Xin Hua Daily And The National United Front For The Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

Xinhua Daily is the organ of Chinese Communist Party, as well as one andonly daily newspaper that CCP openly issued national wide during the periodof democratic revolution. She was born of the battle fire of the struggleagainst Japanese aggression, and she was the offspring of the national unitedfront for the resistance against Japanese aggression. At the same time, thenews practice and social activity of Xinhua Daily contributed a lot for thesolidity and development of the national united front. The establishment anddevelopment of the national united front for the resistance against Japaneseaggression functioned as the base for the success of the war against Japaneseaggression. So it has historical meaning as well as realistic meaning to discussand summarize the endeavor of Xinhua Daily and its staffs for the solidity anddevelopment of the national united front. On the basis of the former study andthe reference of original data of newspaper, periodical and documentaries,viewing the free press of Xinhua Daily and the activity of the newspaperagency as a whole organ, the author tries to comprehensively illustrate its rolein the solidity and development of the united front from the aspects of thepropaganda of war against Japanese aggression, expanding progressive forces,persuading the neutralist, isolating the bigot to get a comprehensiveconclusion. The thesis is composed of the preface and the body; the body canbe divided into 5 parts as following:The preface illustrates the definition of the national united front, and simplyreviews the process of its establishment and the background of theestablishment of Xinhua Daily. It illustrates the researching significance, andintroduces the on-hand researching results and the existing problems. It alsointroduces the researching ways and aims of the thesis.The first part of the body analyzes that Xinhua Daily was the outcome of thenational united front for the struggle against Japanese aggression, thensummarizes and discusses its progress from cradle to mature from 3 aspects:the tenet of the newspaper, the organization and institution, the staff of thenewspaper. It illustrates that the tenet of the newspaper was to serve for thenational united front. The institution constantly adjusted and perfected theoperation of the staff and their political awareness was steady in progress.The second part specifically analyzes the ways in which the Xinhua Dailyperforms its roles in propaganda the war against Japanese aggression: firstlydisclose the crime of Japanese soldier; secondly cover the story of the...