天津编译社与近代日本在华舆论操纵活动

Tianjin Compiling Society and Manipulations of Public Opinions by Modern Japan in China

针对"五四"运动前后出现的"排日"浪潮,日本驻华北军司令部在陆军省、外务省和日本企业的大力支持下,1920年2月在天津成立通信社——天津编译社,作为军方操纵舆论的秘密机关。根据军方制定的经营方针,编译社每天向当地及北京等处报社提供大量有利于日本的新闻稿,通过私下提供赞助等手段使其刊登,试图以此操纵舆论为日本侵略政策辩护,平息中国民众的"排日"情绪。天津编译社的活动是近代日军对华宣传战的一个缩影。

Against the rise of Anti- Japanese environment before and after the May Fourth Movement,in February 1920,a News Agency i. e. Tianjin Compiling Society was established by Japanese North- China Army headquarter,which was with the strong support of the Army Ministry,Foreign Affairs Ministry as well as the Japanese enterprises,and acted as a secret military service to manipulate the media. According to the operating principles of the military,the Compiling Society used to deliver the news articles daily to the local area,Beijing and other regions which were mostly favourable to the Japanese and made them published by means of private sponsor. The attempt is to manipulate the public opinion against Japan's policy of aggression and to quell anti- Japanese sentiment in China. The activities of the Tianjin Compiling Society were a microcosm of the modern Japanese army propaganda war staged in China.