Shijie Zhishi

Shijie Zhishi (simplified Chinese: 世界知识; traditional Chinese: 世界知識; pinyin: Shìjiè zhīshì; lit. 'World Affairs') is a bimonthly semi-official foreign affairs magazine which has been in circulation since 1934 based in Beijing, China. From time to time the magazine was used as a propaganda publication by the state particularly during the Cold War. It is one of the long-running periodicals in China. It is published by World Affairs Press.

Shijie Zhishi

Categories	Foreign affairs magazine Political magazine
Frequency	Bimonthly
Founded	1934; 91 years ago (1934)
Country	China
Based in	Beijing
Language	Chinese
ISSN	0583-0176
OCLC	1765505

History and profile

Shijie Zhishi was established in 1934.^[1] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge of the magazine.^[2][3] One of its early editors-in-chief was Jin Zhonghua.^[4] From 2014 Chinese novelist Lulu Wang contributed to the magazine^[5] which is published on a bimonthly basis and has 100,000 copies per each issue.^[1]

Content

During the editorship of Jin Zhonghua Shijie Zhishi published several cartoons by Jack Chen.^[4] The magazine primarily features articles concerning foreign relations of China and provides discussions about the foreign policies of China to be implemented.^[3][6]

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, Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.^[7] It also published an analysis on the neocons in the United States based on interviews with five Chinese political scientists which appeared in 2003.^[8]