On 30 January 2005, Iraq held its first multi-party election in more than 50 years. We made a snapshot of two major Chinese news portals, covering articles published from 25 January - 2 February 2005.
人民网
To the archived world.people.com.cn
Downloaded on 2 February 2005.
The Internet news portal affiliated to 人民日报 (People's Daily). The archive contains news articles published from 25 January - 2 Febrary 2005. You can navigate through the downloaded contents using the hyperlink as shown in the picture below:
There are four index pages in total, listing 200 downloaded articles.
Epoch Times (大纪元)
To the archived www.epochtimes.com
Downloaded on 2 February 2005.
Website of the largest Chinese-language newspaper outside of Mainland China and Taiwan. The archive contains news articles published from 25 January - 2 February 2005. You can navigate through the downloaded contents using the hyperlink as shown in the picture below:
There are nine index pages in total, each listing the news articles from the selected date.
南方周末
To the archived www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm
Downloaded on 3 February 2005.
Weekly supplement to the 南方日报 (Nanfang Daily), which is said to be one of the most liberal newspapers within Mainland China. The archive contains a single article: 《伊拉克不会放弃》from the 2 February 2005 edition.