Foreign Affairs Turbulence -- Tracing the History of Modern Chinese Comics

Author: Wang Peiliang (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Chinese culture, with a long history. In China, comic works have existed since ancient times. However, it was not until the late 19th and early 20th centuries that the term "comic" as an independent art form gained popularity in Chinese art circles. By the late Qing Dynasty, Chinese comics had entered an unprecedented period of prosperity. At that time, a large number of comic works emerged, along with a host of talented cartoonists. With their rich life experiences, exquisite artistic skills, strong patriotic sentiments, and keen political insights, they chose different historical events and figures as subjects, presenting perspectives from various angles and employing diverse artistic techniques to expose the political corruption and darkness of old China, criticize various social evils, promote democratic revolutionary ideas, showcase the social development, reflect people's living conditions, and to varying degrees, depict the historical process of the Chinese people striving for independence externally and democracy internally. This book will allow readers to understand Chinese society during its early stages of opening up after being isolated for centuries, when its territory and resources were plundered, yet the corrupt rulers, despite facing national crises, still indulged in luxury, leading to repeated losses of sovereignty in diplomatic struggles—a century of pain and suffering.