tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post3838154691936183388..comments2024-03-25T02:16:16.247-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: Grant and the ChineseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-48638438730103392792022-02-18T17:34:07.519-08:002022-02-18T17:34:07.519-08:00You're welcome. The whole story also involves...You're welcome. The whole story also involves Teddy Roosevelt, years down the road, who also took an interest in educating Chinese kids in the US. That episode resulted in the founding of what is now China's top university, Qinghua. David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-77474481807654445972022-02-18T17:12:24.813-08:002022-02-18T17:12:24.813-08:00Thanks for posting this little known piece of hist...Thanks for posting this little known piece of history. I had never heard of this episode, nor knew of the Chinese students who were sponsored to study in America in the 19th century. I have read Grant's memoirs, which only cover his life to 1865, so naturally this part was not in it. I am glad that Mark Twain wrote this up, for it shows both Grant's integrity and his good will. (It also testifies to Yung Wing's admirable persistence.) I can't imagine that any other U.S. president's word has ever carried such weight in China...-D-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02801800933595457241noreply@blogger.com