. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. xpended and great activity shown in the attempt toconvert the Chinese. Islam was introduced into China byimmigrants from Central Asia, who in most parts becameentirely merged in the Chinese, and now exists in all theprovinces of the Republic. Practically speaking, there arenot now, and never have been, any active Mahomedanmissionaries at work amongst the Chinese. And yet todaythere are perhaps a million and a half nominal ChineseCatholic Christians, a third or a quarter as man
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. xpended and great activity shown in the attempt toconvert the Chinese. Islam was introduced into China byimmigrants from Central Asia, who in most parts becameentirely merged in the Chinese, and now exists in all theprovinces of the Republic. Practically speaking, there arenot now, and never have been, any active Mahomedanmissionaries at work amongst the Chinese. And yet todaythere are perhaps a million and a half nominal ChineseCatholic Christians, a third or a quarter as many Protestants,and at least ten times as many Moslems. It is difficult at first sight to account for this state ofthings. The explanation lies perhaps partly in the fact thatIslam has become, so to speak, naturalised amongst theChinese and is firmly rooted as a native faith, withoutretaining, as far as its believers are concerned, any aliencharacter; while Protestant Christianity remains in mostcases a foreign institution supported by foreign energy,brains, and money. Many missionaries appear to the un- PLATE XXXV. VIEW OF LABRANG MONASTERY
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