From student feedback, there is no doubt that our missionary/teaching staff are interested in converts to their particular Christian sects. My posting was an effort to determine if our campus was unusual in the prevalence of this activity. I am fascinated by the tacit acceptance of this activity by our party-mass-line administration; several posters have mentioned that it is certainly officially illegal in China for foreigners to attempt to convert native Chinese. I could care less about religious activity, domestic or foreign. Students are already routinely damaged by parents and traditional Chinese education. A few foreign devils have marginal impact.

Chinese administration are masters at what I call 'elephant in the room' management: everyone knows about some particular issue, but it remains unspoken in meetings and official communication. It's fascinating when the elephant is garbed in vestments.