Chinese Periodicals

Beijing Review (Pekíng Review)

Official weekly of the Chinese government aimed at foreign readers. It began publishing on 4 March 1958 in order to "provide timely, accurate, first-hand information on economic, political and cultural developments in China, and her relations with the rest of the world." The English edition was followed in 1963 by editions in Spanish, French, and Japanese, and in 1964 by a German edition. It ceased print publication in March of 2004, and was supplanted by new online-only version. Archive

China Reconstructs

Official monthly of the China Welfare Institute. It began publishing in 1952 under the direction of Soong Ching Ling, and continued publishing until 2007. It was eventually published in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian. Archive

China Pictorial

Monthly published by China Pictorial Press in Beijing. It began publishing in 1951 and was issued in Chinese, Russian, English, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uyghur. It published its final print edition in April 2021 and moved to a digital online-only version. Archive

People's China

Fortnightly published by Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. It began publishing in January 1950 and was issued in English, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, French and Indonesian. Archive

Women of China

Monthly published by the All-China Women's Federation. Archive