Giant Panda
Giant pandas have a special wrist bone that works like a thumb, helping them grip bamboo stalks as they eat up to 80 pounds of it every day.
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Field Report
China is a vast country in eastern Asia — the fourth largest in the world by land — bordered by mountains, deserts, jungles, and thousands of miles of coastline along the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the oldest civilizations on earth, with a recorded history stretching back more than 4,000 years, and today it is the most populated nation on the planet. Most people in China have not yet put their faith in Jesus, which means there is a great and important story still unfolding there.
From the Field Notebook
Giant Panda
Giant pandas have a special wrist bone that works like a thumb, helping them grip bamboo stalks as they eat up to 80 pounds of it every day.
Red-crowned Crane
Red-crowned cranes are one of the rarest cranes in the world and have been a symbol of long life and good fortune in Chinese culture for thousands of years.
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Golden snub-nosed monkeys live high in the cold mountain forests of central China and huddle together in large groups to stay warm through the winter.
Dumplings (Jiaozi)
Jiaozi are small dough pockets stuffed with pork and cabbage or other fillings, pinched shut by hand and eaten boiled, steamed, or pan-fried — especially at Lunar New Year.
Hot Pot
Hot pot is a shared meal where a bubbling pot of seasoned broth sits at the center of the table and everyone cooks their own meat, vegetables, and noodles right in the pot.
Steamed Buns (Baozi)
Baozi are soft, fluffy buns filled with savory meat or sweet red bean paste and steamed until pillowy, often eaten as a quick breakfast from street vendors.
China is home to more than 1.4 billion people — roughly one out of every five people on earth lives there.
The Great Wall of China stretches across thousands of miles of mountains and plains and took more than a thousand years and countless workers to build.
China invented paper, printing, the compass, and gunpowder — four discoveries that changed how the whole world communicates, navigates, and builds.
There are more than 300 languages spoken across China, because the country is home to 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, many with their own distinct tongues and traditions.
The Yangtze River, which runs through the heart of China, is the third longest river in the world and has been the source of life, trade, and culture for thousands of years.
Daily Life
78
Years life expectancy
97%
Can read and write
100%
Kids go to school
Missions Field Report
China is home to 546 distinct people groups — 442 of them haven’t yet heard about Jesus.
About half of China's people follow Non-Religious (44.4%). Evangelical Christians make up about 7.6% of the population.
What People Believe
Unreached People Groups
These are communities of people who haven’t had the chance to hear about Jesus yet. They need missionaries — and they need kids like you to pray for them.
Han Chinese, Xiang
35,408,000 people
Hui
13,646,000 people
Uyghur
11,775,000 people
Tujia
9,588,000 people
Mongolian, Peripheral
5,545,000 people
Prayer Journal
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