A Correct Abstract

Globalization opens the channels for individual and organizational opportunities and multiple risks which go hand-in-hand with social disparity (Beck, etc.). It bridges simultaneously the network-embedded resources and creates the chances for reducing the inequality (Larsen 2005). The unequal distributed nation-based welfare and global information flow aroused cross-border non-profit self-help networks as typical phenomenon responding the situation. Chinese social capital is academically interpreted through its cultural specifics (Hamilton, etc.). Based on the same cultural setting, a global Pan-Chinese network in form of cyber- and formal organizations enrich the theories of social capital. This paper is not in the intention to attend the theoretical debates2. Nor is it able to do it. Through a case study we will emphasize that the different approaches of social capital can more or less explain the social functions of the global network by responding the global social inequality. Since social capital has positive impact on health of breast cancer survivor (Stanford Study 2003). We participated observe and interview around 50 Chinese-spoken self-help groups (units, nodes) of breast cancer survivors respectively from Taiwan