晚清传教士在中国办了许多报刊,这些报刊同传教士本人以及他们的活动一样,充满了各种争议。事实上,传教士是一个复杂的群体,同样,他们所办的报刊也有一个逐步变化的过程。最终,他们的办报活动在客观上对中国的社会变迁起到了推动作用。无论是对待传教士本身的作用,还是他们的报刊活动,放到当时的特定历史背景下加以考查,就可以发现所呈现出的形态复杂而多元,并且对今天的现实同样有着借鉴意义。 The late Qing missionaries ran many newspapers and periodicals in China, which were full of controversies, just as the missionaries themselves and their activities did. In fact, missionaries are a complex group. In the same vein, the newspapers they run have a gradual process of change. In the end, their newspaper activities objectively promoted the social changes in China. No matter treating the role of the missionaries themselves or their newspapers and magazines, and examining them under the specific historical background of the time, we can find that the presented forms are complex and diverse and have the same meanings for today’s reality.