周宁现任华源协作伙伴关系与中国事工副总裁，并担任《每周中国快讯》（ZGBriefs）编辑。
加入华源协作之前，周宁曾在中国工作 28 年，期间担任过英语教师、语言学习者及项目主任，也为在中国工作的机构与企业提供跨文化培训。她曾在明尼苏达州的西北大学（University of Northwestern–St. Paul）教授中文，并在惠顿学院（Wheaton College）及泰勒大学（Taylor University）教授中国文化与沟通。
周宁拥有西北大学社会科学学士学位，以及圣托马斯大学（University of St. Thomas）教学硕士学位。
周宁著有 Survival Chinese Lessons 和 The Bells Are Not Silent: Stories of Church Bells in China 两本书。
周宁也经营个人博客 Outside-In（joannpittman.com），分享对中国、明尼苏达州、旅行，以及“如何在不属于自己的地方好好生活”等主题的观察与思考。
读者也可以通过 X（@jkpittman）及 Facebook（@authorjoannpittman）关注周宁的动态。
周宁目前定居美国明尼苏达州新布赖顿（New Brighton）。
ChinaSource is excited to partner with OSCAR, which stands for One Stop Center for Advice and Resources. The UK-based website offers both in-person and online courses, including the British Culture Orientation course. Find out about this course and more aspects of OSCAR’s work in this “3 Questions” video interview with Mike Frith.
Join us in-person or online on November 13 for the autumn lecture given by Richard Cook and hosted by ERRChina.
Though the world may change its fashion, you will still remain the same; your compassion and your cov'nant through all ages will remain.
It may seem like a lot of things about China are not very clear these days. But . .
ChinaSource is thrilled to partner with Christianity Today (CT) to help inform global Christians about the church in China and tell the stories of God’s faithfulness to his people. Learn more in this “3 Questions” video interview with CT’s Asia editor.
“One of the beautiful things about symbolizing cultures with trees is that this picture captures the essence of variation and uniqueness among groups… The image of the tree allows you to first think about commonalities by acknowledging all trees have the same parts, and then to address differences by thinking of the many different types of trees.”
Due to the licensing and real-name requirements, these regulations… certainly make it more difficult for individuals and unregistered churches to put religious content online.
Learn more about the Chinese diaspora in New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands with Peter Anderson, editor of the spring 2022 issue of ChinaSource Quarterly and our own Joann Pittman.
In recent weeks there have been encouraging (even exciting to some) signs that the door to China is beginning to open, just a crack.
You can find Hui people in many provinces in China but most live in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous region in northwestern China. Yinchuan is the capital city of Ningxia.
The recording of this recent lecture is now available along with additional resources.
In case you’re looking for summer reading ideas, here’s a list of books that are in the summer book bags of the ChinaSource team members.