Scandalous yet Sincere Missionaries and their even worse local missionary recruits
A badly sourced article this week, yet one quite up to internet history blog stgandards.
Mostly Asian History
Asian, Chinese, and Chinese-American history and culture, mostly, Issues in pseudohistory or false claims about historical events. Since January 2025, I have been writing about American politics and current events as well. I couldn't help myself.
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