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Missionaries and Chinese progress in nineteenth century view
In a debate on China and Western influence, the writer defends missionaries as fallible yet dedicated, contrasts Burlingame’s pro modernisation view with critics, and argues China resists progress. He cites Hart on Chinese strength, the need for external pressure, and the enduring conservatism shaping China’s history and mutual misunderstandings between East and West.
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China
Friends of Missions
Burlingame
Rutherford Alcock
Conaul Medhurst
Europe
Macgowan
Hart
Customs
Peking
Mr. Hart
America