| The China Weekly Review is a weekly newspaper published by American. It’s also the oldest American weekly newspaper. Its principle was:respected for the truth、reported the truth and supported china to become independent. It has carried on detailed reports of anti-Japanese War in China. As a newspaper launched by foreigner, it supported China to anti-Japanese morally, but this was of big significance to China. Because it opposed to Japan’s aggression against China unequivocally. It also argued the Chinese people to unite to overthrow Japan’s aggression, which inspired the Chinese to against Japanese aggression. The newspaper also constantly revealed the policy of Japanese aggression against China to warn the People of China. Meanwhile, The China Weekly Review called on the international countries to strengthen the attention and support to China, In order to contribute to China’s independence. It helped China gained some international public opinion because its influence had spread to overseas. But we must realize that its help was not so generous, it hoped there would be a close relationship between China and America. And China would set up the democratic government as the United States. The China Weekly Review advocated the American spirit and the Christian spirit. It thought America as the saver of the world and America would save China form the misery of the war. The China Weekly Review called on the US to strengthen the restriction on Japanese expansion, because the Japanese big expansion ambition and violence in China had limited the interest of the United States in China and around the world. At the same time it must pay attention to diplomatic developments of Japan, Germany and Italy. As to China’s political parties, The China Weekly Review supported Kuomintang and Chiang kai-shek, and hoped it will lead China to become a strong country. But it denied the Communist Party could lead China to become a democratic country. However, The China Weekly News respected for the facts, it published some positive reports of the Communist Party of China. The most famous report about the Communist Party of China is written by Edgar Snow following a visit to yan’an, it broke through the kuomintang news blockade to the Communist Party of China, and introduced details about the Communist Party of China and MAO Zedong thought, caused the reactions from world. The editor of The China Weekly Review is John Benjamin Powell He was threatened by Japan for the revelation of Japanese violence and had a chance to leave Shanghai back to the United States, but he chose to still in China to reveal the truth of the war. Finally, he was grasped by Japanese agents into concentration camps and had been ill. His foot was amputated. The son of John Benjamin Powell, who named John William Powell, inherited his spirit of dedication and the courage to reveal the truth, which were also the precious spiritual wealth of future generations. The thesis emphatically analyzed the relations between China and the editorial of The China Weekly Review during the Chinese Anti-Japanese War, because the editorial can reveal the standpoint of the newspaper. The thesis will analyze the different aspects of editorial report about Chinese Anti-Japanese War and try to find the newspaper tendency of reports. Then, it will investigate the reason behind the tendency. At the same time, it will reveal the spirit of Powell through the whole paper. |
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