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Alopen (Chinese: 阿羅本, fl. AD 635; also "Aleben", "Aluoben", "Olopen," "Olopan," or "Olopuen") is the first recorded Assyrian Christian missionary to have reached China, during the Tang dynasty. He was a missionary from the Church of the East (also known as the "Nestorian Church"), [ 1 ] and probably a Syriac speaker from the Sasanian ...
This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. Rupert Clark of the China Inland Mission, thousands of foreign Protestant missionaries and their families, lived and worked in China to spread Christianity, establish schools, and work as medical missionaries.
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Thirty Thousand Feet Over China is the second studio album by English post-punk/new wave band The Passions, released 18 September 1981 by Polydor Records. [3] It reached No. 92 in the UK Albums Chart. [4] It contains the group's hit single "I'm in Love with a German Film Star".
China is a studio album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in April 1979. [2] Although he had never been to China, he employed Chinese instruments and compositional styles on this concept album. The album received some critical praise. It was certified silver (1985) for sales of over 60,000 copies by BPI. [3]
Griffith John (Chinese: 楊格非; pinyin: Yáng Géfēi; 14 December 1831 – 25 July 1912) was a Welsh Christian missionary and translator in China.A member of the Congregational church, he was a pioneer evangelist with the London Missionary Society (LMS), a writer and a translator of the Holy Bible into the Chinese language.
In January 2001 the album debuted at number 13 on Billboard ' s Top Contemporary Christian album chart. [3] At the time it was Presley's highest ever entry on the chart. [4] On March 8, 2018, the album was awarded a Gold certification by the RIAA for selling in excess of 500,000 units.
The song became extremely popular among both the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists, and quickly rose to prominence among the Chinese Diaspora. Today, the Great Wall Ballad is one of the most popular Chinese patriotic songs in both Taiwan and Mainland China, largely due to its apolitical lyrics and folk-style melody.