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Collection All Items The China Defence League and the 'One Bowl of Rice' Movement
  • Newspaper report of One Bowl of Rice Movement
    Published on 2 July 1941, this newspaper report of the 'One Bowl of Rice' Movement shows that Sir Geoffry Northcote, the then governor of Hong Kong, also sponsored the event organised by the China Defence League.
  • Promotional flyer of China Defence League
    A promotional flyer published by the China Defence League calling on the people of Hong Kong to provide medical assistance for field hospitals and wounded soldiers in mainland China.
  • Annual report of China Defence League
    Annual report of the China Defence League, 1939-1940. External publicity played a key role in the League's ability to garner international support for China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and to provide relief to wounded soldiers and refugees in China.
  • China Defence League poster (1)
    China Defence League poster featuring the work of Chen Xianqi, who organised an exhibition in Hong Kong to promote the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1939 together with other Chinese comic artists who had fled to Hong Kong. The exhibition aroused sympathetic awareness of the conflict among the international community.
  • China Defence League poster (2)
    China Defence League poster featuring the oil painting Exile by Ding Cong, who took part in the Modern Chinese Comics Exhibition in Hong Kong in 1939. Madame Soong Ching-ling later renamed the painting Refugees and used it in China Defence League publicity material intended for overseas consumption.
  • China Defence League poster (3)
    China Defence League poster featuring a painting by Li Binghong, who joined the campaign to resist Japan and save China and who held exhibitions for the cause in Hong Kong.
  • Letters from China Defence League (1)
    Letters from the China Defence League to merchant Lawrence Kadoorie and his wife, 1938-1940: The first two thank them for donating an ambulance (this letter) and funds; the third one invites them to attend a charity concert.
  • Letters from China Defence League (2)
    Letters from the China Defence League to merchant Lawrence Kadoorie and his wife, 1938-1940: The first two thank them for donating an ambulance and funds (this letter); the third one invites them to attend a charity concert.
  • Letters from China Defence League (3)
    Letters from the China Defence League to merchant Lawrence Kadoorie and his wife, 1938-1940: The first two thank them for donating an ambulance and funds; the third one invites them to attend a charity concert (this letter).