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Early Christian Misions in China East West History

Historic YMCA site in Chengdu (Sichuan Province)

2022/09/062024/04/15 Prof Ron Chengdu, China, Christian, history, missionary, photography, Sichuan, tourism, YMCA

Founded in 1910, the Chengdu YMCA was part of the Christian missionary movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s,

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Shandong University: Its Early Years

2017/03/132023/04/19 Prof Ron Cheeloo, Christian, historic, history, Jinan, Luce, medical, missionary, Shandong, training, university

In Jinan in 2016 we visited an original campus of Shandong University, once known as Cheeloo Christian University. A medical training college was first established here by Western missionary societies about 1902. Many of the original buildings are still there today. The site continues to be home to the Cheeloo College of Medicine.

China--Locations Early Christian Misions in China Early Schools in China East West History

Weifang (Shandong) – Japanese Internment Camp

2016/11/092023/04/08 Prof Ron Christian, history, Internment, Japanese, LeDAoYuan, photo, Presbyterian, Shantung, Weifang, Weihsien

Before arriving in Shandong Province and searching for the memorial to Eric Liddell, I had read a fascinating account of

East West History Reflections on Life

Connections: American Election and Traditional Values

2016/08/012021/01/03 Prof Ron Agape, Canada, Chengdu, China, Christian, church, Endicott, Enguang, history, John Wesley, Methodist, missionary, Sichuan

Exploration of relationship between the American election of 2016 with basic Christian values that flow from such early leaders as John Wesley and the influence of Methodists in America and elsewhere.

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Zhenjiang Memorial to Hudson Taylor

2016/07/142020/04/24 Prof Ron China Inland Mission, Christian, church, CIM, historic, history, hudson taylor, Hudson Tower, James Hudson Taylor, Jiangsu, memorial, missionary, photo, taylor, xuan de, xuande, Zhenjiang

Dr James Hudson Taylor was a famous personality in the early modern period of contacts between China and Western nations. Annually, for three years, starting in 2014, I was able to trace the development of a new memorial to Taylor and his China Inland Mission center of operations in Zhenjiang. See photos and related articles.