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Shenzhou Daily
First edition
FoundedApril 2, 1907
LanguageChinese
Ceased publicationDecember, 1946
CityShanghai
CountryQing Dynasty
The Republic of China
Free online archivesShenzhou Daily at the Internet Archive

Shenzhou Daily (simplified Chinese: 神州日报; traditional Chinese: 神州日報; pinyin: Shénzhōu rìbào), also called The National Herald, was a Chinese newspaper from the late Qing dynasty to the Republic of China. It was founded on April 2, 1907, and ceased publication in January 1927; it resumed publication on October 10, 1936, but its influence was much less than before, and ceased publication in 1941 due to the outbreak of the Pacific War; it resumed publication on January 1, 1945, and ended publication in December of the following year.[1] During its nearly twenty years of publication from 1907 to 1927, it was one of the more influential newspapers in the old Shanghai newspaper scene.

1907–1927 Period

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The Shenzhou Daily was established in 1907.[2] The newspaper was organized by Yu Youren, Shao Lizi, Zhang Junsheng, Tan Jieren, etc. The newspaper office was located in the bookstore of the Fuzhou Road (四馬路) in Shanghai. Yu Youren resigned on June 20, 1907, and Ye Renyu and Wang Pengnian became the managers. The chief writer was Yang Dusheng.

At the beginning of its publication, the newspaper actively propagated anti-Qing revolutionary ideas, nationalism and democracy, and had a clear political orientation.[3] After the Republic of China, the newspaper changed owners repeatedly, and after 1915, with the withdrawal of the early newspaper organizers, its political orientation gradually changed, and its sales dropped significantly, and Qian Gaichen took over the editorship in 1918. By the early 1920s, the newspaper was barely maintained by its supplement, the Crystal (simplified Chinese: 晶报; traditional Chinese: 晶報; pinyin: Jīngbào).

The newspaper had circulation of more than 10,000 copies per day, and included extensive advertising material. It established a supplemental, the , which was headed by 1910 by the manhua artist Ma Xingchi; he had previously published several works in the newspaper, including an illustration of the Qing dynasty standing idly by as western powers coveted Chinese soil. Published as part of the Shenzhou Daily's first anniversary edition, this cartoon depicted the newspaper as seeking to "awaken" the slumbering populace to the contemporary socio-political climate.[2] On March 3, 1919, the Shenzhou Daily began publishing a tabloid titled The Crystal.[4] It published news and rumours gathered by amateur staff,[5] as well as literary works in the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly (such as by Bao Tianxiao [zh] and Zhang Chunfan [zh]) and in other styles (including works by Ouyang Yuqian, Yuan Kewen, and Zhang Henshui).[6]

At the beginning of the publication, the size of the folio was three large sheets with twelve editions. The contents of each edition are as follows:

  • First page: editorials, commentaries, special telegrams
  • Second and third pages: domestic and foreign news
  • Forth page: Provincial News
  • Fifth page: Shanghai Affairs Commentary, Local News, Business News
  • Sixth:Yuruwenyuan and others
  • Other six pages: announcements and advertisements.

References

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  1. ^ "神州日报". 华文库—报刊数据库. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  2. ^ a b Rudolf G. Wagner. "China 'Asleep' and 'Awakening': A Study in Conceptualizing Asymmetry and Coping with It". Heidelberg University. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "神州日報(1907~1946)". TBMC – 漢珍數位圖書. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  4. ^ He 2018, p. 226.
  5. ^ He 2018, p. 228.
  6. ^ Kang 2006, pp. 169–171.

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