News under Fire – China`s Propaganda against Japan in the English–Language Press, 1928–1941

Shuge Wei is a historian based at the Australian National University. Her research interests include Chinese media history, Chinese political culture, the Sino-Japanese War, and grassroots movements in China and Taiwan.

A superbly researched and well-nuanced account of an overlooked topic: nationalist China's propaganda system and the multiple ways in which it intersected with the treaty-port foreign-language press of the time. Combining a wealth of archival and newspaper sources, it is destined to be on the 'must-read' list of all who are interested in state propaganda and news dissemination in the Republican period. -- Julia C. Strauss, professor of Chinese politics, SOAS, University of London An absorbing and well-sourced study of KMT propaganda efforts to convince the United States to side with China rather than Japan in WWII. The study shows how the KMT, facing a massive power asymmetry compared to its Japanese opponent, managed to effectively use the soft power of foreign propaganda. -- Rudolf G. Wagner, senior professor of Chinese studies, Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe, Heidelberg University, Germany