TY - BOOK AU - Zhang,Xiantao TI - The origins of the modern Chinese press : the influence of the Protestant missionary press in late Qing China SN - 0415380669 (hbk.) U1 - 079/.51 PY - 2007/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Press KW - China KW - History KW - Newspaper publishing KW - Protestant press N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index; 1 The press in imperial China 2 The emergence of the modern press in China 3 Wanguo Gongbao: high point of the missionary press 4 The rise of the Chinese elite press 5 The new press and the transition to cultural modernity 6 Missionaries' impact on printing technology 7 Modern Chinese journalism and Confucian dynamism 8 The missionary press and the issue of cultural imperialism ER -