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Below are some resources commenting on current affairs in Asia and how they may be leading to a biblically-prophesied future.

World News and Trends- Earthquakes: Sign of the end time?

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Last Dec. 26, one of the greatest oceanic earthquakes (and the tsunami it produced) killed some 200,000 people surrounding the Indian Ocean. It left another 100,000 missing and presumed dead. Remarkably, on March 28 a related aftershock measured a whopping 8.7 on the Richter scale.

World News and Trends: The continuing tragedy of unsafe abortions

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Unsafe abortions are a problem of global proportions, most particularly in Asia. Thousands of women have experienced serious long-term effects with debilitating physical injuries, not to mention long-lasting psychological problems.

World News and Trends: China's growing world influence

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
News that the Chinese and the Iranians have been in the process of forming a major alliance is just one more indication that China is increasingly at the fulcrum of much that is happening in the world.

In Brief...World News Review Upstaged in Own Backyard

  • by World News
The United States is still the principal investor and primary trading partner of Latin America's vast markets. However, the region is eager to negotiate even stronger ties with the United States, especially being brought into the NAFTA market as free trade zones. But that's not happening quickly enough for them. And there is a growing Chinese presence in the area that could be called the U.S....

China: The Lotus Flower Is Blossoming Again

  • by Cecil Maranville
China only occasionally appears in the daily news in the United States, but it actually deserves much more attention. The road ahead is a rocky one, but leading inexorably toward colossal power.

2004: The Year of Natural Disasters

  • by John Ross Schroeder
The year 2004 has witnessed a stunning succession of killer disasters, taking multiple thousands of lives and leaving in their wake massive devastation, homelessness and heartache. What the world needs now is the spiritual insight to grasp the signs of our time...