They brought science to China translated Chinese into books

But should Chinese culture and civilization reject other cultures and civilizations? 

If all nations care only about their own cultures and civilizations, how can cultural integration take place, through exchanges between different cultures?” wrote the priest, identified only as “Father Pietro,” in Dec. 23 article in AsiaNews. 

The priest called on China to acknowledge how much it owes to missionaries. 
“Christianity has not only brought faith to the Chinese people, but also science, philosophy, medicine, mathematics,” he said. 

“Most Catholic missionaries in the late Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty possessed scientific qualities and were specialists in mathematics. Just think of Matteo Ricci, Nan Huairen (the Belgian Ferdinand Verbiest, 1623-1688), Tang Ruowang (the German Adam Schall von Bell, 1592-1666) and others. They not only brought European science to our country, but even translated Chinese culture into books and brought it to Europe. 

If we had not learned from European civilization, I fear that we Chinese would still have a pigtail and would have neither planes nor cannons,” he added.