DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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China Adopts Party-Approved History to Heroize Its Leader and Establish Supremacy of “Xi Jinping Thought.” Guess What? The New History Says He Is a Genius

NEW YORK TIMES (CHRIS BUCKLEY)
To Steer China’s Future, Xi Is Rewriting Its Past

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KEVIN RUDD)
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Makes China a Tougher Adversary

FINANCIAL TIMES (GIDEON RACHMAN)
China’s Self-Isolation is A Global Concern

PART 2
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History Always Has A Reckoning: F.W. de Klerk, Last South African Apartheid President, Dies At 85

ASSOCIATED PRESS (ANDREW MELDRUM AND CARA ANNA)
South Africa’s Last Apartheid President, F.W. de Klerk, Dies

PART 3
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Hunger In A Fallen World — In the Main, the Problem of Hunger Today Is Moral, Not Material

NEW YORK TIMES (MUJIB MASHAL)
India Wants to Send Wheat to Ease Afghan Hunger Crisis. Pakistan Has Yet to OK Transit.

Dan Pugh has been a friend to Media Gratiae almost from our beginning. He is an independent director and filmmaker based out of Wales in the United Kingdom. Over the last few years, Dan has produced two feature-length documentaries focusing on the theme of revival. The first, Revival: The Work of God (https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/revival-documentary-dvd-streaming.html) was made in partnership with Reformation Heritage Books and covers the history and theology of revival. The second project, Welsh Awakenings: The Story of God’s Work in Wales (https://shop.mediagratiae.org/products/welsh-awakenings-the-story-of-gods-work-in-wales?_pos=4&_sid=4bde9523e&_ss=r), was funded by donors and tells the story of the revivals in Wales. The tiny nation is well-known for its numerous revivals throughout the centuries. So if you have ever wanted to learn more about the theme of revival, or be exposed to what God did in Wales over the last few centuries in revival, we believe these two resources are a great place to start.
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