Studies on Wang Tao's Early Modern Chinese Bourgeois Reform Program

As the father of Chinese journalism, Wang Tao not only established Xunhuan Daily, the first daily created by Chinese, but also wrote a lot of political essays to advocate the early modern bourgeois reform.He pointed out that China should initiate political reform in quest for national strength, using the western technology to attain the goal of establishing a powerful and prosperous China.His reform program referred to four aspects: in political, Qing government should establish a parliamentary system and constitutional monarchy;in economy, the government should develop trade and economy to strengthen national strength;in military, the government should carry out comprehensive military reform to increase military power;in diplomacy, the government should send diplomatic envoys, and boost diplomatic with national power.Using the western culture as a mirror to study the Chinese feudal society, he found a series of drawbacks, so he developed an overall early modern Chinese bourgeois reform program with the western culture as a reference, whose influence could never be underestimated.