''The Shanghai Herald'' was an English-language newspaper published in

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. The editor of the ''Shanghai Herald and China Critic'', Kwei Chung-shu, had graduated from the

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. Günther Lenhardt, a journalist from

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, established the ''Herald''. He hired two journalists from

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, Ladislaus Frank and Mark Siegelberg, who had previously worked for the ''

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''. Hartmut Walravens, author of ''German Influence on the Press in China'', said that despite the paper's establishment, "the ''Shanghai Jewish Chronicle'' remained the leading paper".Walravens, p
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''The Shanghai Herald'' and the ''Shanghai Journal'' formed an affiliation on March 1, 1946. The ''Herald'' began publishing a German supplement, called ''The Shanghai Herald / German Language Supplement''.

Content

One regular feature of the ''Herald'' was "Der Wochenslat" ("the weekly salad") by Kurt Lewin.Eber, p
120

References

* Cornebise, Alfred Enile. ''The Shanghai Stars and Stripes: Witness to the Transition to Peace, 1945-1946''. McFarland, January 18, 2010. , 9780786447565. * Eber, Irene. ''Voices from Shanghai: Jewish Exiles in Wartime China''.

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, October 1, 2008. , 9780226181660. * Walravens, Hartmut. "German Influence on the Press in China." - In: ''Newspapers in International Librarianship: Papers Presented by the Newspaper Section at IFLA General Conferences''.

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, January 1, 2003. , 9783110962796.
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- This version does not include the footnotes visible in the Walter de Gruyter version **Also available in Walravens, Hartmut and Edmund King. ''Newspapers in international librarianship: papers presented by the newspapers section at IFLA General Conferences''. K.G. Saur, 2003. , 9783598218378. *Yung, Judy. "It is hard to be born a woman but hopeless to be born a Chinese" ''The Life and Times of Flora Belle Jan''." -- in: Edited by Patricia Hart and Karen Weathermon, with Susan Armitage. ''Women Writing Women: The Frontiers Reader''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shanghai Herald English-language newspapers published in China Newspapers published in Shanghai