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From his arrival in China in 1888 to his departure in 1930, Canadian missionary, Donald MacGillivray (季理斐), was in China for more than 40 years. According to changes in the Chinese missionary situation, the key target of his mission was frequently adjusted. From his initial work in the early days in North Honan, to his work with officials and intellectuals in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, then to students, women, and children in the Republic of China, Donald MacGillivray continued to preach to both the masses and the elites. His approach was flexible, ranging from oral preaching to academic publications. Relying on his interpersonal network, MacGillivray paid close attention to the social changes occurring in modern China. An evaluation of his activities in China can not only reveal the impact of individual missionaries in the process of Western learning and the transformation of Chinese knowledge in modern times, but also provide insight into the integration of Christianity into the indigenization process of China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article locates one of the earliest charitable performances organized by prostitutes in 1907 in two cities, Shanghai and Beijing. It examines the ways in which each social group prostitutes in the name of jijie (prostitute circles)/huajie (circles of flowers), the male elites who helped them manage the performances, and the newspaper commentators who responded to these events in mass media reconceptualized the formation of their identities, the transformation of their businesses, and the negotiation of their relationship with the emerging society and the nation in the last decade of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). It argues that the charitable performances not only cultivated the civic virtue of every group involved within a newly restructured society that prioritized public morals and nationalistic devotion, they also promoted person gain in terms of social status and reputation. To a large extent, these performances help us understand such bigger issues as female sexuality, the prostitution business, elite dominance, and the reform of China within the larger urban, social, and ideological contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an examination of the 2010 World Exposition held in Shanghai, China and compares the event with China's first national exposition held in 1910 during the Qing dynasty. Titled the Nanyang Exhibition for the Promotion on Industry, the event was designed to gather domestic support for China's state-led projects and encourage economic development. The article compares the motivations behind each event, discusses the social meaning of the exhibitions and explores how China promoted the events.

This paper examines the idea of citizenship in the Shanghai tabloid press between 1897 and 1911. Tabloid writers, editors, and, to a lesser degree, readers appropriated and challenged Liang Qichao's (...1873-1929) discourse on citizenship. The paper shows that modern Chinese discourses on polity and "the people" came in multiple shapes and from diverse sources. Liang Qichao, the most influential of Chinese intellectual elites, did not however monopolize the construction of modern Chinese discourses on citizenship in the last decades of the Qing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dissects the cotton economy in China and its impact on local society in Shanghai county during the Ming-Qing period. Cotton and cotton goods as the staple crop of peasant households; Long-distance trade; Official and nonofficial cotton trade; Rise and fall of brokerage; The growth of the market; Conclusion.

This article examines changes in relations between the central and provincial governments in China that occurred in the late Qing era, when communication and transportation between provinces improved greatly due to technological modernization. The focus is on Li Hongzhang in his post as the governor-general of Zhili (1870-95), a northern province in which the city of Tianjin was located; he has formerly served as governer-general of Liangjiang (Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces), with jurisdiction over Shanghai. Li, as the governor of Zhili, was able to assert power over modernization programs in Shanghai; however, he chose not to do so through official channels, but rather through traditional informal connections with other political and professional elites. Li's political control over Shanghai was not legally legitimate, but because he followed traditional social relationships, it was accepted by the leaders of Liangjiang and Shanghai. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]