The Chinese Boycott Movement Against Japanese Goods And Disaster Relief Campaign For Japan In 1923

Since the early modern times,the Western powers' aggression and the signing of the unequal treaties have seriously violated China's sovereignty.Especially Japan seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people because of the invasions again and again.Sino-Japanese contradiction gradually became the major one in the 1920s,and the anti-Japanese sentiment gradually increased.In 1923,the boycott movement against Japanese goods erupted because of the escalating anti-Japanese sentiment and the failure to negotiate with the Lvda issue.The official acquiesced,connived,and severely banned the boycott movement against Japanese goods.Patriotic students,businessmen,the National Diplomatic Conference against Japan,and the Diplomatic Conference with Japan played a significant role in the boycott movement.Although there are also profit-making phenomena,the development of the boycott movement has hit Japanese trade with China to a certain degree.More importantly,the nationalism has been strengthened through the boycott movement.At the time when Chinese nationals resisted the Japanese goods movement and the nationalism spread widely,the unprecedented earthquake in the Kanto region broke out in Japan on September 1st,resulting in heavy loss of life and property and severe damage to industrial and agricultural production..In this regard,although some people in China cannot correctly understand nationalism,humanitarianism and the relationship between them,the mainstream attitude is that the boycott movement are not inconsistent with the disaster relief campaign,and there have been widespread disaster relief campaign in China.During the disaster relief activities,the Beijing government actively sponsored and donated money,raised funds,and organized disaster relief associations.The northeastern military and political forces performed outstandingly,and other military and political forces also actively helped the reconstruction and raised the Chinese nation's humanitarian tradition.lt embodies official bias towards humanitarianism and the complexities of nationalism and humanitarianism.The Chinese Association for Natural Disaster Reduction,the Zhili province Disaster Relief Association,the Shanghai Education Group Relief Disaster Association,and other business,academic,and religious groups have actively responded to the disaster-relief-friendly traditions and played an important role.At the same time,Chinese non-governmental organizations did not forget to boycott Japanese goods.On the whole,it reflects the interweaving of nationalism and humanitarianism and the different attitudes of different objects towards nationalism and humanitarianism.Chinese nationals did not give up disaster relief campaign because of the boycott activities,and did not abandon boycotting the Japanese goods because of the disaster relief,but carrying on at the same time.It has promoted Chinese humanitarian tradition since ancient times.However,we can also find that different groups and regions have different tendencies towards nationalism and humanitarianism,reflecting the complexity of history.