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新華通訊社 = Xinhua News Agency (Beijing, China)
(http://www.xinhua.org/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5), English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic (content differs between languages).
Self description: "[...] Xinhua News Agency was established in November 1931. Formerly called Red China News Agency, it was given its present name in 1937. [...] Xinhua is striving to build itself into a modern socialist world wire service with Chinese characteristics. [...]"
Description: Xinhua ("New China") is the official news agency of the People's Republic of China, directely controlled by the State Council. Xinhua has a staff of more than 7,000, some of its members simultaneously serving as Renmin Ribao ("People's Daily") correspondents. Besides being a news agency, Xinhua also publishes numerous newspapers and magazines as well as running its own journalism school.
Archive: Contains searchable Database of Xinhua News over the last few months.
Added 21 Aug 1997, last revised 09 Jun 2001 (HL)
中國新聞社 = China News Services (CNS) (Beijing, China)
(http://www.chinanews.com/).
Language: Chinese (GB)
Description: Established in Beijing in 1952 and mainly aiming at the Overseas Chinese community, CNS has offices all over China as well as in Japan, Australia, the US, and Europe. Some of the branch offices in China and those in Hong Kong and Tokyo maintain their own web service with partly different news coverage. CNS has cose ties with the State Council.
Archive: Only title search beginning with Sept. 1999 (main site in Beijing).
Added 31 Jan 1998, last revised 09 Jun 2001 (HL)
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China Daily on the Web
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/).
Language: English.
Description: Published in China since June 1981 during the beginning of China's open door policy, China Daily was the first English daily newspaper in the People's Republic of China. In the beginning it followed the model of the People's Daily in its editorial policy. The paper is also printed in Hong Kong and North America. Under the supervision of the Information Departement, this paper directly reproduces the official news of the PRC.
Archive: Full text articles are searchable by keyword for all articles since Jan. 2000.
Added 18 Mar 2000, last revised 09 Jun 2001 (HL)
光明日報集團 (Enlightenment Daily Group)
(http://www.gmdaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: This site links directly to the seven newspapers of the Guangming ribao Publishing House, all available on the net, also featuring "special reports" of the day, selected from among these newspapers. The newspapers of the Guangming Group that you can contact are: Guangming ribao 光明日報, Shenghuo shibao 生活時報, Wenzhai bao 文摘報, Zhonghua dushu bao 中華讀書報, Shu zhai 書摘, Bolan qun shu 博覽群書, and Kaoshi 考試.
Added 21 Aug 1998 (HL)
光明日報 (Enlightenment Daily) (Beijing, PR China)
(http://www.gmdaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: The Guangming ribao was founded in 1949 as the official organ of the Political Consultative Conference, an alliance of all democratic parties in the Peoples Republic of China, dominated by the Communist Party. It is a nation-wide circulated journal with an emphasis on culture and education, which has a large readership among the intellectuals. You can view the current edition page by page or by selecting from general topics (i.e. top level national developments, politics, photos, education, international news, sports, economy, health, law issues, a reader's forum and matters concerning ethnic minorities).
Archive: As of January 1, 1998, this site includes access to a non-searchable archive (click "新聞回顧").
Added 21 Aug 1998 (HL)
華聲報 (= Chineseinternetnews.com) (華聲龍脈, PR China)
(http://www.chineseinternetnews.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: A paper run by the State Council's Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau to provide the Overseas Chinese community with news and information services from China.
Added 27 Sep 1998, 13 Jun 2001 (HL)
解放軍報 (PLA Daily) (PLA Daily, China)
(http://www.pladaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: The news service of the People's Liberation Army in China. Its focus is on spreading the Chinese Communist Party's policies, and print the policy decisions and instructions of the Military Commission.
Archive: Full text searchable archive available beginning with Oct. 1999.
Added 30 Dec 2000, last revised 09 Jun 2001 (HL)
人民日報 (People's Daily On-line)
(http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5). Abstracts of headline stories also available in English.
Description: The Renmin ribao is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and was first published in May 1946. Currently it has a circulation of about 5 million.
Archive: The on-line version includes a well working searchable index (down to 1995)! The archive of back issues (including the overseas edition) is available at http://search.people.com.cn/ (contains current year only).
Note: Archive and index work only with Chinese GB.
Added 27 Sep 1998, last revised 15 May 2001 (HL)
人民日報海外版 (People's Daily Oversea's Edition (People's Daily, PR China)
(http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/haiwai/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: The oversea's edition of the 人民日報 (People's Daily On-line).
Added 03 Oct 1998 (HL)
中國青年報 (China Youth Daily) (中國青年報社, Beijing, China)
(http://www.cyd.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: Central organ of the China Communist Youth League 中國共青團 and one of the most widely read newspapers in China.
Archive: Very incomplete and non-searchable archive of back issues available.
Resource suggested by Nicolai Volland, Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany.
Added 18 Dec 1999 (HL)
For 文匯報 (Wen Hui Daily) see entry under Shanghai. For further central newspapers from China please visit the list maintained by the 中國記協 All-China Journalists Association.
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北京日報社 (Beijing Daily Group) (Beijing, PR China)
(http://www.beijingdaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: This is the joint website of two local Beijing newspapers, the 北京日報 (Beijing Daily) and the 北京晚報 (Beijing Evening News). The latter, with a volume of 16 pages, mainly covers news of local concern and, as an evening paper, human interest stories. Usually picked up at a newsstand on the way home from work, it is regarded by Beijing locals as the entertaining alternative to the more official daily edition. -- The general homepage contains also a link to the daily television program.
Archive: Both papers include an archive that goes back to March 27, 1998 (not searchable).
