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The Fruits of Failure: How Chinese Resistance to Missionaries Led to Modern Institutions in China
The Fruits of Failure: How Chinese Resistance to Missionaries Led to Modern Institutions in China
In 1860, the interior of China opened up to foreign missionary activity following the ratification of treaties linked to the Second Opium War. In the United States, missionaries who saw the hand of God in China’s opening streamed into China to start saving souls. Their sole objective: the conversion of the Chinese people to Christianity. […]