China Inland Mission 1923 Traveling new roads as missionaries Explorers: Cable, French Exploration Zone: Humanity: religion, Christianity, missionary; Land; Location of Activity Asia: China, Gobi Desert; Period of Activity: 1901-1950 The goal of the mission that began dedicated to China has grown to include bringing the Gospel to the millions of inhabitants of East Asia who have never heard or had access to the message of Jesus Christ. Reluctantly, along with the departure of all foreign Christian workers in the early 1950s, the China Inland Mission redirected all of its missionaries to other parts of east Asia, to continue the work and maintain a ministry to China and the Chinese.