Missionaries Chinese Newspapers Of The1850s Study

China was the first country in the world appears a newspaper, but the development of modern Chinese publishing industry, but it is the beginning of foreign missionaries in China newspaper. Chinese newspapers and the first in the modern sense,"Chinese Monthly Magazine " is by British missionaries in1815Milne founded in Malacca. By the Opium War after signing as "Nanjing Treaty " and a series of unequal treaties, the Western colonialists gained a lot of interests in China, which is the Western missionary activity cleared the obstacles. Newspapers as an important propaganda tool has been developed rapidly, a group founded by Chinese newspapers missionaries gradually emerged, particularly in the1850s, there have been three of the most influential newspapers:the British missionaries Medhurst was founded in Hong Kong " Chinese Serial ", by American missionaries MacGowan founded in Ningbo, Zhejiang "Chinese and Foreign Gazette" as well as by the British missionary Alexander Wylie founded in Shanghai "Shanghai Serial." These Chinese newspapers produce great significance, not only the Western scientific knowledge and social systems have been widely disseminated, is known to the people; but also for China’s own newspaper and later provided a good foundation and reference.This paper introduces the "Dibao","Xiao Bao" and "Jing Bao" and other ancient Chinese newspapers, but these are just a newspaper newspaper prototype, not a newspaper in the modern sense. After the paper,"Chinese Monthly Magazine " as the representative of the missionaries introduced the founder of modem times appeared before some Chinese newspapers. With the outbreak of the Opium War, China entered the modern society, newspapers conditions in mainland China began to mature, this article will focus on the1850s, the most representative of the three missionaries founded the Chinese newspaper " Chinese Serial""Chinese and Foreign Gazette" and "Shanghai Serial," discussed in detail the contents of the three major Chinese newspapers, highlighting the features and ceased publication reasons, especially for little in previous studies," Chinese and Foreign Gazette" content and do in-depth study of the main features and do comparative study of three newspapers, which summed up this period missionaries founded the Chinese newspapers characteristics:range issued by the coast deep into the mainland; content of newspapers has changed, more and more pale color of religious propaganda, but mainly to news reports and Western knowledge-based; readership and circulation of newspapers is also increasing. Finally, this paper will explore the impact of the founder of the Missionaries Chinese newspapers follow the press, including the impact on " The Chinese Scientific Magazine " and the subsequent founding of the Chinese newspapers missionaries and the impact on "declaration" and other commercial newspapers; and participation of these Chinese newspaper editor Chinese journalists working culture, which will focus on Wang Tao, and he founded the "Universal Circulating Herald."...