Edgar Snow’s News Activities In China Study

Edgar Snow,an American journalist,writer,who is famous for his independent,objective and impartial reporting style. In1928, Snow visit to China, from been weddedwith China. During the visit, he carried out a lot of News Activity, reported the realsituation in China. He was the first reach to the "red zone" in northern Shaanxi foreignnews reporters, this visit wrote "Red Star Over China" to make the world a trueunderstanding of China in the international community had a profound impact. After thefounding of New China, as always, support China to follow the road suited to theirdevelopment and efforts to promote Sino-U.S. Relation.In this study, Edgar Snow in the Chinese news activities as the clues, discuss snow inChina in the period of anti-Japanese war news content and the content in the influencecaused by Chinese and international.This study is divided into five parts. The first part isthe introduction, mainly analyzes the present situation of the research on Snow’s pressactivities in China, the background and significance of this research at home and abroadand the research methods and the innovations; the second part news activities for Snow ’spreparations, including Snow came to China to carry out information activities of thehistorical background, in China to carry out information activities the main area, duringthe period of Anti-Japanese War activities in China ’s main course; the third part for EdgarSnow in the Chinese news content, through historical analysis, the Red areas reporteddemocracy and red leader reports, to the Red Army the soldiers reported, the patrioticstudents and people’s anti-Japanese national salvation movement in the reports and newsreports and so on; the fourth part is the comparative analysis of Edgar Snow with thesame time foreign journalists in China ’s report on China, will focus on the characteristicsof Snow’s journalistic activities and works; Effects of fifth part of Edgar Snow’s newsevents, including the influence at home and abroad, the domestic impact is mainlymanifested in the make Chinese people know a real China, foreign influence is reflectedin the improvement of Sino-U.S. Relation.Through this research, Snow will be further enlarged as a journalist’s image. It hasbecome a model of journalists, who exposed the reality of China, the courage to exposethe true face of invasion of Japanese imperialism, dares to accuse the policy ofappeasement, dare to publicize the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-Japanese progressclaims. And in the news activity keen insight and sharp criticism, and occupationaccomplishment maintenance the authenticity of news nature of the occupation,adventurous spirit, not afraid of power, is the new time journalists must always bear inmind. Therefore, this research, in the carding Snow during the war of resistance againstJapan news activities in China at the same time, but also carry forward and inheritance ofthe occupation accomplishment and spirit.