Freedom of the Press in China : : A Conceptual History, 1831-1949 / / Yi Guo.

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 examinatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
VerfasserIn:
MitwirkendeR:
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:China: From Revolution to Reform ; 1
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • A Note on Romanization
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Enlightenment of the West
  • 2. Chuban Ziyou: The Invention of a Neologism
  • 3. The Liminal Landscape
  • 4. The Intellectual Legacy of Sun Yat-sen
  • 5. The Empty Phrase and Popular Ignorance
  • 6. Conceptual Debates in the 1920s and 1930s
  • 7. The Last Call for Press Freedom
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index