Speaker: Dr Toh Lam Seng, Director (School of Journalism and Communication), Xiamen University and Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University
This talk will be delivered in Mandarin.

Why did Western missionaries publish their proselytising materials in Southeast Asia and not China? What were some of the characteristics of these missionary periodicals, which included “new Western knowledge” with gospel teachings? What influence did such missionary publications have on later newspapers? In this talk, Dr Toh Lam Seng will share insights into his study of these earliest Chinese newspapers.

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