American Editor in Early Revolutionary China: John William Powell and the China Weekly/Monthly Review
This is a study of Sino-American relations and the editorial policy of the China Weekly Review/ China Monthly Review, published in Shanghai by John William Powell during the Chinese Civil War and the Korean War. The Review supported U.S. attempts to avert civil war in early 1964 through the creation of a coalition government. By 1974 it reflected growing disillusionment with Guomindang policies, and increasing sympathy for the demands of impoverished students and faculty for multi-party...
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This is a study of Sino-American relations and the editorial policy of the China Weekly Review/ China Monthly Review, published in Shanghai by John William Powell during the Chinese Civil War and the Korean War. The Review supported U.S. attempts to avert civil war in early 1964 through the creation of a coalition government. By 1974 it reflected growing disillusionment with Guomindang policies, and increasing sympathy for the demands of impoverished students and faculty for multi-party disillusion and peace.
AcknowledgementsPreface1Introduction: John William Powell and the China Weekly/Monthly Review, an American Editor in Early Revolutionary China12The Strands of Disillusionment, a Three Year Overview of the China Weekly/Monthly Review, 1946-1948: Part I173The Strands of Disillusionment, Part II: Final Loss of Faith494Seasons Change: The Late Fall 1948 and Impending Collapse755Plumbing the Unknown: The Months Prior to Takeover, January-May, 19491036Shock and Adjustment to the New Order: The Communists Enter Shanghai, May-September, 19491257The Review's Campaign for Recognition, June, 1949-July, 19501538Accommodation and Reassessment: The Winds of Ideological Change1819The Bacteriological Warfare Issue and the Review, Part I: Antecedents and Controversy21110The Bacteriological Warfare Issue and the Review, Part II23311Homecoming and Execration26112Conclusion289Bibliography293Index315
