Group photograph of the medical team sent by the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association (now the Hong Kong Medical Association) to Shanghai before they set off to help rescue injured soldiers following the Incident of 28 January in 1932.
Advertisement published by Longevity Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk in March 1938 featuring cartoon characters representing the Chinese navy, army and air force.
Advertisement for batteries from the Paul Battery Co. and the Allen Co. in March 1938 calling on citizens to purchase government bonds and use local products.
When the 'One Yuan Repayment (or Donation) Movement' was launched in Chongqing, Shanghai and other mainland cities in 1938, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong responded to the call, raising funds to support the victims of the war. Published on 1 January 1939, this newspaper article reports on the chamber's efforts.
Article entitled 'Stars Shine for a Good Cause', supplemented with photographs of celebrities participating in the national salvation movement in Hong Kong, featured in the issue of January 1939 in the Tati pictorial.
Liao Chengzhi was the son of Liao Zhongkai, elder statesman of the Nationalist Party, and He Xiangning. He founded the Eighth Route Army Hong Kong Office under the name of 'Yuet Hwa Company' on Queen's Road Central, Central, which was responsible for receiving anti-Japanese overseas Chinese and mainlanders seeking exile to Hong Kong.
Chen Junbao (first from left), Ma Jian (second from left) and Hsu Ti-shan (fifth from left) with lecturers and students of The University of Hong Kong, October 1940.
Library of The University of Hong Kong in 1940. After the fall of Guangzhou, Lingnan University resumed classes in temporary locations in Hong Kong, while many students continued their studies at The University of Hong Kong.
Many leading cultural and literary figures sought refuge in Hong Kong. From left to right: Chen Gexin, Qu Baiyin, Xia Yan, Ding Cong, He Xiangning, Hong Qiu, Liao Mengxing and Ouyang Yuqian in 1941.
Hsu Ti-shan, head of the Department of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, delivers a speech at the charity performance of a film Confucius hosted by the Hong Kong Chinese Women War Relief Association on 29 May 1941.
The painting Put Down Your Whip by Xu Beihong based on Wang Ying, the female protagonist of the play of the same name, which he painted and went on to hold charity exhibitions of his works in Singapore and Hong Kong, among other places, in support of the relief efforts for the War of Resistance.
