Archive for the ‘World History’ Category


China Missionaries Murdered in Boxer Rebellion


China’s forced exposure to the West ignited sparks of nativist anti-foreignism…. the worst of such outbreaks was the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, during which rebels laid siege to the foreign legation quarter in Peking for fifty-five days. The rebels struck particularly hard at both Chinese and foreign missionaries. Of the more than 230 Western missionaries [...]

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Christianity the Official Religion of China?


“[I]f, before leaving office, you could make one decree that you knew would be obeyed in China, what would it be?”

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Preaching the Gospel in China – Allan Yuan


“We have a saying in Beijing,” he told us. “If you dare to preach, people will believe.

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Allan Yuan – Preacher in China


The survivor of nearly 22 years of hard labor in China’s prisons have persistently refused to join theThree-Self Patriotic Movement even after his return from prison exile in 1979.

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Allan Yuan – a Modern Day Giant of the Faith in China


Yuan goes to brief prominence in June of 1998, when the Chinese authorities decided that none of the 2000 or so foreign reporters covering President Clinton’s visit China would be permitted to meet with the 87-year-old.

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