The faith-based Amity Foundation is providing emergency aid in Gansu, Beijing, and Hebei after deadly floods, delivering essential supplies and seeking public donations.
The recently released movie "Dead to Rights" has drawn widespread attention for its depiction of Japanese wartime atrocities in China, prompting renewed public interest in the historical figures behind the story, including two American missionaries, Minnie Vautrin and John G. Magee.
As severe rainfall and floods continue to affect northern China, including parts of Beijing and Hebei Province, the Amity Foundation has swiftly mobilized emergency relief efforts in coordination with government agencies and corporate partners.
Elyn MacInnis, the sole foreign recipient of the 2023 "Touching China Person of the Year" award, has fostered US-China friendship for nearly 40 years. As convener of "Friends of Kulkiang" and wife of Nanjing Amity Printing’s first general manager, she represents a lasting bond between an American family and China’s "Amity."
This summer, Kuliang in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, has become a popular destination for both events and summer retreats. Among those invited to participate in local activities was Thomas Hemenway, a descendant of Dr. Ruth V. Hemenway, one of the “Kuliang Friends.”
Over the course of her sixty-plus years of life, Madam Li, who founded a senior home due to the concern of caring for her parents, has dedicated nearly twenty years to the ministry, which has served the parents of aged church workers.
Mr. Fu Guoyong, a prominent scholar of education, historian, and author, passed away suddenly at the age of 59 from a heart attack in the early morning of July 7, 2025, at his residence in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
Among the recipients of the “Touching China Person of the Year 2023” was an international friend from afar, Elyn MacInnis, known in China by her Chinese name, Mu Yanling, whose family has a long-standing bond with China, beginning with her father-in-law, Donald MacInnis.