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Religion section incomplete information
I am very familiar with the history of Protestant missions in Chengdu. I'm currently writing a book on the subject. The section with the subtitle "Religion" describes only the events of the Canadian Methodist Mission, and does not consider the other missions that were there before the CMM. The China Inland Mission (1877), the American Methodists (1882), London Missionary Society (1888), British Friends (1889), American Baptists (1890) and the British Church Missionary Society (1891) were all established in Sichuan before the CMM. I don't know off hand the dates when several of these put down roots in Chengdu, but certainly this question should be considered before claiming that the CMM was the first to do anything. I do know that the American Methodists had built a hospital in Chengdu before the CMM built theirs. If I have time, I will attempt to address this issue, but first I'm reaching out in hopes that the author will attempt to correct the facts in their work. Coryannyyz (talk) 18:55, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
Politics ?
Are we just going to ignore the fact that the article mentions literally everything about this city but the topic 'politics' just does not exist ? Letzebuergerr (talk) 10:17, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Religion section only includes information on Christianity
From reading this section you would get the impression that everyone in Chengdu is Christian. In reality the strongest religions in this area are Buddhism and Daoism, and there are many people who follow other traditional Chinese religions or have no religion at all, yet there is no mention of that. This entire section needs a rework and the subsection's current focus on only Christianity is an overwhelming over-representation of what is a tiny minority. Either most of the current information on Christianity should be reduced and simplified, since it is eclectic and has a narrow focus, or it should be given its own subsection within the religion section. ~2025-43992-45 (talk) 01:57, 31 December 2025 (UTC)