Centennial Book Series

CMB marked its centennial in 2014 with a series of activities, events, and projects that celebrated and highlighted 100 years of philanthropy. The projects included the publication of three new volumes on the histories of health, medicine, and philanthropy in China and Asia; a Chinese documentary about the history of CMB; the translation and publication of a Chinese book series; and an interactive centennial timeline. 
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The first of the CMB centennial volumes, Philanthropy for Health in China, was published in April 2014. The volume, edited by Jennifer Ryan, Lincoln C. Chen, and Tony Saich with contributions from Chinese and Western scholars, policy-makers, and thought leaders, follows the historical evolution of health philanthropy over the course of the 20th century and asks the question: what are the prospects for a new generation of health philanthropy in China?

The second of the CMB centennial volumes, Medical Transitions in Twentieth Century China, was published in August 2014. The volume, edited by Bridie Andrews and Mary Bullock with contributions from a team of international scholars, engages in a in a retrospective examination of the history of the emergence of modern medicine and public health in China during a turbulent and transformative era.

The third and final volume of the CMB centennial volumes, Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century, waspublished in August 2014. The volume, edited by Tim Harper and Sunil S. Amrith with contributions from scholars from a diverse array of countries, reflects on the history of public health in Southeast Asia over the past century by examining the sites of interaction and exchange in which ideas about medicine and health were transformed.

These books are available through Indiana University Press (US$25 per volume, paperback; US$9.99 per volume, ebook).

Chinese translations of Philanthropy for Health in China (中国医疗卫生事业在二十世纪的变迁) and Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China (卫生慈善事业在中国) are available through The Commercial Press (Beijing).

A brief video shared highlights of CMB's 100-year history (in English and Chinese).