The dispersion of Chinese from the Mainland is a significant contemporary demographic phenomenon. Description and factual data regarding the Chinese diaspora are presented to show two missiological trends: The emergence of both mission opportunities among the dispersed and the potentials in mission participation by them. These two trends are significant in global mission due to the sheer size of diaspora Chinese among the unreached and their potential forces adding to the resources of global mission in the Two-Thirds World.
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