At the annual meeting of Asian History in 1951,M iner Searle Bates'comment on Deng Siyu's paper 'C hristianity Blasphemy in the C hinese History by Europe and the U nited States' made the latter displeased.After the meeting,Deng sent an angry letter to Bates in w hich Deng asked Bates to make constructive criticism.In answ er to the letter,Bates made an apology,but still sticked to his main points of criticism and expressed his hope to meet Deng in Indiana Polly and eliminate their misunderstanding.30 years later,w hen he talked freely and to his heart's content w ith Prof.Z hang Kaiyuan,a stu...
