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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.

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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.

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Harbin, Heilongjiang – Not just Ice and Snow

2012/01/022016/11/16 Prof Ron Botanical Garden, China, China East Railway, Christian, Eastern Orthodox, fountain, Hallelujah Church, Harbin, Heilongjiang, historic, ice, Jewish Museum, Jews, LianSheng, museum, orthodox, photography, railway, Russian, Russian Orthodox, sculpture, St Sophia, Sun Island, synagogue, tourism, Trans-Siberian Railway, Zhongyang

Harbin has an interesting mix of my special interests in China: interesting history, foreign connections, a northern/cold city, and warm

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Qingdao, Shandong – City of History and Beauty

2011/09/152020/09/30 Prof Ron beach, China, church, colonial, German, historic, history, photo, Qingdao, Shandong, tourism, university

Photo collections of Qingdao… a beautiful location with historical sites of interest to Westerners and Chinese, too. Qingdao is one of the beautiful cities of China, with its mix of seashore landscapes, historic buildings, and modern skylines of glass and steel.