Welcome to the China Compass Podcast!

Today we start with an article about an LGBT Taiwanese arrested (rightfully) in China (2:10), and how China sometimes does the right thing (for the wrong reasons), including persecuting cults…

https://www.voanews.com/amp/detention-of-two-taiwanese-in-china-sparks-concern-about-personal-safety/7651055.html

Next we look at the long-standing frustration of foreigners being forbidden from most Chinese hotels (9:38). 

https://www.ft.com/content/bd2ea766-21f0-436d-b32b-26f8be640052 (Paywall)

Then a couple articles about North Korean trash balloons (13:09), which leads us into discussion of our adopted province of the day, Lucky Forest (Jilin), which shares a long border with North Korea (15:24).

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/north-korea-resumes-flying-balloons-bid-drop-trash-110954597

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/06/11/nation-world-news/seoul-activists-develop-smart-balloons-to-send-messages-deep-into-north-korea/

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After an overview of beautiful Jilin (16:25), it is story time (21:54). I share about my one and only visit to a Christian hotel in China, followed by my account of being detained along the North Korean border as a suspected spy.

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Here's the one for today, which paired up perfectly with today's Jilin focus...

June 13 - Pray for Tonghua, which borders North Korea in NE China’s Jilin Province.

I spent a few days here back in the summer of 2003, which I remember esp. for the “Christian Hotel” I stumbled upon in the town of Meihekou, where all the workers were reading their Bibles!

Jilin (Literally: Lucky Forest) is paired up with all 6 New England states for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonghua

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

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