The China Pictorial, known in Chinese as Renmin Huabao is a Chinese monthly magazine first published in 1950. The title of the magazine was handwritten by Mao Zedong. Published by the China International Communications Group, the magazine was one of four publications allowed during the Cultural Revolution in China. The magazine was instrumental to promote the revolution.[1]
In addition to the Chinese edition, there are other editions in different languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, French, German, Italian, and Russian. In 1960, seventeen editions were published after 10 years of existence.[2]
History
In May 1948, Jinchaji Pictorial merged with People's Pictorial and changed its name to North China Pictorial.[3]
In June 1950, Mao Zedong changed the title of the magazine to China Pictorial.[2][4] The magazine was established and first published under the name China Pictorial in July 1950. In the late 1950s a member of the Sweden China Association in Stockholm, Nils Holmberg, was hired by the Chinese authorities to translate the content of the magazine into Swedish.[5]
Since its establishment, the magazine has never ceased publication, and was published as usual during the Cultural Revolution.[6]
At the end of 2001, China Pictorial was selected as one of the "China Periodical
See also
- China Today
External links
References
- A Natural Place for Nationalism: The Wanglang Nature Reserve and the Emergence of the Giant Panda as a National Icon 2004^
- China Pictorial, ChinaCulture.org, 8 August 2008^
- 现代中国画报 人民网, 长城小站, retrieved 2007-12-11^