''The Tiger'' () was a political

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

which was initiated by Chinese intellectuals

Zhang Shizhao Zhang Shizhao (; March 20, 1881 – July 1, 1973), courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultur ...

and

Chen Duxiu Chen Duxiu ( zh, t=陳獨秀, w=Ch'en Tu-hsiu; 8 October 187927 May 1942) was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Li Dazhao in 1921. From 1921 to 1927, he ser ...

and was in circulation between 1914 and 1915. The magazine began as the effort of

to create his own publication in the wake of his departure from '' The People's Stand'', then the official publication of the

Guomindang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Taiw ...

. Originally called ''Independence Weekly'', Zhang set out to establish his new journal as politically moderate and without his former connection to the Guomindang. Shortly after, he recruited as editor his contemporary,

, who was of similar political ideology. The vast majority of each issue of ''The Tiger'' was "lengthy, logically argued, academic-style essays on government" Weston 1998, p. 264. These essays often treated Western liberalism or the state's relation to its people. Nevertheless, a given issue also allowed space for other inclusions like current events, essays in translation, and the occasional work of literature. Operation of the magazine continued, with several months of interruption, from May 1914 until October 1915, producing a total of ten issues. The majority of the writings were done in classical Chinese prose, greatly limiting exposure to the Chinese public at large. Nevertheless, The Tiger was a very influential political journal during its span of print. In the late stages of ''The Tigers existence, Chen Duxiu began his next project, ''

La Jeunesse ''New Youth'' (french: La Jeunesse, lit=The Youth; ) was a Chinese literary magazine founded by Chen Duxiu and published between 1915 and 1926. It strongly influenced both the New Culture Movement and the later May Fourth Movement. Publishin ...

'', for which he began to advertise in ''The Tiger''. Though the two publications eventually shared many of the same writers and much of the same spirit, Chen Duxiu felt that discourse concerning contemporary politics was less important than galvanizing Chinese youth culture. ''The Tiger'' dissolved shortly after its sister publication came into being in 1915.

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*Weston, Timothy B. "The Formation and Positioning of the New Culture Community, 1913-1917." ''Fire Technology'' 24.3 (1998): 255-284. Print. *Angle, Stephen C., and Marina Svensson, ed. ''The Chinese Human Rights Reader: Documents and Commentary, 1900-2000.'' London: M. E. Sharpe, 2001. Print. *Lin, Xiaoqing Diana. ''Peking University: Chinese Scholarship and Intellectuals, 1898-1937.'' Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. Print. *Ogden, Suzanne. ''Inklings of Democracy in China.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2002. Print. *"Fitzgerald, John. "The Nationless State: The Search for a Nation in Modern Chinese Nationalism." ''The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs'' 33 (1995): 75-104. Print. 1914 establishments in China 1915 disestablishments in China Political magazines published in China Chinese-language magazines Defunct magazines published in China Defunct political magazines Magazines established in 1914 Magazines disestablished in 1915 {{italic title