The Christian Occupation of China

The Christian Occupation of China
The Christian Occupation of China
2010/12697

1900-1950 / Book / Cardboard / Paper / Publication / World Parish
Printed on paper, bound in cloth
'A General Survey of the Numerical Strength and Geographical Distribution of the Christian Forces in China, Made by the Special Committee on Survey and Occupation, China Continuation Committee, 1918-1921', published 1922

This controversial book was published simultaneously in English and Chinese by the Christian Missions Special Committee on Survey and Occupation, commissioned by the China Continuation Committee.

It was intended as a report charting progress of the status of Christian churches in China, including local conditions and social and economic background of the people. The book was to prepare the way for foreign missionaries to turn over control to Chinese Christians.

However, the imperialist title of the English version caused outrage and the book became one of the provocations of anti-Christian movements in the early 1920s.