§ 14. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information he has as to the position of Christian missions, churches and ministries and of other religious ministries and institutions in China, under British control or associated with British organisations.
§ Mr. NuttingThere are no longer any missions under British control in China. So far as my information goes, virtually all mission property under British control has been transferred to autonomous Chinese churches. There are still a few British Protestant missionaries left in China, but they are not believed to have any effective say in Church affairs. The autonomous Chinese churches are now officially discouraged from having any association or communion with their parent churches.
30WInstitutions such as the Anglican Cathedral in Shanghai, which are communities rather than missionary institutions, have no longer any regular British clergymen and are faced with difficulties of operation and maintenance similar to those encountered by all other British institutions in China.