by Cheung Hiu Wan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [135-140]). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement / Abstract / List of figures / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Scope of Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4 --- Structure of the Thesis --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Historical Development of Comics in China / Chapter 2.1 --- Comics History before1949 --- p.24 / Chapter 2 . 2 --- Comics under the Reign of Chinese Communist Party --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3 --- Beijing Cartoon after the Open Door Policy --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 3 . --- Interaction with the Leaders of Beijing Publishing House / Chapter 3.1 --- Leaders´ةExpectation for Beijing Cartoon --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Discrepancy between the Senior and Junior Editors --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3 --- Editors' Comments on Interaction with the Leaders of the Beijing Publishing House --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Interaction with the Senior Artists / Chapter 4.1 --- Cartoon Art Festival98 --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Invasion of Japanese Comics --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Essence of Comics with Chinese Features --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4 --- The Expected Role of the Chinese Government --- p.67 / Chapter 4.5 --- The Editors´ة Comments on Cartoon Art Festival98 --- p.68 / Chapter 4 . --- 6 Concluding Remarks --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Interaction with the Junior Artists / Chapter 5.1 --- Social Status of the Junior Artists --- p.12 / Chapter 5.2 --- Cooperation with Beijing Cartoon --- p.11 / Chapter 5.3 --- Why do they Join the Comics Business --- p.79 / Chapter 5.4 --- Agreement and Terms of Payment --- p.87 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summer Camping: Market Mechanism and Autonomy in Artists' Creation --- p.88 / Chapter 5.6 --- The Editors' Expectation on the Roles of The Artists --- p.96 / Chapter 5.7 --- Artists' Comments on the Educational Aspect of Comics --- p.98 / Chapter 5.8 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.102 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- The Interaction with the Readers and Elders / Chapter 6.1 --- Whom were and Whom are the Comics for? --- p.104 / Chapter 6.2 --- Parents and Teachers: Comics for Education --- p.105 / Chapter 6.3 --- Parents and Teachers: Sex and Violence in Japanese Comics --- p.107 / Chapter 6.4 --- More than Sex and Violence in Japanese Comics --- p.110 / Chapter 6.5 --- Nippon´ؤcentric and Militarism of Japanese Comics --- p.115 / Chapter 6.6 --- Better Academic Performances and More Choices --- p.115 / Chapter 6.7 --- The Popularity of Comics among the Teenagers --- p.118 / Chapter 6.8 --- Feedback from the Comics Readers --- p.121 / Chapter 6.9 --- The Conflicts: More Education or More Entertainment --- p.122 / Chapter 6.10 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.12 5 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Conclusion --- p.127 / Appendix / References