New Life Movement
In the words of Soong Mei-ling's biographer, the New Life Movement was a "curious East-West ideological fusion of neo-Confucian precepts, thinly disguised, New Testament Christianity, YMCA-Style social activism, elements of Bushido—the samurai code—and European fascism, along with a generous dose of New England Puritanism." Arif Dirlik explains the Movement as motivated by the need to counter Communist success in both ideological appeal and political organization.