List of magazines in China explained

In 1898 the first women's magazine was published in China.[1] The number of women's magazines has increased in the country since the late 1980s.[2] In addition to national titles international magazines are also published in the country.[3] Madame Figaro,[4] and Elle are among such titles both of which entered into the Chinese market in 1988.[2] [5] In 1998 Cosmopolitan began to be circulated in the country.[6] Esquire is the first international men's magazine which entered the Chinese magazine market in 1999.[1] From the 2000s several Japanese magazines began to be circulated in Chinese language in the country, including CanCam.[7]

Total number of magazines in China was 8,889 in 2001[4] when China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).[8] Following the accession of China to the WTO advertising revenues of the magazines significantly increased.[8] The number of foreign consumer magazines was sixty-nine in 2009.[9]

The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in China. They are published in Chinese or other languages.

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L

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W

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Geng Song. Tracy K. Lee. Consumption, class formation and sexuality: Reading men's lifestyle magazines in China. The China Journal. July 2010. 64. 64. 159–177. 10.1086/tcj.64.20749251. 20749251. 140530345.
  2. Yang Feng. Katherine Frith. The Growth of International Women's Magazines in China and the Role of Transnational Advertising. 10.1353/jmm.2008.0002. Journal of Magazine and New Media Research. Fall 2008. 10. 1. 258607287.
  3. News: Daniel Bardsley. High gloss for China's magazines. The National. 26 October 2015. 5 August 2012.
  4. Book: Kevin Latham. Pop Culture China!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. 978-1-85109-582-7. 2007. ABC-CLIO. 142,153. Santa Barbara, CA.
  5. News: James Borton. Magazine licensing red-hot in China. unfit. 15 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041215211029/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FL16Ad01.html. 16 December 2004. Asia Times Online. 11 August 2015.
  6. Book: Barbara Mueller. Dynamics of International Advertising: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. 2011. Peter Lang. 978-1-4331-0384-1. 248. 2nd. New York.
  7. News: Japanese Publishing Industry. 24 April 2016. JETRO Japan Economic Report. November 2006. 6 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506205553/https://www.jetro.go.jp/ext_images/en/reports/market/pdf/2006_25_r.pdf.
  8. Michael Keane. Christina Spurgeon. Advertising Industry and Culture in Post-WTO China. Media International Australia. May 2004. 111. 111. 104–117. 10.1177/1329878X0411100111. 153590186.
  9. Shuang Li. A New Generation of Lifestyle Magazine Journalism in China. Journalism Practice. 2012. 6. 1. 122–137. 10.1080/17512786.2011.622901. 220412116.