A Study Of Health Problems In Modern China:A Perspective Based On Nationalism

The reality of health problems in modern Chinese has aroused the sensitivity of Chinese people to their own image and China’s international image.At the end of 19 th century,Western society referred to the Chinese as the "sick man of East Asia",sparking people’s scrutiny of their "Morbid" mental state and weak physique.However,under the special era of modern China,the "the sick man" physique and "the weak country" status more and more "complement each other","the Sick man of East Asia" is gradually understood to be caused by health problems in Western society on the status of China’s weak country contempt,in the sense of stigma and helplessness intertwined emotional role,health issues have received unprecedented attention.With the rise and increasing of Chinese nationalism after the war in Sino,the health problems of the complex national stigma are gradually entering the nationalist discourse.The introduction of modern health idea in the early 20 th century in China,the hierarchical relationship between health,individual and state has been established,The initial nationalist expression of health problems expounds the importance of national health to national competition and development from the perspective of the "quantity" of a population.However,with the deepening of understanding,more and more people realize that the main purpose of promoting national health should not be to increase the number of people,but to be more fundamental to the service capacity of individual nationals..After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan,national rejuvenation has become a widespread social trend of thought,and "salvation" and "nation-building" are considered as two steps to achieve national rejuvenation.National health has become the core issue of national rejuvenation by establishing relations with the two themes of the times of "saving the country" and "building the country".So far,the health problem of modern China has really entered the Nationalist discourse.The importance of national health has become increasingly prominent with the rising trend of nationalism.By the 1920 s,Chinese people began to consider how to change their health status in practice.Influenced by the health practices of western countries after World War I,Chinese intellectuals first advocated and started to promote school health education,and in the 1930 s they further started to promote social health education.In July 1941,China Health Education Agency issued the National Health Campaign Program,which enabled social forces to promote the development of health cause to its peak.At the same time,due to the official background of the members of China Health Education Society,the National Government has paid unprecedented attention to national health issues.After the outbreak of the Pacific War,the urgency of fully mobilizing and bringing into play the human resources of the whole country has risen sharply,which directly intensifies the urgency of the national government to improve thenational health.At the end of 1941,the Ninth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang officially decided to carry out the national health movement throughout the country.The central and local governments successively set up national health movement committees and promoted them from twelve aspects in an all-round way in an attempt to fundamentally improve the health status of the Chinese people.However,due to the special circumstances of the times and the limitations of funds and talents,the effect of this movement was very limited.Until the collapse of the Kuomintang regime,the health status of the Chinese people had not been completely improved.