Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Articles published by Chinese newspapers from 1946-1996, translated into English, providing a view of Chinese mass media treatment of international issues and events during the period.
DescriptionArchive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on international issues and events and provide insight on the role of Communist mass media in Chinese culture, the Cold War, and 20th-century world history. The materials were collected and translated into English by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) as part of its intelligence gathering operations. The FBIS was a U.S. government organization that became part of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The archive supports research in the areas of Asian studies, media studies, the Cold War, 20th-century history, international relations, political science, communication and propaganda, and related fields.