Question

How shanghai became a hub of new print culture? Explain

Answer 1

The earliest print technology was developed in China along with Japan and Korea.

China started printing books from 594 AD onwards.

In China, scholars and traders used print in extensively.

Several people took to reading and writing.

Shanghai became the hub of new print culture, with the growing popularity of Western-style schools, as hand printing gave way to machine printing 

Answer 2

Printing in the 17th century China was no longer limited to the scholar or the officials, but it was also used by merchants, to print their daily entries.  Moreover, reading during this time grew a leisure activity. Almost all the sections of the society began reading poetries, autobiographies, romantic plays etc. This new reading culture was followed by a modern technology. In the late 19th century, Western publication methods and mechanical presses were introduced in China as a result of the establishment of Western powers outposts in China. Thereon, Shanghai became the hub of the new print culture, provisioning to the western school. A gradual shift could now be seen in the method of printing (from hand printing to machine printing).