The Study On The Special Editions Of Shengjing Times

As the first Chinese newspaper published by Japanese in northeast China, Shengjing Times also has the longest history in its time, and has left precious materials for our posterity to the studies of northeast China history. The newspaper not only gives great information in politics, commercial and society, its special issues and supplement are growing more mature, too, which reflect the high developpment of newspaper in that time. On the basis of the existing research, this paper takes the four special editions: Xinjing Edition, Dalian Edition, Binjiang Edition and Jinzhou Edition as examples, analysises their contents as well as backgrouds and nature, and finally makes an objective assessment of its historical significance.The paper introduces the irreplaceable status of Shengjing Times firstly in the introduction part, discusses the research situation from both the results and defects, that is: although there are plenty discusses about Shengjing Times, the result of its supplement and special issues are very rare. Especially the four editions discussed in this paper has never been studied before. Besides, the research ideas are brifely introduced in the introduction, too.The first chapter of the paper covers the background and nature of Shengjing Times. For the background, it discusses from the external factors and the internal factors. By interpreting the defination of'special issue'today and the four editions in Shengjing Times, finding that the four editions are actually the local edition in today. And then gets its nature by its political analysis and report style. The second chapter covers the analysis about contents of the four editions of Shengjing Times. Through discussing the characteristics, developments and reporting styles of each edition, get the links and differences between the main newspaper and four special editions. Meanwhile, developments and changes in each special issue also reflects the changes of current situation, showing the real lives in Northeast China under the state of war. The third chapter evaluates the historical significance of the four special editions objectively. Although they all report for the heritage of the Puppet Master as Shengjing Times, but the essence of its local version of the press at the time is very advanced, and also plays a facilitating role in the development of the main newspaper. What's more, its dissemination of information between local places are more rapid and detailed, which is much alike the local versions in newspapers today.As the heritage and a microcosm for the main newspaper, the four editions has played a catalytic role that can not be ignored. Based on the discussion of the four special editions of Shengjing Times, this paper has riched the research results of Shengjing Times, and also provides a more clear and comprehensive understanding to the newspaper overall.