Editing The Salvation Army (section)

=== Presence in China ===
William Booth's dying wish for the Salvation Army to be established in China<ref>{{cite sign |title=Reaching out to the East |type=Interpretation board | location=International Heritage Centre run by the Salvation Army, William Booth College, London, England |publisher=Salvation Army}}</ref> was taken up in a pledge made in 1912 by [[Bramwell Booth]] to his father.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Weapons of Goodwill|last=Coutts|first=Frederick|publisher=The Salvation Army|year=1986|isbn=0-340-39086-7|pages=59}}</ref> In 1915 the first officers were sent, and during the 1931 famine fed 100,000 people daily. Following political difficulties by 1952 the Army withdrew from the country but work still continues in Macau and Hong Kong, and in Taiwan.{{cn|date=October 2024}}