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[[File:MLA2003-0029.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''James Liu, 1930s<br />
Source: [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/ Mennonite Library and Archives]. 2003-0029'']]
James (Chung-Fu) Liu was born 19 June 1904 in the city of Puyang (formerly [[Kai Chow (Henan Province, China)|Kai Chow]]) in Henan (Honan) Province, China. His Buddhist parents converted to Christianity at the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] mission station. James was baptized in 1920. His education, begun in a Confucian school, continued in the Mennonite mission school and Yenching University. From 1930 to 1932 James studied at [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]] (Ohio) and [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] (Kansas). Returning to [[People's Republic of China|China]], James was principal of the Mennonite mission high school at Kai Chow until 1946, when he and his wife fled for their lives. They worked with the [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]], 1946-1952. James then taught in a government school, but during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1969) he was imprisoned for three years and tortured. In 1985, at age 82, James with his son Timothy visited in the [[United States of America|United States]] and Canada as a guest of Mennonite friends. He died 13 October 1991.
= Bibliography =
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Courier </em>1, no. 1 (January 1986): 12-13.

Juhnke, James C. <em class="gameo_bibliography">A People of Mission: A History of General Conference Mennonite Overseas Missions</em>. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1979: 59, 61-62.

Kreider, Robert. "Chinese Church Leader, Educator Dies at Age 87." <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Weekly Review</em> (14 November 1991): 3.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">The Mennonite </em>(21 April 1936): 19-20 (25 February 1986): 80-81.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Weekly Review</em> (5 September 1985): 7.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Weekly Review </em>(27 April 1987): 1.
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