An Shuxin [SEP] position held
An Shuxin
An Shuxin is a Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Baoding, China. He was arrested on October 8, 1997 by the Chinese government, along with Su Zhi-Ming, since professing loyalty to the pope in Rome over loyalty to the Chinese state is forbidden in China. According to reports he was released on August 24, 2006.
influenced by an advocate of indigenismo, Moisés Sáenz, who earned a doctorate in education from Columbia University and had held a position in the Calles administration in the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). Although initially an assimilationist for Mexico's indigenous, he shifted his perspective after a period of residence in a Purépecha village, which he published as "Carapan: Bosquejo de una experiencia". He came to see indigenous culture as having value. Sáenz advocated for educational and economic reforms that would better the indigenous, and this became