The Nanfang Daily (traditional Chinese: 南方日報; simplified Chinese: 南方日报; pinyin: Nánfāng rìbào), also known as Southern Daily[1] and Nanfang Ribao,[2] is the official newspaper of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | Guangdong provincial committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Founded | 23 October 1949 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Website | epaper |
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| Simplified Chinese | 南方日报 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南方日報 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Southern Daily | ||||||||||||
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History
editThe paper was established in Guangzhou on 23 October 1949.[4]
Eight days prior, Ye Jianying arrived in Guangzhou, surrounded and disarmed all speculators, and arrested more than ten journalists for re-education.[5] The premises and equipment of the Kuomintang's Central Daily were immediately seized and taken over. The paper was changed to Nanfang Daily, first published on 23 October.[6]
The newspaper is eponymous to the more lively and commercial Southern Metropolis Daily and part of the giant Nanfang Daily Newspaper Group.[7] In March 2018, Nanfang Daily won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China.
An article from Brown University pointed out that Nanfang Daily has superior reporting and a somewhat higher level of frankness than many mainstream press outlets in China.[8]
See also
edit- Hua Shang Daily – predecessor of Southern Daily
References
edit- ^ Jack Linchuan Qiu (1 December 2017). Media and Society in Networked China. Brill Publishers. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-90-04-35514-9.
- ^ Audrey Donnithorne (18 October 2013). China's Economic System. Routledge. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-136-56993-7.
- ^ Chinese Newspaper Navigator: Top 100 Newspaper Silhouettes. China Financial & Economic Publishing House. 1 October 2017. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-7-5095-7438-6.
- ^ First issue of Chinese newspaper. People's Daily Press. 2001. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-7-80153-387-6.
- ^ "Communist Party of China's Press Policy and Historical Effects before and after 1949" (PDF). Twenty-First Century. June 30, 2008.
- ^ "Chen Xiaoping: The Kuomintang regime moved the Capital to Guangzhou in 1949". Thepaper.cn. 2019-12-16.
- ^ Wang Jianping (6 February 2018). China Culture Enterprise Report 2015. Tsinghua University Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-7-302-39764-9.
- ^ "Chinese News & Media". Brown University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020.