JOURNAL OF HEBEI UNIVERSITY (Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2016, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 120-125.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2016.02.021

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Suiyuan Resistance and Humanitarian Assistance of the Red Cross Society of China

DING Ze li, CHI Zi hua   

  1. College of Social Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
  • Received:2015-11-16 Online:2016-03-25 Published:2016-03-25

Abstract: When Suiyuan Campaign broke out in November 1936, the Red Cross Society of China organized the humanitarian assistance actively under the charity for soldiers. They united the other organizations in Shanghai to establish the Suiyuan Bandit Suppression Relief Committee which had raised materials and launched the movement of raising ambulances. Meanwhile they also established the Red Cross Society of China Economic Commission to raise the rescue funds. At the same time, they trained the paramedics to assist the firstaid in battlefield of Suiyuan. They also set up The North China Branch of Rescue Committee to coordinate the first aid. With the help of the whole society, the Red Cross Society of China had completed the rescue tasks in Suiyuan satisfactorily.

Key words: Suiyuan Campaign, the Red Cross Society of China, raising money and materials, the rescue action

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