{"id":190,"date":"2016-03-24T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/?p=190"},"modified":"2016-03-24T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:38:13","slug":"shenbao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/2016\/03\/24\/shenbao\/","title":{"rendered":"Shen Bao Digital Archive (1872-1949)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\">With the kind support from the Confucius Institute for Scotland, the Library has just purchased the complete digital archive of the <em>Shen Bao<\/em> Chinese newspaper (<span style=\"font-size: large\">\u7533\u5831<\/span>)\u00a0which was published in Shanghai between 1872 and 1949.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao.png\" alt=\"Shen Bao\" width=\"1055\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao.png 1055w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2016\/03\/Shen-Bao-500x177.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1055px) 100vw, 1055px\" \/><!--more-->The following description is provided by the database supplier East View Information Services Inc.:<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">&#8220;Established in 1872, <em>Shen Bao<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">(historically transliterated as <em>Shun Pao<\/em> or <em>Shen-pao<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">) was the most influential and longest lasting <\/span>commercial newspaper before the establishment of the <span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">People\u2019s Republic in 1949. The newspaper\u00a0<\/span>was founded by Englishman Ernest Major, but, uniquely, was written by Chinese reporters for Chinese readers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">During its existence, <em>Shen Bao<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">gradually shifted from a <\/span>conservative to a more liberal perspective, and played a pivotal role in the formation of public opinion in the imperial period and into the tumultuous beginnings of modern China.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\"><em>Shen Bao<\/em>&#8216;s innovations in printing technologies, specialized use <\/span>of the telegraph, and dispatch of special military correspondents gave it an edge, and today that valuable insight is preserved and <span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">made available in the <em>Shen Bao<\/em> Digital Archive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">The <em>Shen Bao<\/em> Digital Archive<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: FrutigerLTStd-Cn\">is an invaluable research tool, <\/span>presenting the complete collection of all issues, from the newspaper\u2019s founding in 1872 to 1949. Containing more than 2 million articles, the database is 100% full-text searchable and contains the full-image of each page. 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