Raising China's Revolutionaries

Tillman, Margaret Mih

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“…Often lauded as the first organization of its kind in China, the NCWA was founded in  by then-Minister of Industry Kong Xiangxi (-, English name H. H. Kung), who was also a Christian convert, a descendant of Confucius, and brother-in-law to Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Yet-sen, and TV Soong. 104 Lo attributes the popularization of baby contests to the NCWA. 105 The NCWA brought a much greater degree of scientific authority (through the commission of Chinese medical doctors and child experts) and political legitimacy (through cooperation with central government politicians and local government organs) to better baby contests, far beyond missionary evangelism or commercial events.…”

Section: Chinese Charities the Public Good And The Aim Of Data Collmentioning

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Measuring Up: Better baby contests in China, 1917–45

Tillman

2020

Mod. Asian Stud.

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This article charts the Chinese indigenization of better baby contests, from Christian health services offered by the YWCA to positive models of nourishment organized by Chinese philanthropic organizations and local and central governments. American missionaries and milk-powder companies played a large role in sponsoring the contests in China. Influenced by the rise of scientific measurement and ‘national rejuvenation’ as promoted by the New Culture Movement in 1915, Chinese organizers tended to focus on liveliness, gender equality, and statistics that pointed to the need for public reform. As in the United States of America, scientific criteria sometimes also challenged conventional notions of plump cuteness. These goals sometimes conflicted with the implicit aims of corporate sponsors. Contests thus celebrated new material conditions and public hygiene facilitated by modern industry, but was at the same time circumscribed by commercial advertisers, reticent evangelists, or other sponsors.

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Section: Chinese Charities the Public Good And The Aim Of Data Collmentioning

confidence: 99%