Show 1 JOURNALISM IN LW CHINA CHIWA Dialect Newspapers Increase uc Quit Between Provinces United States Consul Anderson at Amoy has made a report on Journalism Journal journal- ism among th the Chinese He lIe says It Is rather surprising in view ot of the comparatively small population of foreigners in China how many large arge publications there are in foreign languages The prices they obtain for their publications and their work worle probably explain the situation Shanghai has baa five daily newspapers three morning and two evening papers papers pa pa- pers one Is French It has six foreIgn foreign for- for eign sign weeklies one German It also aso has four Chinese dailies dallies and a large number of Chinese weeklies Practically all aU of the foreign papers papers pa pa- pers sell for 4 cents gold per copy The Tho subscription price is about 15 15 gold per annum postage extra The Chinese dailies dallies sell sen for about cent gold god per copy In addition to these publications there are ma many y religious papers mostly In Chinese Chines published by the mission authorities In the south Hong Kong ong dominates domi dora nates the tho publication business and andas andas andas as it is a British colony English publications publications might reasonably be expected to lead but on the face of the record the Chinese predominate There are four English dames dallies the Post the Press both morning papers and the Telegraph and the Mail bOth evening papers There are six Chinese dailies dames and as in the case of Shanghai there are area a large number of publications designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to fill fiU various wants in South China a Portuguese weekly and the Government Gazette being among them In nearly every port of importance importance importance im im- im- im In China there Is an English publication of some sort The publication houses as a rule both newspaper concerns and concern concerns con con- cern cerns for general printing only are fairly well wen equipped for their work worY Some of them attempt work In the theline theline theline line of high grade magazine and book publishing and while it is not always an unmixed success from a technical typographical standpoint It demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demon demon- strates that the Chinese workmen who do most of the work under foreign foreign for for- eign supervision will wUl in time a ac acquire aC aCquire quire considerable merit in this line of effort It is is' is rather Interesting to note that China at present seems to be passing through much the same pr process process pro pro- cess with its newspapers and other publications that many parts of the Uni United ed States have passed through All Allover over the empire native newspapers ers are being started in the colloquial collo coUo- quia dialects and are more or less local in character It Is unfortunate in many respects respects re reo re- re that the the publication of newspapers newspapers news news- papers in the several local dialects has developed so generally While such publications will afford means of r educating the people of the empire em em- pire In some lines they also aso furnish the means for deepening the gulfs dividing the several provinces which differ In dialects Each newspaper center If It performs Its natural mission mission mis mis- sion slon will its own language in its own field to the exclusion miS-I miS of or ofa ofa ora a language which might in time become become be be- come common to all China 1 |