Posted AT 12:05 AM EDT on 19/01/08
The unsung Canadian some knew as 'Old Bones'
ANYANG, China — Until his dying days, Chinese farmer Zhang Shukai carried a secret that he dared not tell a soul.
The period after the Communist revolution was a terrifying time for him. As the son of a rural landlord, he had already been persecuted by Maoist zealots. So he made a painful decision to burn all his photos of the shy Canadian missionary who had befriended his parents years before.
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