The Telephone's Passing-into The Capital of China and The Public Viewpoints on Telephones in Later-Qing Dynasty

The telephone spread from Shanghai to Beijing-the capital of China at the end of the 19th century.The course of the passing-into and popularity of telephones reflected the conflict between the internal and the western culture which is one of the essential characteristics of modern China.Facing the telephone,the public viewpoints were varied remarkably and anyway,the popularizing of the telephone helped to push forward the renewing of the public thoughts and the modernization of their daily lives.