After receiving favourable feedback during the trial period, the Library has purchased access to the North China Daily News 字林西報, which was an influential English-language newspaper published daily in Shanghai between 1864 and 1951. Together with its sister publication North China Herald 北華捷報 (a weekly publication and forerunner to North China Daily News), they documented the social, cultural, and political life of foreign settlements in China during the period.
On the database homepage, select “Foreign Newspaper” in order to search within North China Daily News & North China Herald, as shown in the image below:
