''Shijie zhishi'' () is a bimonthly semi-official foreign affairs magazine which has been in circulation since 1934 based in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, China. From time to time the magazine was used as a propaganda publication by the state particularly during the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

. It is one of the long-running periodicals in China.

History and profile

''Shijie zhishi'' was established in 1934. The

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

is in charge of the magazine. One of its early editors-in-chief was Jin Zhonghua. From 2014 Chinese novelist Lulu Wang contributed to the magazine which is published on a bimonthly basis and has 100,000 copies per each issue.

Content

During the editorship of Jin Zhonghua ''Shijie zhishi'' published several cartoons by Jack Chen. The magazine primarily features articles concerning

foreign relations of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), has full diplomatic relations with 178 out of the other 193 United Nations member states, Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. Since 2019, China has had the most diplomatic miss ...

and provides discussions about the foreign policies of China to be implemented. It also features in-depth analyses about the political tendencies and political leaders in other countries. ''Shijie zhishi'' published lengthy comments about the Soviet leaders, including

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

and

Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...

. It also published an analysis on the

neocons Neoconservatism is a political movement that began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party and with the growing New Left and ...

in the United States based on interviews with five Chinese political scientists which appeared in 2003.

References

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