A Study On World Affairs(1934-1949)

The launch of World Affairs is facing severe domestic and foreign situations.Internationally,affected by the capitalist economic crisis of 1929,various capitalist countries stepped up their plundering and exploitation of colonies and semi-colonies;the Fascist came to power and broke the stability of the international situation;the Soviet Union actively carried out economic construction during this period and gained a series of achievements.In domestic background,Japanese invasion exacerbated the survival crisis of the Chinese nation;the government of the Republic of China implemented the policy of "preventing foreigners must first settle down" and stepped up military encirclement and suppression of the Red Army;the Kuomintang strictly censored cultural publications to restrict the development of progressive cultural undertakings.Against this background,the international scholars in the " Friends of the Soviet Union " decided to create a publication that would introduce international current affairs to the masses from the standpoint of the Communist Party through discussions,and World Affairs came into being.World Affairs was founded in Shanghai in September 1934,with the purpose of "helping readers understand the world ",conveying international currents to readers,discussing international issues,and uniting a large number of scholars who are concerned about international issues.After founding,World Affairs has undergone baptisms in different years.During the period of the Total Sino-Japanese War,it was successively moved to Hankou,Guangzhou,Hong Kong and other places.Although it was suspended for four years due to the outbreak of the Pacific War and the obstruction of the Kuomintang in December 1941.Immediately after the victory,it was planned to resume publication,and it was ordered to suspend publication by the Kuomintang authorities in March 1949.The content of World Affairs is mainly to introduce and comment on international current affairs.World Affairs has different focuses in different periods.In the early 1930 s,capitalist countries stepped up their aggression against colonies.World Affairs focused on the issue of the Italian-Arab war and firmly supported Abyssinian anti-aggression struggle.After the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War,World Affairs focused on analyzing Japanese political,economic and military forces and Japanese aggressive behavior against China,introducing Chinese active resistance to the Japanese War,and spreading international public opinion on the different attitudes of both sides of the war.After the end of World War II,the United States and the Soviet Union became the top superpowers in the world.World Affairs followed up on the USSoviet relations and the post-war trends of the United States and the Soviet Union.It introduced the conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union,the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union,and world peace.Issues,the exchange of letters between the U.S.and the Soviet Union,the expansionist policy of the United States and the issue of U.S.aid to China,the Soviet Union's peaceful foreign policy and economic and political construction.In addition to these major international current affairs issues,World Affairs also noted the issues of arms expansion,colonies,wartime neutralism,and postwar national liberation,indicating that it opposes imperialism and stands firmly on the same front with weak and small nation-states pursuing national independence and liberation.In addition to these major international hotspot issues,World Affairs also noted issues such as arms expansion,colonies,wartime neutralism,and the issue of national independence and liberation after the war.In addition to paying attention to and studying international current affairs issues,World Affairs also helps and guides readers to learn relevant theoretical methods for studying international issues,introduces literary and literary content to readers,and disseminates scientific and popular knowledge.The coexistence of professional academic research methods and popular content conforms to the nature of its comprehensive publication,and it is also deeply loved by readers.World Affairs has achieved great publicity effects during its more than ten years of running the journal,and has played a series of positive effects,but there are also some shortcomings.The study of the publication career of World Affairs has historical reference significance for similar publications of the current era.