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!

Pray for our team in China right now!

China Reacts to Trump Victory

Ready or not? How China scrambled to counter the second Trump shock

https://www.reuters.com/world/ready-or-not-how-china-scrambled-counter-second-trump-shock-2024-11-08/

China Disappoints Investors With $1.4 Trillion Debt-Swap Plan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-08/china-disappoints-investors-with-1-4-trillion-debt-swap-plan

Xi Jinping warns Trump US would 'lose from confrontation' with China as renewed trade war looms

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/xi-jinping-trump-china-trade

Pray for China Province of the Week: Hubei

Hubei and its largest city Wuhan are matched up with the state of Illinois and Chicago. By the way, Hubei means “North of the Lake”. See which Chinese province your state is praying for @ PrayforChina.us!

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

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

First Impressions of Hubei…

The Martyrs of Hubei…

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/1900-flora-faith-glover

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/1900-jessie-isabel-saunders

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/1900-margaret-brainerd-cooper

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/1932-bert-nelson

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/1948-alik-berg-esther-nordlund-martha-anderson

https://articles.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/hubei/2001-bruce-morrison

The Memoirs of William Milne (200th Anniversary Edition!) is recommended by Uncle Bundo (see previous episodes re: the Nashville Ten), who is currently reading it in an Illinois prison:

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