Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Voices from China’s Past: Sir Rutherford Alcock

March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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