中国近代最早的报纸和期刊都是由外国人创办的外文报刊，起源于19世纪二、三十年代。当时的中国是满族统治下的封建大帝国，二千多年沿袭下来的封建制度和强权政治需要，以极其顽固的闭关锁国思想，拒绝与世界交流。西方帝国主义列强用鸦片贸易和军舰大炮打开了中国的大门，早 The earliest newspapers and journals in modern China were foreigners founded foreign newspapers and magazines, which originated in the 1920s and 1930s. At that time, China was a feudal empire under Manchu rule. Its feudal system and power politics inherited for more than 2000 years required an extremely stubborn obstacle to the closure of the country and refused to exchange views with the rest of the world. The Western imperialist powers opened the door to China with opium trade and naval artillery, early