Word: newbern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...million impoverished Chinese in that area of west central China. Like most of his colleagues, he expected to find changes. "Once our white faces and 'high noses' were enough," he said. "Now we will have to be known for what we are." Said Willi C. Newbern, 46, who first went to China in 1925: "I expect there will be a certain disillusionment with Christianity. Missionaries are not perfect, but we tried to live model Christian lives. Some of the American pilots . . . well, it was probably a reaction to the experiences they had undergone...