1 - On Chinese Screen: Cultural Interaction on the Newspapers and Periodicals Run by Missionaries in the Late Qing and Republican Era

Presentation Abstract
The missionaries' owned newspapers and periodicals not only promoted Christianity and its culture but also introduced Western history, philosophy, politics, science and technology to the Chinese society during the Late Qing and Republican Era. They published articles on Chinese culture, philosophy and politics, ultimately becoming pioneers of cultural interaction between the West and China. Missionaries often relied on Chinese converts and scholars as the assistants for editing their Chinese newspapers and the translation projects. Notably, individuals like Liang Fa and Wang Tao stood out. 

This tradition and principle reflect Christianity's freedom to maintain give-and-take relations with other cultures and its potential to become a world religion. Consequently, it has always been essential part of missionaries' work to promote and maintain dialogues with local cultures through various methods, particularly through news media in modern time. However, the interaction between Christian culture and China involves not only cultural integration but also cultural conflict. Therefore, dialogue became an effective means of helping Chinese people understand and accept Christian culture through newspapers and periodicals at that time.  

Based on the historical evidence presented above, this paper explores the cultural interaction in newspapers and periodicals run by missionaries during the Late Qing and Republican era and elaborates on the missionaries' irreplaceable role in the modernization of China.