Freedom of the Press in China
A Conceptual History, 1831-1949
Series: China: From Revolution to Reform;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 1 December 2025
- ISBN 9781041179726
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
By examining intellectuals' thoughts, common people's attitudes, and official opinions, along with the social-cultural factors that were involved in negotiating Chinese interpretations and practices in history, this book uncovers the dynamic and changing meanings of press freedom in modern China.
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Western commentators have often criticized the state of press freedom in China, arguing that individual speech still suffers from arbitrary restrictions and that its mass media remains under an authoritarian mode. Yet the history of press freedom in the Chinese context has received little examination. Unlike conventional historical accounts which narrate the institutional development of censorship and people's resistance to arbitrary repression, Freedom of the Press in China: A Conceptual History, 1831-1949 is the first comprehensive study presenting the intellectual trajectory of press freedom. It sheds light on the transcultural transference and localization of the concept in modern Chinese history, spanning from its initial introduction in 1831 to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. By examining intellectuals' thoughts, common people's attitudes, and official opinions, along with the social-cultural factors that were involved in negotiating Chinese interpretations and practices in history, this book uncovers the dynamic and changing meanings of press freedom in modern China.
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Notes on the Text, Acknowledgement, Foreword, Introduction, 1. The Enlightenment of the West, China in a Transitional Period, The Earliest Writings on Press Freedom, Writings of Western Protestant Missionaries, Writings of Chinese Students in the West, Writings of Chinese Envoys, List of Works Cited, 2. Chuban Ziyou: The Invention of a Neologism, Liang Qichao and the Birth of Chuban Ziyou, Chinese Students in Japan and Their Introductions to Press Freedom, The Problematic Origins of Chinese Press Freedom, List of Works Cited, 3. The Liminal Landscape, The Pragmatic View, Press Freedom as a Civil Right, List of Works Cited, 4. The Intellectual Legacy of Sun Yat-sen, The New Era, Sun Yat-sen's Anti-Liberal Thoughts, Sun Yat-sen Worship, The San-min Doctrine of Journalism Theory, List of Works Cited, 5. The Empty Phrase and the Popular Ignorance, Press Freedom in Constitutional Documents, Press Freedom in School Textbooks, Violent Mobs and Ignored Freedom, List of Works Cited, 6. Conceptual Debates in the 1920s and 1930s, Minquan (People's Rights) or Human Rights, Press Freedom versus Press Control, List of Works Cited, 7. The Last Call for Press Freedom, The Constitutional Movement and Democrats' Propositions, The Movement for Freedom of Information, The Fear of Communist Publications, List of Works Cited, Conclusion, List of Works Cited, Bibliography, Index.
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