Set up by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Had help of Blue Shirts Society and CC Clique Japan had captured Manchuria and renamed it Manchukuo Communism active in countryside Time of confusion and worry Great Depression was going on Too many consumers and not enough producers People needed to become more productive Goal was to promote integrity, propriety, and righteousness Attempted to counter Communism ideology Used traditional Confucianism, Western Christianity, nationalism, and authoritarianism Rejected individualism and Western democratic values Opposed socialism and communism Aimed to build up morale in nation that was besieged with corruption, factionalism, and opium addiction |