With the outbreak of war between China and Japan in 1937, the South African overseas Chinese community did its best to assist the Nationalist Chinese war effort. Women even sold their jewellery to set up an armaments fund.
一九三七年，中日戰爭爆發，南非華僑集資幫助國民政府抗日，婦女甚至變賣首飾作為砲彈基金。