Chinese Youth Group Uniforms

Figure 1.--All Chinese children have to belong to the Young Pioneers youth group. This is a typical Young Pioneer boy wearing a red scarf with white shirt. The three bar card on his left arm indicates he is a Senior Captain or Leader. There are three official position in Young Pioneer, one bar is junior captain, two bars are a mid-captain, and three bars is the highest rank.

China as a Communist country has the Young Pioneer movement and does not permit Scouting. Once virtually all Chinese children wore their red Young Pioneer scarves to school and elsewhere, but this is no longer as common. All Chinese children have to belong to the Young Pioneers youth group. Scouting was founded in China during 1912, but has not been permitted in most of China since the Revolution (1949), but does operate in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Young Pioneers

China as a Communist country has the Young Pioneer movement and does not permit Scouting. Once virtually all Chinese children wore their red Young Pioneer scarves to school and elsewhere, but this is no longer as common. All Chinese children have to belong to the Young Pioneers youth group. Normally children just wore red scarves with their ordinary clothes. For special occasions, a Young Pioneer boy might wear a red scarf with white shirt. Youth leades were idenyified by red bars on their sleeves. There are three official position in Young Pioneer, one bar is junior captain, two bars are a mid-captain, and three bars is the highest rank.

Scouting

Scouting was founded in China in 1912 after the creation of the Republic. Given the poverty in China, only a small number of middle-class boys were able to participate. Scouting has not been permitted in most of China since the Revolution (1949), but does operate in Hong Kong and Taiwan.