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Excerpt from The China Mission Hand-Book: First Issue Among the many friends who have helped in this work special mention ought to be made of Rev. T. Richard, who filled so many gaps in the Sketch Reports and who rendered valuable service in editing them. Thanks are also due to Mr. Alex. Krniiurr, one of the original members of committee, who greatly helped in the preparation of the first statistical blanks. His absence from the field, as well as that of Rev. W. B. Bonnell and W. P. Bentley who both rendered valuable help - was deeply felt. To Mr. A. H. Harris and Rev. A. P. Parker, D.D hearty thanks are rendered for help in statistics, indexes, etc. Cordial thanks are due to the writers of ...
This second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 onwards up to the present, divided into three main periods, and dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects. Also in this volume the reader will be guided to and through the Chinese and Western primary and secondary sources by carefully selected major scholars in the field. Produced with financial support from the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim.
The second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 to the present day, dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects.
This Handbook is a timely compilation dedicated to exploring a rare diversity of perspectives and content on the development, successes, reforms and challenges within China's contemporary welfare system. It showcases an extensive introduction and 20 original chapters by leading and emerging area specialists who explore a century of welfare provision from the Nationalist era, up to and concentrating on economic reform and marketisation (1978 to the present). Organised around five key concerns (social security and welfare; emerging issues and actors, including gender issues, NGOs, and philanthropy; gaps; and future challenges, such as population ageing and environmental pressures) chapters dra...