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Voices from China’s Past: Liang Qichao and the role of the newspaper in society

March 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments

On a Sunday morning with thoughts of the role of the media and the power of the press fresh on my mind, I thought it appropriate to note this passage from one of Modern China’s early influential journalists, Liang Qichao. Here Liang is writing in the inaugural issue of his newspaper The Eastern Times (时报), [...]

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