Reportage literature (baogao wenxue) developed in China from the 1920s in the course of the development of a modern print media (press) and modern Chinese literature. The influence of Western reportage literature was decisive for this new genre of non-fictional prose (sanwen, essay), which was initially considered a journalistic genre. The travel reports of Qu Qiubai (1899-1935) are considered early examples exhibiting characteristics of literary design exceeding a purely journalistic report. The literary reportage experienced its first…