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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On August 30, 1850,"Zi Lin Xi Bao" was founded
On this day, 175 years ago, August 30, 1850 (July 23, 1850, the lunar calendar), it was founded in Zi Lin Bao, the most influential English newspaper in China. From 1921 to 1924, Zilin Building (1922), when "Zilin West Newspaper" was quite successful. In 1910, the typesetting and printing workers of the "Zi Lin Xi Bao" museum took a group photo. This is the first generation of newspaper employees in China. "NorthChinaDaily News", also known as "Zilin Daily", formerly known as "NorthChinaHerald", was once the most influential English newspaper published in China. The oldest English newspaper published by the British in China. British businessman Xi Anmen founded the weekly "Beihua Jie Bao" in Shanghai on August 30, 1850. In 1856, supplements to the Shipping Daily and the Shipping and Commerce Daily were added. In 1864, Shipping and Commerce Daily expanded its business, renamed it "Zi Lin Xi Bao" and issued it independently. "Beihua Jie Bao" continues to be published as a weekly magazine belonging to "Zi Lin Xi Bao". The newspaper has published a large number of remarks interfering in China's internal affairs. The main readers were foreign diplomats, missionaries and businessmen in China, and the publication was suspended in March 1951. Historical evolution "Beihua Jie Bao" was founded on August 30, 1850 by British expatriate Henry Shearman on Huayuan Lane, Shanghai (now the east of Jiangxi Middle Road, Nanjing East Road). It was the first newspaper in Shanghai in the modern sense. It was originally published every Saturday, with a four-page every week. At that time, British expatriates in China called Guangdong Nanhua, and the Yangtze River Basin and its north were Beihua. Originally it was a weekly newspaper, covering British Newsletter, Shanghai British Overseas Chinese News, Chinese and foreign business information, advertisements and ship schedule announcements, etc. In 1856, the newspaper added a daily newspaper,"Daily Shipping News." In 1862, it was renamed "Daily Shipping and Commercial News". On June 1, 1864, the publisher Zi Lin Yanghang changed the supplement of the original "Beihuajie News" from "Shipping and Commercial News" to "Zi Lin Xi Bao". The original "Beihuajie News" weekly newspaper was changed to a supplement, focusing on current affairs and politics, and was presented with the "Zi Lin Xi Bao". Henry Shearman was the founder and first chief writer. His successors were C.S.Compton, S.Mossan, R.A.Jamieson, R.S.Gandry, G.W.Haden, F.H.Balfour, J.W.Maclellan, R.W.Little, H.T.Bell, O.M.Green, etc., all of whom were Chinese businessmen. Li Deli, the newspaper's chief writer, was elected three times as a director of the Ministry of Industry of the Shanghai Public Concession. In 1901, Shanghai's major real estate developer Maris used Lot 17 on the Bund as capital to invest in the newspaper, holding 47% of the total shares and serving as chairman of the board. Due to the considerable success of "Zilin West News", from 1921 to 1924, the original three-story brick-and-wood structure house was demolished and converted into a nine-story reinforced concrete structure building Zilin Building with granite exterior walls. At that time, it was Shanghai's tallest building. After completion, part of it will be used by the newspaper for its own use and the rest will be rented out. The most famous lessee is the US-funded AIA Life Insurance Company, which is in the entrepreneurial stage. On March 31, 1951,"Zi Lin Xi Bao" ceased publication, ending its century-long issuance history. The building was also taken over by the Shanghai City Government of the People's Republic of China. Political orientation "Zi Lin Xi Bao" publishes a large number of commercial materials and advertisements. Attach importance to speech and often express opinions on China-foreign relations, China's political situation and other current affairs issues. The news mainly covers current affairs in China and foreigners 'activities in China, and also carries news from all over the world. There are columns such as "Domestic Current Affairs Review","Northern News","Sports","Excerpts from Letters" and "Special Reports". It also publishes various decrees, pronouncements and communiqués issued by the British Concession authorities in Shanghai. He successively published the Chinese newspapers "Shanghai New News"(1861 - 1872) and "Zi Lin Shanghai News"(1882 - 1900). The newspaper claims its editorial policy is "fair but not neutral." He has made a large number of remarks about interfering in China's internal affairs and is opposed to China's revolutionary movement. Shortly after its publication,"Beihua Jie Bao" slandered the Taiping Rebellion Movement and advocated that the British government should help the Qing court interfere. Together with this weekly magazine,"Zi Lin Xi Bao" actively supported the Eight-Power Allied Forces 'suppression of the Boxer Rebellion; after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, it launched many attacks on revolutionaries and the provisional revolutionary government led by Sun Yat-sen. Before and after the Anti-Japanese War, anti-Japanese propaganda was carried out to support the China people's anti-Japanese struggle. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/13bv.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.13-15:31] 访问:68
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