Qian Jin Bao

Qian Jin Bao
January 22, 1926 issue of Qian Jin Bao, featuring an image of Vladimir Lenin
PublisherFan Shideng
EditorYu Lun
FoundedDecember 18, 1925 (1925-12-18)
LanguageChinese
Ceased publicationMay 28, 1926 (1926-05-28)
HeadquartersSverdlov Street
CityMoscow
CountrySoviet Union
Circulation3,000-6,000

Qian Jin Bao (Chinese: 前進報, 'Forward Newspaper') was a Chinese language newspaper published from Moscow, Soviet Union, between December 18, 1925 and May 28, 1926.[1][2] Qian Jin Bao was the organ of the Preparatory Committee of Chinese Emigrants in Russia.[1] Two issues were published in 1925 and 18 issues were published in 1926.[1][3]

After the 1925 May 30 Movement in Shanghai, groups like the Chinese Anti-Imperialist League in Russia and the Preparatory Committee of Chinese Emigrants in Russia emerged. The new organizational activities prompted the launch of new press outlets such as Qian Jin Bao.[2] Qian Jin Bao was set up by Chinese students at the Sun Yat-sen Communist University of the Toilers of China (KUTK) and Communist University of the Toilers of the East (KUTV).[4] Published weekly on Fridays by Fan Shideng, the editorial office was located at Sverdlov Street and Yu Lun served as the main editor of Qian Jin Bao, though Liang Kun [ru] also took part in editing.[2] The newspaper had a print run of 3,000 to 6,000[5] and issues generally had four pages.[2] The masthead of the newspaper, below the Chinese name, provided the transliterated the name in Cyrillic alphabet 'Цян-Дзин-Бао' and the Russian translated name 'Вперёд'.[2] The newspaper was a handwritten lithograph.[2]

The newspaper carried news from China, the Soviet Union, and other countries. Chinese news items generally originated from newspapers such as the Chenbao [zh] (Beijing), Ta Kung Pao (Tianjin) and Shen Bao (Shanghai).[2] The newspaper was supportive of the Kuomintang movement.[6] During Kuomintang leader Hu Hanmin's visit to the Soviet Union 1925-1926 Qian Jin Bao reported extensively on his activities in the countries and published various of his speeches in full.[6] Soviet and international news were largely translations of articles from Pravda and Izvestia.[2] Lectures on political economy at the KUTV and KUTK were translated into Chinese by university students and reprinted in Qian Jin Bao.[5] Qian Jin Bao included illustrations, photos and advertisements.[2] Unlike other similar Chinese-language publications at the time, Qian Jin Bao carried political cartoons.[2] Interviews featured in the newspaper were generally done by Chinese students in Moscow or Leningrad.[2] The newspaper would have special issues for occasions such as commemorations of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the October Revolution, International Women's Day and Sun Yat-sen's and Vladimir Lenin's respective death anniversaries.[2]

Qian Jin Bao was distributed internationally at a cost of 15 kopeks (as opposed to 10 kopeks if sold in the Soviet Union).[2] When French secret police searched the hotel room in Boulogne-Billancourt that had lodged the young Chinese communists Deng Xiaoping, Fu Zhong and Yang Pinsun in early 1926, they encountered copies of Qian Jin Bao.[7] In 1996, the Institute of Modern History of Academia Sinica in Taiwan published a reprint of the issues of Qian Jin Bao.[6][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Грант Левонович Епископосов. Газеты СССР, 1917-1960: Газеты Москвы, Ленинграда и столиц союзных республик. Книга, 1970. p. 18
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 张建华 (ed.) 《前进报》和《工人之路》简史, in [西伯利亚—远东的中国声音：以《前进报》与《工人之路》报为例]. Beijing, 2024. ISBN：978-7-5227-2949-7
  3. ^ Jiao xue yu yan jiu, Issues 1-6. 1990. p. 79
  4. ^ 米镇波. 赴苏俄留学述略, in 党史纵横, Issue 4. 《党史纵横》 编辑部, 1988. pp. 33-34
  5. ^ a b Alexander Pantsov. The Bolsheviks and the Chinese Revolution 1919-1927. Routledge, 2013. p. 174
  6. ^ a b c 胡汉民未刊往来函电稿, Vol. 1. 广西师范大学出版社, 2005.
  7. ^ Alexander V. Pantsov, Steven I. Levine. Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life. Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 34-35
  8. ^ Institute of Modern History of Academia Sinica. Qian Jin Bao Archived 2020-07-29 at the Wayback Machine