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Warlord, Social Welfare and Philanthropy: The Case of Guangzhou Under Chen Jitang, 1929-1936
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This study highlights the administration of social welfare and philanthropy in Guangzhou in the 1930s. It aims to elucidate three important points about state-society relationships under warlordism. First, a warlord could not afford to ignore the needs of society, for satisfying such needs (or at least making attempts to satisfy such needs) was vital to the credibility and survival of his regime. Second, a warlord would have little problem funding social welfare projects, for he always had recourse to extrabudgetary sources of revenue to finance desired undertakings. And third, the administration of social welfare and philanthropy by a warlord was an integral part of his drive toward total control of state and society. Indeed, care and control made up the two sides of a warlord’s strategy of governance: care laid the foundation of stable rule, whereas control served as the means to safeguard this foundation.
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“When bubonic plague struck Guangzhou in 1894, ' private charities mushroomed all over the city ' (Lin, 2004, p. 161).”
From Before the NGO: Chinese Charities in Historical Perspective (2015) · cites this paper as Lin, 2004
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“On three separate occasions between 1921 and 1924, the group was able to raise funds in excess of one hundred thousand yuan, enough to provide food, shelter and clothing to more than 40,000 desperate refugees.”
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“In 1928, charities in Shanghai had been ordered to register with the municipal government, a process that to be successful demanded compliance on a number of sensitive issues, chiefly the strict prohibition of charitable institutions from religious propagation or the receipt of foreign funds.”
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“In 1934, the Canton warlord Chen Jitang 陈 济 棠 established the Ren ' ai 仁 爱 (Benevolence and Love) shantang , which served as a clearing house for charities in the city.”
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- Authors
- Lin, A. H. Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, Alfred H. Y.
- Venue
- Modern China
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-04
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-198
- ISSN
- 0097-7004 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6836
- OpenAlex
- W2064905587
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 3.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Modern China (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Historical and Political Studies
- Keywords
- warlordism, social welfare, philanthropy, state-society relations, Guangzhou, 1930s, regime legitimacy, social control
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