped Tomb of Former Emperor 

https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/chinas-first-emperor-tomb-booby-traps-2669408072

Shaanxi is our PFC province this week, and it is matched up with the state of Kansas.

Shaanxi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shaanxi

Personal Experiences in Shaanxi…

Read more about my arrest, interrogation, and deportation in my little book, Unbeaten, which can be found on Amazon or by visiting Unbeaten dot vip (Unbeaten.vip)

Chatting w Dr. Claud

The remainder of this week’s podcast is a conversation I had the other day with my good friend, Dr. “Claud”, who among other things, describes what it was like to live in Shaanxi for the better part of a year back in 2004 and 2005, ministering primarily to the deaf community there. 

Claud and I reference this book/project near the end of our conversation…

Operation China

https://www.asiaharvest.org/operation-profiles#operation-list

Don’t forget: The Memoirs of William Milne (200th Anniversary Edition!) is now live on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-William-Milne-Missionary-1785-1822-ebook/dp/B0DJ1Q4HNR/