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This essay examines the coverage of the Boxer Uprising in the German mainstream press in 1900 as a shaper and reflection of public opinion. Through comparative analyses of contrasting strategies of reporting in three major daily papers with different readerships, the "Kölnische Zeitung" , the "Frankfurter Zeitung" and the "Berliner Morgenpost", it shows how certain events emerge as ‘key experiences’, resulting in a surprisingly convergent, patriotic narrative for the literate German public.
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Why is it important?
The essay reveals a tendency in the relevant journalism to celebrate Germany’s rise to enhanced status as a colonial power by casting the suppression of the Boxer Uprising as a second foundation myth, elevating the nation to the eminence of a "Weltmacht".
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This page is a summary of: GERMANY'S WAR IN CHINA: MEDIA COVERAGE AND POLITICAL MYTH, German Life and Letters, April 2008, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2008.00419.x.
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