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Early Life: family background; education; accepted as missionary by Methodist Board of Missions, 1924.

China Experiences: language school in Nanking, 1926-1927; initial impressions of China; tensions caused by the indigenization process; the fall of Nanking to the Nationalists, 1927; accepts position at Hwei Wen High School in Nanking, 1928; purpose and evaluation of Christian education in China, 1920s and 1930s; response to Chiang Kai-shek; response to extraterritoriality; trip to West China, 1937; experiences with Japanese in Chungking; discussions among Methodist leaders remaining in China after 1949; living in and exit from the People's Republic of China; lessons learned from the China experience; differences between Nationalist and Communist soldiers; the future of mission work in the People's Republic of China.

Publication Date

1977

Publisher

Midwest China Center

City

Saint Paul

Keywords

missionary, Methodist Board of Missions, Nanking, indigenization, Nationalists, Hwei Wen High School, Christian, Chiang Kai-shek, extraterritoriality, West China, Japanese, Chungking, People's Republic of China, Communist

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