Contributors included C. R. Boxer, Chuan Tsen-kuo, William Empson, Emily Hahn, Lin Yutang, Shao Xunmei (Zau Sinmay), and John C.H.
"[2] Ian Gill of the South China Morning Post stated that the magazine's editors, writers, and contributors were known for living liberal lifestyles.
[1] The China Heritage Quarterly stated that the magazine "reflected a positive relationship between the patriotic aspirations of some members of a Western-educated intelligentsia and a generous spirit of cosmopolitanism.
Called "Marylou" by her father and "Billie" by her friends,[5] she was educated in British international schools in Shanghai and previously worked at Reuters.
Newman later married Irishman Arthur "Paddy" Gill, a warrant officer of the Army of the United Kingdom, on January 31, 1940 and took his family name.