Asia for Life

This is an introduction to discussing Dr. Leana Wen, who's been in the news this past year because of her hiring as the young new director of Planned Parenthood, and her firing 8 months later.

Leana Wen's family moved to America soon after China's Tiananmen Square Incident. She says she was deeply influenced by the way Planned Parenthood helped her mom, her sister, and herself, and that this played a role in her own desire to take on the role as the national director of America's largest abortion provider.

This episode includes some prayer points for Leana Wen and her family, and advice for how to understand Planned Parenthood as an organization.

This week's #asiaforlifepodcast is covering stories from the Xinjiang province of China. Many of the hundreds of thousands of Uyghur men and women in China's "vocational education and training centers" are detained involuntarily. But can these detention centers really be called "concentration camps"?

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This episode is about the ways that people are persecuted, whether they are in detention or not. We also discuss why it doesn't make sense to compare their situation to anything happening to any people group in the West. No, it's not the same--and no, it's not even close.

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Chemical sterilization and coerced abortion for women, and mass incarceration for children. These are just a few of the ways that China deals with its citizens in Xinjiang.

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Is there anything we can do? After listening to this podcast, please feel free to share any of your ideas.

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Read the article at:

asiaforlife.com/xinjiang-how-uyghurs-are-persecuted-in-concentration-camps-and-at-kfc/

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Photo: 2010 Photo of a KFC restaurant in Urumqi, Xinjiang.

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This week's #asiaforlifepodcast is covering stories from the Xinjiang province of China, where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs are being detained for "re-education". And ten million more Uyghurs are persecuted in a variety of ways each day, simply because of their ethnicity.

I share two testimonies about prayer and fasting for a mitigation of violence, and for lives to be spared in Xinjiang.

At the end of this episode, I share about a time I visited Shenzhen, just a few miles away from Hong Kong. Chinese police walked into a hotel lobby where I was waiting for a friend, and they asked me if I was an Uyghur.

 

Later, they found the Uyghur man they were looking for. They were confused at first, because he looked like he was Han Chinese. But he was in trouble, simply because he had Uyghur DNA--and Uyghurs can't stay in hotels.

The persecution that Uyghurs face all over China is truly unbelievable. There might not be much we can do to change the situation, but you can consider talking to your political representative, and ask them if there's anything they can do. I also encourage you to pray for them, and to identify with them in their suffering.

(This episode is actually an introduction to a talk on the prophetic history of the pro-life movement in Hong Kong. Send me a message to hear the full talk.)

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Stock photo: Chinese police checking hotel registration records.

This week's #asiaforlifepodcast is covering stories from the Xinjiang province of China. It's not a standard "pro-life" topic, but we will look more generally at issues of life and death.

No demographic on earth gets arrested at such a high rate as the Uyghurs. In 2017, it was roughly 30 times China's national average. (I made an error in the podcast on this point, and so it's not very clear, because I had to edit the sentence.)

At the end of this episode, I share a story of a doctor who is in prison, because he removed a bullet from a protester's leg.

About this photo: Information from Xinjiang is carefully monitored, so there are very few photos of any conflicts there. This photo was shared from an anti-terror police training drill in Urumqi, Xinjiang, 26 April 2014. (Depositphotos #241532576.)

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript at:

asiaforlife.com/xinjiang-doctor-imprisoned-for-treating-a-bullet-wound/

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This week's #asiaforlifepodcast is covering stories from the 2019 Japan March for Life. In this closing episode, I discuss one of the ways that Cathoilcs and Protestants are different, and how that affects pro-life efforts.

The pro-life movement has made efforts around the world to be inclusive, while also holding strong principles about defending all human life. What can people do when they agree on pro-life issues, but disagree on religion?

I don't know. But let's keep talking, and do our best to work together.

Follow @asia.for.life on Instagram for future episodes. Read the transcript at:

asiaforlife.com/japan-march-for-life-will-non-catholics-join-podcast/

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This week's #asiaforlifepodcast is covering stories from the 2019 Japan March for Life. Jesus said “you are the light of the world”—and so Christians have a special responsibility to shine light on the life-and-death issues facing society.

During this recording, the sun broke through the clouds, ending Tokyo’s longest recorded season of “sunlessness”. Maybe this was just a coincidence—but when we speak the truth, the light will shine!

Listen or read the transcript at:

asiaforlife.com/japan-march-for-life-the-light-is-not-shining-yet-podcast/

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This week's #asiaforlife podcast is covering stories from the 2019 Japan March for Life. The main issue discussed at the March for Life is abortion. But there are other attacks on human life—including suicide. This episode is a raw testimony from right after the March for Life, about trying to say something to two girls who were talking about depression, cutting, and possibly suicide.

They were English speakers living in Japan, but the problem they're discussing is universal—and it's very common in East Asia.

If nothing else, I hope this podcast episode will encourage you to reach out and say something—even if it's awkward—if it could make a difference for someone considering suicide.

Read the transcript at: 

asiaforlife.com/japan-march-for-life-depression-cutting-and-suicide-podcast/

Watch the original video at:

facebook.com/AsiaforLifePage/videos/446381915945387/

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This week's #asiaforlife podcast is covering stories from the 2019 Japan March for Life. It was the largest march they've had since they started in 2014, but still far short of their goals. Sadly, this year's march attracted fewer Protestants than ever, even though it was originally started by a Protestant.

Coincidentally, the March for Life happened at exactly the same time as a strange weather phenomenon--a record-breaking stretch of days without sunshine in the region around Tokyo. Jesus said "You are the light of the world", and he told us to let our light shine. Otherwise, how will everyone see the beauty of the life we've been given?

See transcript at:

asiaforlife.com/japan-march-for-life-the-cloudiest-summer-podcast

During the largest ever March for Life event in Japan, we literally lost the founder.

Read the transcript at:

asiaforlife.com/japan-march-for-life-respect-your-elders-podcast/

My July update:

1. testimony from a local pro-life ministry in Hong Kong

2. why I'm doing the Asia for Life Podcast

3. news about finances

4. time finally set for Mercy's funeral

Read the update at: https://www.asiaforlife.com/july-update-why-the-asia-for-life-podcast/