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News under fire : China's propaganda against Japan in the English-language press, 1928-1941 / Shuge Wei.
Van Pelt Library PN5367.P6 W45 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wei, Shuge, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication--China.
- Communication.
- Government and the press.
- Propaganda, Chinese.
- Press and politics.
- China.
- Press and politics--China.
- Propaganda, Anti-Japanese--China.
- Propaganda, Anti-Japanese.
- Propaganda, Chinese--China.
- Propaganda, Communist--China.
- Propaganda, Communist.
- World War, 1939-1945--China--Propaganda.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- China--Foreign relations--Japan.
- International relations.
- Japan.
- China--History--1937-1945.
- History.
- Government and the press--China.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Propaganda.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- News under Fire: China's Propaganda against Japan in the English-Language Press, 1928-1941 is the first comprehensive study of China's efforts to establish an effective international propaganda system during the Sino-Japanese crisis. It explores how the weak Nationalist government managed to use its limited resources to compete with Japan in the international press. By retrieving the long neglected history of English-language papers published in the treaty ports, Shuge Wei reveals a multilayered and often chaotic English-language media environment in China, and demonstrates its vital importance in defending China's sovereignty. Chinese bilingual elites played an important role in linking the party-led propaganda system with the treaty-port press. Yet the development of propaganda institution did not foster the realization of individual ideals. As the Sino-Japanese crisis deepened, the war machine absorbed treaty-port journalists into the militarized propaganda system and dashed their hopes of maintaining a liberal information order. -- Back cover.
- Contents:
- Part I A Nation without a Voice
- 1 Bridge or Barrier: The Treaty-Port English-Language Press in China, 1920s 21
- 2 Beyond the Front Line: The Jinan Incident 46
- Part II Growing Pains
- 3 To Control the Uncontrollable: The Nanjing Government's International Propaganda Policy, 1928-1931 65
- 4 Shadowed by the Sun: The Mukden Incident and the Shanghai Incident 96
- 5 Facing Dilemmas: China's International Propaganda Activities, 1932-1937 125
- 6 Friend or Foe: The Amo Doctrine 162
- Part III Propaganda during the War
- 7 From Nanjing to Chongqing: International Propaganda in Wartime, 1937-1938 185
- 8 Confronting Encirclement; Chongqing, 1939-1941 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789888390618
- 9888390619
- OCLC:
- 987159091
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