Dragon Babies / The Year of the Snake / Trump Pardons Pro-life China Missionaries / The Old Man in the Alley

Welcome to the China Compass Podcast on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! 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). And you can check out all of the other things we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us. Summary: I begin by explaining my beef with the Babylon Bee, and how that segues to CrossPolitic News. Next, Trump pardons pro-life/China missionaries, and Cal recommends The Memoirs of William Milne. We look at China’s National Character, followed by the true story of “The Old Man in the Alley. Finally, we end by talking about Dragon Babies, Year of the Snake, Trump, and TikTok.   My Beef with the Babylon Bee: The Mountains of Oklahoma https://chinacall.substack.com/p/the-mountains-of-oklahoma   CrossPolitic News: Jimmy Carter and Dusty Deevers https://www.crosspoliticnews.com/news/jimmy-carters-complicated-china-legacy https://www.crosspoliticnews.com/news/d-day-senator-dusty-deevers-on-restoring-moral-sanity-no-abortions-no-pornography-no-drag-no-fault-divorce   China Missionaries Pardoned by Trump https://www.dailywire.com/news/pardoned-pro-life-activist-says-hes-running-on-adrenaline-and-the-holy-ghost-after-trump-pardon   The Memoirs of William Milne (Ch. 46: China’s National Character) https://a.co/d/bALLtAf   Pray for China (PrayforChina.us): Lanzhou City in Gansu Province (Pray4Gansu.com)   The Old Man in the Alley (My “Chance” Meeting with a Chinese Grandpa on Jan 25, 2003) https://chinacall.substack.com/p/the-old-man-in-the-alley   No More Dragon Babies https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3296164/chinas-birth-figures-likely-tumble-again-2025-demographers-warn   The Year of the Snake https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1327508.shtml   China’s Muted Take on Trump’s Inauguration https://www.globaltimes.cn/ (No Trump to be found here!) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/china-vice-president-meets-with-elon-musk-ahead-trump-inauguration-2025-01-20/   If you enjoy this podcast, follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or right here on PubTV.  You can also email any questions or comments to contact @ PrayforChina dot us.  And don’t forget to check out everything we are involved in at PrayGiveGo.us.