There were several actions of the government around the turn of the century that social Darwinists would disapproved of, but one of the major ones was aid to the poor.
I believe the founder of modern China was Sun Yat-sen
The stuff confiscated/plundered/looted/stolen in war is called the "Spoils" of war.
The purpose behind the paper would be the fact that there would be "85 articles" that would be help for each person, would have to apply too. So, in this case, these people were practically not telling the other people the truth of what would really be happening.
