The Red Swastika Society’s Humanitarian Work: A Re-interpretation of the Red Cross in China

Pfeiff Alexandra ()
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Pfeiff Alexandra: European University Institute, Florence, Italy

New Global Studies, 2016, vol. 10, issue 3, 373-392

Abstract: This article examines the emergence of the Red Swastika Society, a Chinese faith-based humanitarian organization, and its development during the 1930s when political changes and war enforced a transformation of the organization and saw a strengthening of its adherence to Red Cross relief activities and Red Cross principles. This article suggests that despite growing similarities with the work of a national Red Cross Society throughout the 1930s, the organization retained its religious founding principles and practices, which distinguished its faith-based humanitarian mission from the larger Red Cross Movement.

Keywords: China; Red Swastika Society; Daoyuan; faith-based humanitarianism; Red Cross (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2016-0021

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