In August 1868, an angry group of Yangzhou residents burned down the home of Hudson Taylor, a British missionary who had arrived in the city with his family only two months prior and whom the local populace suspected of kidnapping children for nefarious purposes. Taylor and his family fortunately escaped the blaze, though they were [...]
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March 12th, 2008 | Tags: , Chinese history, Colonialism, imperialism, missionaries, Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou, Zeng Guofan | Category: Chinese History, Voices from China's Past | One comment - (Comments are closed)
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