In 1898 the first women's magazine was published in China. [1] The number of women's magazines has increased in the country since the late 1980s. [2] In addition to national titles international magazines are also published in the country. [3] Madame Figaro, [4] and Elle are among such titles both of which entered into the Chinese market in 1988. [2] [5] In 1998 Cosmopolitan began to be circulated in the country. [6] Esquire is the first international men's magazine which entered the Chinese magazine market in 1999. [1] From the 2000s several Japanese magazines began to be circulated in Chinese language in the country, including CanCam. [7]
Total number of magazines in China was 8,889 in 2001 [4] when China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [8] Following the accession of China to the WTO advertising revenues of the magazines significantly increased. [8] The number of foreign consumer magazines was sixty-nine in 2009. [9]
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in China. They are published in Chinese or other languages.
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