This is the data sheet of the Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao 申報 (1872-1898). The data was exported from the original FileMaker database. It contains annotations, notes, keywords, and references, which were compiled by the researchers Andrea Janku and Nanny Kim. Since the web interface of the database ceased to exist, we saved the research notes and annotations in simple text format here. The description of the data set from 2003 reads: "This online-index of important articles from the Shanghai daily Shenbao (1872-1949) covers the years from the paper's foundation in April 1872 to the end of the year 1898. It is designed to provide quick keyword access to the more than 11,000 entries and thus facilitate the use of this important source for the history of late Qing China. "The index includes all leading articles from the Shenbao itself, as well as the articles reprinted from Hong Kong papers, above all those from the early Xunhuan Ribao 循環日報 (i.e. 1874 to 1879) edited by Wang Tao, which are not preserved otherwise. The selection of other items, such as news reports, official documents, letters to the editor, etc. is based on their length and perceived importance for ongoing debates. Only very little of the poetry is included. Not indexed are the contents of the Shenbao reprints of the Jingbao 京報 (Peking Gazette) as well as of advertisements."

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Additional project information has been saved in the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20050226094023/http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/database/shenbao/manual.htm. Data includes User Manual, Sources and Conventions, Classification of Text Types, Keyword List 中英對照, and Bibliographical Description.