[1][2][3] Established in Beijing, Contemporary Review began printing weekly editions on December 13, 1924.
[4] The publication featured work from new literature writers, covering topics such as politics, economics, law, philosophy, education, science, and the arts.
Many scholars affiliated with the magazine had studied in Europe or the United States, including Hu Shih (胡適), Gao Yihan (高一涵), Tang Youren (唐有壬), Chen Yuan (陳源), and Xu Zhimo (徐志摩).
These publications featured writers and scholars who lived through the 1911 Xinhai revolution, which marked the end of the Chinese monarchy and the establishment of the Republic of China.
[citation needed] Hu Shih (胡適) later served as Education Minister for the Republic of China and Cheng Fangwu (成仿吾) of Creative Quarterly worked on the Red Army education system.