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MRS. HALDANE, who has recently returned to London after a visit to China, writes as follows: “I paid a visit to the training centre established by the Chinese Red Cross Medical Commission. This Centre is under the direction of Dr. Robert Lim, formerly professor of physiology in the National University of Peiping. Dr. Lim has temporarily given up his scientific work and has taken in charge the reorganization and extension of the Chinese Red Cross.… In Kunming, formerly known as Yunnan Fu, I had the pleasure of meeting President Chiang, formerly of the National University of Peiping, and his staff; and also President Mei of Tsing Hua University, Peiping, and his colleagues. … Premises have been placed at the disposal of the universities by the Yunnan Provincial Government, but although they still have remnants of their former libraries, there is an almost complete dearth of equipment, scientific instruments and other material. The two Presidents and the professors of pure and applied engineering and biology informed me that they would be deeply grateful if their colleagues in Europe could send them copies of current periodicals, such as the Proceedings of the Royal Society, the Journal of Physiology and Biochemical Journal, physical and engineering journals, etc. If members of the various scientific societies in Great Britain would care to assist either the Chinese Red Cross Society, or Prof. Chiang and Prof. Mei and their staffs, I should be most grateful if they would communicate with me, c/o The China Campaign Committee, Parliament Mansions, Orchard Street, S.W.I. The Committee would be glad to make arrangements to forward either periodicals or money, and to put British scientific or university circles in touch with their Chinese colleagues who at present sobadly need their moral encouragement and active assistance.”
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Chinese Red Cross and Chinese Universities. Nature 143, 71 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143071b0
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