While Roberts laid the foundation for continuation of Biola in China at Hong Kong, Ebeling ran H.B.I. under growing restrictions of the new government, particularly after the start of the Korean War. The Communist press in Hunan accus;d an American Christian general of atrocities against the Chinese and used the propaganda Many Chinese student~ had hoped that America would still intervene, according to Ebeling, but when that illusion gave way to stark reality, many fell in line with the new regime. By late 1951, a political commissar was was assigned to H.B.I., controlled its operation, and at this point, many students fled. Those from Changsha, who knew the area, had the best- -chan_c_e of 'escape;-. Under · the supervision of the C. I. ~1., Ebeling was not allowed to leave China at the time of the other missionaries. He . recalls in spite of the pressure - most students did not -turn against the missionaries; yet, had to pretend so. Prior to confine– ~ient ~and· expulsion -in the las·t - fdur· -months of T-982 , - Ebel-ing:- faced -; ~'_) ~two "aecusatiOn meetings." - At ' -the -first one upon his- :response ·,- the student~ turned sympathetic. The second such encounter was conducted at the Yale in China Medical Center at Changsha. The chief accuser was the H.B.I. Dean, Mr. Cheng Kuang, who became involved in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. 109 Ebeling was placed under house _j arrest for his last four months in China; and according to Roberts, was confined to the coal bin. 110 Upon his return to the United States, Ebeling was appointed to the faculty of Biola College as professor pf New Testament and Systematic Theology - until his retirement in · t th A · · · . 108 agains e merican m1ss1onar1es. The Hudson Taylor Hospital became the Communist Workers Hospital in 1951.
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