Howlett, Jonathan James orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-0737 (2021) The Shanghai News (1950-1952):external propaganda and New Democracy in early 1950s Shanghai. Journal of Chinese History. pp. 107-130. ISSN 2059-1632
Abstract
The Shanghai News was the first English-language newspaper produced in the People’s Republic of China. This idiosyncratic publication was a product of “New Democracy”: the defining political paradigm in the PRC between the communist revolution of 1949 and 1953. New Democracy entailed uniting a cross-class coalition in the name of national reconstruction. Historians normally focus on the ways New Democracy was undermined or dismiss it as a “bogus” façade for Communist authoritarianism. In this article the history of The Shanghai News is used to reappraise the real-world impacts of New Democratic ideals, divorced from teleological narratives. The News was set up on New Democratic principles, deploying a commercial business model and employing experienced personnel who had worked for the Guomindang regime. The News’s short history has much to teach us too about how the promise of New Democracy was compromised by economic malaise, mass movements and China’s international isolation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Asia,Modern History,Political History,Media History,CHINA,Shanghai |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2020 17:00 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:36 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/jch.2020.5 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/jch.2020.5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155879 |