Gain insight into Chinese political and social life during the turbulent 120 year period from 1832 to 1953 with 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers. Included are critical perspectives on the ending of more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China, the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars with Great Britain, the Boxer Rebellion and the events leading up to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, and the subsequent founding of the Republic of China. In addition to the article content, the full-image newspapers offer searchable access to advertisements, editorials, cartoons, and classified ads that illuminate history.
This unique collection is cross-searchable with all ProQuest historical and current newspapers, as well as with other resources your library subscribes to on ProQuest.
Curriculum Focus:
- Anthropology
- Asian/Chinese/Japan Studies
- Colonial Studies
- Ethnic Studies
- History
- Political Science
- Sociology
Titles included are:
- North China Herald (1850-1941)
- Canton Times (1919-1920)
- China Critic (1939-1946)
- The China Press (1925-1938)
- China Weekly Review (1917-1953)
- Chinese Recorder (1868-1940)
- Chinese Repository (1832-1851)
- Peking Daily News (1914-1917)
- Peking Gazette (1915-1917)
- Peking Leader (1918-1919
- Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921)
- Shanghai Times (1914-1921)
The ProQuest Advantage
Designed by EdTech Experts for Teaching, Learning and Research Success
ProQuest: The Most Comprehensive News Resource
Resources for any researcher seeking news information from three centuries to today
Access From a Single Interface
News reports, editorials, and, with ProQuest Historical and Recent Newspapers, advertisements, stock tables, cartoons, and more
Powerful Search Engine Opens 3,000 of the World’s News Sources to Users
From today’s local content to historical archives of the world’s most important dailies, ProQuest enables rich cross-searching of news for any information need
Modern, Intuitive, Responsive and Accessible
Today’s on-the-go users can access information anywhere, anytime – even offline
Related Products
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: International Newspapers
For global perspectives of historic news and issues, each of these international newspapers empowers researchers to study the progression of events as they unfolded. Track the development of social policy, research The Russian Revolution, war, famine, fashion and more – written by award-winning journalists. Get access to the world’s most significant facts, opinions, and events in history in the pages of these historical newspapers.
Read more
Digital National Security Archive
Winner of the 2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award, this collection offers access to primary documents from the National Security Archive. It is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. This is a growing collection of declassified documents with two new collections added each year.
Read more
ProQuest History Vault™
Unlock key primary source materials with this award-winning, continuously growing digitized collection of manuscript and archival materials. Created in partnership with renowned archival institutions, History Vault give students and researchers a first-hand look at pivotal moments in history through the power of primary sources.
Read more