Abstract
The persecution and martyrdom of nurses identified in selected regions in Asia since the beginning of the twentieth century is discussed. Many missionary workers lost their lives in China during the Boxer rebellion in 1900. The persecution and martyrdom suffered by nurses working in China at the time is described followed by an account of the events which led to the deaths of nurses working in Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and East Pakistan during the early and latter half of the twentieth century.
Highlights
The success of the Russian Revolution at the turn of the century gave rise to a great new anti-Christian force in the world
A passion for Marxism, anger and the rejection of co lo n ialism has deeply affected the indigenous populations of Asia and Africa, especially so after the Second World War when most of these previously coloniaiised nations gained their independence
While n ationalism, at its best, is an expression of loyalty and deep gratitude to the country and people which have nurtured one, it may be in its e lf, a stran g e phenomenon
Summary
The success of the Russian Revolution at the turn of the century gave rise to a great new anti-Christian force in the world. A passion for Marxism, anger and the rejection of co lo n ialism has deeply affected the indigenous populations of Asia and Africa, especially so after the Second World War when most of these previously coloniaiised nations gained their independence. While n ationalism , at its best, is an expression of loyalty and deep gratitude to the country and people which have nurtured one, it may be in its e lf, a stran g e phenomenon. In Africa and Asia, as Neill maintains, it became "a reaction against foreign and colonial dom inance and in a measure and in certain eases against the religion which came in with the W est and is regarded as one of those destroying acids that have eaten away the Curationis, Vol 14, No 3, October 1991 substance of national life and character'1(Neill 1964: 453)
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