Editing Chen Duxiu (section)

====''Anhui Suhua Bao''====
On 31 March 1904, Chen founded ''Anhui Suhua Bao'', a newspaper that he established with Fang Zhiwu and Wu Shou in Tokyo to promote revolutionary ideas using [[vernacular Chinese]], which was simple to understand and easy for the general public to read. While Chen was the chief secretary of the newspaper, its circulation increased from only a thousand copies to more than three times that figure in less than half a year, becoming one of the most popular [[vernacular Chinese]] newspapers in print at that time. During 1904 and 1905, a total of twenty-three issues were published. Each issue had 40 pages – about 15,000 words. However, due to political pressures, the paper was barred from publishing in 1905.

Chen had three main objectives in publishing ''Anhui Suhua Bao'': to let his countrymen in Anhui keep abreast of the politics of the Qing dynasty; to spread knowledge to the paper's readers through vernacular Chinese; and, to promote revolutionary ideas to the public. Chen believed that most Chinese believed that the importance of the family was greater than that of the state, and that this limited their interest in political events. He also found Chinese people in general to be excessively [[superstitious]]. Chen urged Chinese people to participate in politics through the publication of ''Anhui Suhua Bao''. After its sixteenth issue, the newspaper added an extra 16 columns; the most popular were on military events, Chinese philosophy, hygiene, and astronomy. Almost all of these additional topics were written by Chen. His pen-name was San'ai (三爱/三愛). At least 50 articles were published under this name.