“政治之利器”:通电与近代中国政治生态的变迁

Powerful Political Tool:Circular Telegram and the Change of Modern China's Political Ecology

电报引入中国后,渐向政治生活领域延伸,于是衍生出通电这种新型社会行为。近代中国的通电,大抵经历了发端、发展与深入三个演进阶段。通电的渐次发展与日益繁兴,不仅提高了政府及社会组织的行政理事效率,尤为重要的是扩充了国人的参政议政机会,有利于国人政治参与意识的培育与增进。这一切对近代中国政治生态的变迁,产生重大而深远的影响,并在一定范围内提示出近代中国的社会变迁。

After introduced into modern China, telegraph gradually penetrated into the field of people＇s political life. Thus, as a new type of social behavior, circular telegram had experienced origination, development and deepening stage in modern China. The gradual development and increasing prosperity of circular telegram not only improved the efficiency of the administration of the government and community organizations, but also expanded opportunities of people＇s participation in politics, which was also helpful for people＇s awareness of political participation. All of these had a significant and far-reaching impact on the political ecology of modern China, and also indicated the social change of modern China within a certain range.