In 1872 in the treaty port of Shanghai, British merchant Ernest Major founded one of the longest-lived and most successful of modern Chinese-language newspapers

How news circulated from the Qing dynasty court In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China experienced far greater access to political information than suggested

Preliminary Material -- The Chinese Public Sphere and the Power of the Press -- An Alien Medium Domesticated -- In the Words of the Sages -- Making the Chinese

Stockmann argues that the consequences of introducing market forces to the media depend on the institutional design of the state.

Despite persistent pressure from state censors and other tools of political control, investigative journalism has flourished in China over the last decade. This