Issued to mark the 70th anniversary of the Save the Children Fund, which was founded in 1919 by British activist Eglantyne Jebb in the aftermath of the blockade-related famine that followed World War I. China's participation in commemorating a British-founded humanitarian organization in 1989 reflects the relatively open foreign-engagement policy of the late 1980s — a posture that would be severely curtailed following the events of June that same year.
Issued to mark the 70th anniversary of the Save the Children Fund, which was founded in 1919 by British activist Eglantyne Jebb in the aftermath of the blockade-related famine that followed World War I. China's participation in commemorating a British-founded humanitarian organization in 1989 reflects the relatively open foreign-engagement policy of the late 1980s — a posture that would be severely curtailed following the events of June that same year.