Facts of Interest
Facts and Citations for the Writer or Reader
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Feb 26
“We have a saying in Beijing,” he told us. “If you dare to preach, people will believe. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, they have everything, but here they have nothing. It is just like in the Apostles’ time.” Allan Yuan to David Aikman, page 58.
Jesus in Beijing, Regnery Publishing, Wash. DC 2003
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing, Regnery Publishing, Wash. DC 2003
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Feb 10
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. Many foreigners have visited him, including Billy Graham in 1994. Page 57
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing, Regnery Publishing, Wash. DC 2003
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing, Regnery Publishing, Wash. DC 2003
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Jan 26
“He preached and baptized hundreds of converts to Christianity in a river not far from Beijing until his death in 2005. 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.” Page 57Jesus in Beijing - Revised and updated 
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Jan 18
Jesus in Beijing - Revised and updated Overall Rating:Retail Price: Varies based on product options Amazon Price: View Sale Price Japan surrendered in 1945. The war between the Communists and Chiang Kai-shek ended in 1949. In just over a year some 10,000 Protestant and Catholic foreign missionaries were forced to leave China. (These are facts from the book, but are not direct quotes, and are found on page 44]
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Jan 10
Jesus in Beijing - Revised and updated Overall Rating:Retail Price: Varies based on product options Amazon Price: View Sale Price Civil war raged in China throughout the 1920s and 30s. Western missionaries continue to operate in China during these times. Some of them were captured and executed by the Communist. Others suffered after the Japanese invaded China in 1937. In 1941, after Pearl Harbor, all of the missionaries and the areas under Japanese control were interned. One prominent China missionaries who died in internment was Eric Lidell, the hero of the Oscar-Award winning movie Chariots of Fire. (These are facts found on page 44 and not direct quotes.)
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing, Regnery Publishing, Wash. DC 2003
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