Shijie Zhishi
| Categories |
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|---|---|
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Country | China |
| Based in | Beijing |
| Language | Chinese |
| ISSN | 0583-0176 |
| OCLC | 1765505 |
Shijie Zhishi (simplified Chinese: 世界知识; traditional Chinese: 世界知識; pinyin: Shìjiè zhīshì; lit. 'World Affairs') is a bimonthly semi-official foreign affairs magazine which has been in circulation since 1934 based in Beijing, China. From time to time the magazine was used as a propaganda publication by the state particularly during the Cold War. It is one of the long-running periodicals in China. It is published by World Affairs Press.
History and profile
[edit]Shijie Zhishi was established in 1934.[1] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge of the magazine.[2][3] One of its early editors-in-chief was Jin Zhonghua.[4] From 2014 Chinese novelist Lulu Wang contributed to the magazine[5] which is published on a bimonthly basis and has 100,000 copies per each issue.[1]
Content
[edit]During the editorship of Jin Zhonghua Shijie Zhishi published several cartoons by Jack Chen.[4] The magazine primarily features articles concerning foreign relations of China and provides discussions about the foreign policies of China to be implemented.[3][6]
It also features in-depth analyses about the political tendencies and political leaders in other countries. Shijie Zhishi published lengthy comments about the Soviet leaders, including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.[7] It also published an analysis on the neocons in the United States based on interviews with five Chinese political scientists which appeared in 2003.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Panina Mariia Evgenievna (2017). "The image of Russia and Russians in contemporary Chinese reportage (based on the articles from the journal" Shijie zhishi")". Russian Linguistic Bulletin. 1 (9). doi:10.18454/RULB.9.05.
- ^ Jae Ho Chung (2014). "China's Evolving Views of the Korean–American Alliance, 1953–2012". Journal of Contemporary China. 23 (87): 433–434. doi:10.1080/10670564.2013.843882. S2CID 143380794.
- ^ a b Simon Shen; Mong Cheung (2007). "Reshaping nationalism: Chinese intellectual response towards Sino-American and Sino-Japanese relations in the twenty-first century". The Pacific Review. 20 (4): 486. doi:10.1080/09512740701671979. S2CID 143749195.
- ^ a b Paul Bevan (2015). A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938. Boston: Brill. p. 176. ISBN 978-90-04-30794-0.
- ^ Elsbeth van Paridon (1 April 2014). "Cultural ambassador Lulu Wang". China.org.cn.
- ^ Czeslaw Tubilewicz (October 1997). "Chinese Press Coverage of Political and Economic Restructuring of East Central Europe". Asian Survey. 37 (10): 930. doi:10.2307/2645614. JSTOR 2645614.
- ^ Julian Po-keng Chang (1995). Propaganda and perceptions: The selling of the Soviet Union in the People's Republic of China, 1950-1965 (PhD thesis). Harvard University. ISBN 9798643107682. ProQuest 304188583.
- ^ Peter Gries (Summer 2005). "China Eyes the Hegemon". Orbis. 49 (3): 404. doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2005.04.013.