defend the nation. But these groups feared and rejected the violent approaches of the Nationalist and Communist parties. The National Christian Council elected Yui chairman in 1922. He served in that position as well as heading the YMCA, becoming an officer in the World Student Christian Federation, and founding the Chinese Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, which he led to the 1927 meetings in Honolulu. In 1928 he went to Jerusalem for the International Missionary Council. These responsibilities put a burden on his health. After the Japanese army occupied Manchuria in 1931, Yui went to the United States to rally support for China. On 4 January 1933 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while in Washington, and returned to Shanghai in August. He never recovered his health and died in Shanghai in 1936. Notes References Bays, Daniel H. (2012), "The 'Golden Age' of Missions and the 'Sino-Foreign Protestant Establishment,' 1902–1927," in "Yű Jih-chang," in , pp. 64–66. Ng, Peter Tze Ming. in Peter Tze Ming Ng (Wu Ziming). Chinese Christianity: An Interplay between Global and Local Perspectives. Leiden, The Netherlands; Boston: Brill, 2012, 1882 births 1936 deaths Chinese Protestants YMCA leaders Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni