Universal Circulating Herald

Universal Circulating Herald
Traditional Chinese循環日報
Simplified Chinese循环日报
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXúnhuán Rìbào
Wade–GilesHsün2-huan2 Jih4-pao4
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingceon4 waan4 jat6 bou3

Universal Circulating Herald (Chinese: 循環日報; 1874–1947) was the first Chinese-language newspaper in history. It was founded February 5, 1874, by Wang Tao in Hong Kong under British rule. Wang Tao, who was an advocate for institutional changes by the Qing government, rather than the purely military and technological devices promoted by the "self-strengthening" school, published these ideas in the Universal Circulating Herald.

These reformist ideas could have influenced Sun Yat-sen, who went on, in 1890–1892, to make reformist proposals to two progressive government officials, Cheng Tsao-ju (a scholar of Sun's native Chinese county of Xiangshan and a prominent and progressive official who had served as Chinese Minister to the United States between 1881 and 1885) and Zheng Guanying.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Ng Lun, Ngai-ha Alice (1981). "The Hong Kong Origins of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Address to Li Hung-chang". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 21: 168–178. JSTOR 23889613. - Cited: p. 171.