Shijie zhishi explained

Frequency:	Bimonthly
Country:	China
Based:	Beijing
Language:	Chinese
Issn:	0583-0176
Oclc:	1765505

Shijie zhishi is a bimonthly semi-official foreign affairs magazine which has been in circulation since 1934 based in Beijing, China. From time to time the magazine was used as a propaganda publication by the state particularly during the Cold War. It is one of the long-running periodicals in China.

History and profile

Shijie zhishi was established in 1934.^[1] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge of the magazine.^{[2] [3]} One of its early editors-in-chief was Jin Zhonghua.^[4] From 2014 Chinese novelist Lulu Wang contributed to the magazine^[5] which is published on a bimonthly basis and has 100,000 copies per each issue.^[1]

Content

During the editorship of Jin Zhonghua Shijie zhishi published several cartoons by Jack Chen.^[4] The magazine primarily features articles concerning foreign relations of China and provides discussions about the foreign policies of China to be implemented.^{[3] [6]}

It also features in-depth analyses about the political tendencies and political leaders in other countries. Shijie zhishi published lengthy comments about the Soviet leaders, including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.^[7] It also published an analysis on the neocons in the United States based on interviews with five Chinese political scientists which appeared in 2003.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Panina Mariia Evgenievna. The image of Russia and Russians in contemporary Chinese reportage (based on the articles from the journal" Shijie zhishi"). Russian Linguistic Bulletin. 2017. 1. 9. 10.18454/RULB.9.05.
2. Jae Ho Chung. China's Evolving Views of the Korean–American Alliance, 1953–2012. Journal of Contemporary China. 2014. 23. 87. 433–434. 10.1080/10670564.2013.843882. 143380794 .
3. Simon Shen. Simon Shen. Mong Cheung. Reshaping nationalism: Chinese intellectual response towards Sino-American and Sino-Japanese relations in the twenty-first century. The Pacific Review. 2007. 20. 4. 486. 10.1080/09512740701671979. 143749195 .
4. Book: Paul Bevan . A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938. Brill. 2015. 978-90-04-30794-0. Boston. 176.
5. Web site: Elsbeth van Paridon. Cultural ambassador Lulu Wang . China.org.cn. 1 April 2014.
6. Czeslaw Tubilewicz. Chinese Press Coverage of Political and Economic Restructuring of East Central Europe. Asian Survey. October 1997. 37. 10. 930. 10.2307/2645614. 2645614.
7. Julian Po-keng Chang. Propaganda and perceptions: The selling of the Soviet Union in the People's Republic of China, 1950-1965. PhD. 1995. Harvard University. 9798643107682. .
8. Peter Gries. Peter Gries. China Eyes the Hegemon. Orbis. Summer 2005. 49. 3. 404. 10.1016/j.orbis.2005.04.013.