1st Edition
The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press The Influence of the Protestant Missionary Press in Late Qing China
By Xiantao Zhang
Copyright 2007
190 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book traces the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary press in the late nineteenth century.
It shows how the western missionaries and their evangelical/educational newspapers changed the long-standing traditional practices, styles, content, print culture and printing technology of Chinese newspapers and, in the process, introduced some... Read more
Introduction 1. The Press in Imperial China 2. The Emergence of the Modern Press in China 3. Wanguo Gongbao: High Point of the Missionary Press 4. The Rise of the Chinese Elite Press 5. The New Press and the Transition to Cultural Modernity 6. Missionaries’ Impact on Printing Technology 7. Modern Chinese Journalism and Confucian Dynamism 8. The Missionary Press and the Issue of Cultural Imperialism. Conclusion
Biography
Xiantao Zhang is Research Fellow in the Institute for Cultural Analysis, Nottingham Trent University, UK. Previously a print and broadcast journalist in Beijing, she is currently researching issues in contemporary Chinese culture and media.
