Why the birth of journalism is a historical necessity

Economy: the success of the Xinhai Revolution, the impact of the feudal system, is the national bourgeoisie was once encouraged by the emergence of a variety of industrial organizations, overseas Chinese also competing to invest in modern domestic enterprises. Investment, expanding the market must grasp the latest news, journalism was born and flourished.

Politics: After the Second Opium War, many Western organizations for the purpose of facilitating missionary work, the establishment of newspapers in China, the issuance of newspapers and printing trade and business. But the newspapers were mostly religious in nature. There was not much news. Until the end of the 19th century, China's government-run, privately-run newspapers gradually more and more. 1895, that is, Guangxu 21, the famous reformist Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao in Beijing, founded the Strong Society, and the publication of the newspaper "Chinese and foreign news" (also known as "Gazette of All Nations"), which is the early Chinese newspaper in the influence of the larger. At that time, there were already dozens of newspapers of all kinds in Beijing alone, with a daily print run of over a thousand.

Culture: The New Culture Movement is a typical example of this. 1915, Chen Duxiu founded the magazine "New Youth" (formerly known as "Youth Magazine") in Shanghai, marking the emergence of a new culture, which was the main position of the movement of the intellectuals. 1917, the intellectuals learned about the victory of the socialist revolution in Russia in October through the news, and saw the "dawn of a new century". "the dawn of a new century", making people more aware of the importance of news. Li Dazhao also founded the Weekly Review in Beijing at the end of 1918 to publicize Marxism, advancing the revolution into a new period.