Added 25 Nov 1998 (HL)
For more papers from Beijing you may visit the lists maintained by the 中國記協 All-China Journalists Association or by Yahoo China.
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廣州日報 (Guangzhou Daily) (Guangzhou, PR China)
(http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/).
Language: Chinese (GB) (with English supplement Morning Post).
Description: Main paper of the 廣州日報報業集團 Guangzhou Daily Group, established in 1996 as one of the first large newspaper groups in China. The web-version is a full copy of the printed edition.
ARchive: Past issues are available from Jan. 1999 (not searchable).
Added 19 Oct 1998, last revised 10 Jun 2001 (HL)
南方日報 (Nanfang Daily) (Nanfang Daily Group, Guangdong, PR China)
(http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: Nanfang Daily was established in October 1949 and is sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Communist Party Committee. It carries an extraordinarily popular weekend edition entitled 南方周末 (Southern Weekend). The papers of the Nanfang Daily Group are especially well known for their outspoken and often daring criticism of party officials, bureaucracy etc. In May 2001 their also very popular 南方都市報 Nanfang Dushibao was banned in Shenzhen by local authorities.
Archive: Contains full text searchable archive beginning with March 1999.
Added 07 Jan 1999, last revised 09 Jun 2001 (HL)
羊城晚報 (Yangcheng Evening News) (Guangzhou, China)
(http://www.ycwb.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: Established in 1957, this paper is a very popular local newspaper with national distribution. It is also widely read among intellectuals for its very open commentaries and investigative reports.
Archive: Past issues available beginning with 21 Oct 1997.
Added 14 Jun 2001 (HL)
For more papers from Guangdong you may visit the lists maintained by the 中國記協 All-China Journalists Association or by Yahoo China.
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大眾日報 (Dazhong Daily)
(http://www.dzdaily.com.cn/dazhongribao).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: The paper was founded in 1931 by the Shandong Provincial Organization of the Communist Party of China, first being run in the "liberated area" of Shandong, moving to the provincial capital Jinan in 1949, where it since serves as the official paper of the CCP Shandong Provincial Party Committee. It currently runs with a circulation of some 400,000.
Archive: Searchable archive available (time range not clear).
Added 27 Sep 1998, last revised 12 Jun 2001 (HL)
齊魯晚報 (Qilu wanbao)
(http://www.qlwb.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: A local evening newspaper of Jinan, provincial capital of Shandong.
Archive: Searchable archive available for last few months.
Added 27 Sep 1998, last revised 13 Jun 2001 (HL)
For more papers from Shandong you may visit the lists maintained by the 中國記協 All-China Journalists Association or by Yahoo China.
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解放日報 (Liberation Daily) (Shanghai, PR China)
(http://www.jfdaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: Since 1949; the on-line edition is a slightly shortened version of the printed edition, with greater emphasis on economics, foreign policy and East China issues.
Archive: Back issues are available beginning with Aug. 1, 1998, but no search function is provided.
Added 14 Oct 1998 (HL)
文匯報 (Wen Hui Daily) (Shanghai, PR China)
(http://www.wenhuidaily.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: Local newspaper with national circulation, containing city news and news of national relevance. Like the Guangming ribao, the Wenhuibao is a teacher's organ, published under the auspices of the Political Consultative Conference, an alliance of all democratic parties in the PRC. "Wenhuibao was known as a leftist newspaper that had been popular with radical minded youth and intellectuals before 1949. After that it followed the Communist line completely but retained its policy of paying special attention to problems of interest to intellectuals." (Won Ho Chang: Mass Media in China: The History and The Future. Ames: Iowa State University Press 1989, p. 38). In 1948, staff members of the Shanghai Wenhuibao launched a paper with the same name in Hong Kong, where it is known as Wen Wei Po or 香港文匯報.
Note: Web page includes a handy index. Frames capable browser needed!
Added 25 Sep 1999 (HL)
新民晚報 (Xin Min Evening News) (Wenhui Xinmin Group, Shanghai, PR China)
(http://www.xmwb.com.cn/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: Originally founded as 新民報 in September 1929, the paper was closed down twice during its long history (once by the KMT during the 1940s, once during the Cultural Revolution). It is controlled by the 中共上海市委宣傳部 (Propaganda Office of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee) and is the most popular newspaper in Shanghai. In recent years, it joined forces with Wenhuibao and now forms the core of the 文匯新民聯合報業集團 (Wenhui Xinmin Joined Newspaper Group).
Archive: Archive available beginning with 10 Jan 1997 (not searchable).
Added 14 Jun 2001 (HL)
For more papers from Shanghai you may visit the lists maintained by the 中國記協 All-China Journalists Association or by Yahoo China.
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中國中央電視台 (China Central Television - CCTV) (CCTV, PR China)
(http://www.cctv.com/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Self description: "China Central Television (CCTV) is the national TV network of the People's Republic of China. CCTV went on the air on a trial basis on May 1, 1958. The station officially started regular transmissions on September 2 the same year. It began broadcasting color TV programs through PAL-D System in 1973. [...] CCTV currently has 8 channels, broadcasting 138 hours of programs daily. CCTV-1 broadcasts a comprehensive range of programmes, with the emphasis on news and current affairs. CCTV-2 focuses on economic, social and educational topics.CCTV-3 airs operas and music. CCTV-4, also known as CCTV international, presents a variety of programming targeted at overseas viewers. CCTV-5 is a sports channel. CCTV-6 is for movies. CCTV-7 is a combination channel for children, agriculture, the military, and science subjects. CCTV-8 is solely devoted to TV dramas. The coverage of CCTV-1 now reaches over 84% of the total population of China, with the number of regular viewers exceeding 900 million, who own 280 million TV sets."
Site contents: Major TV news items are also provided as streaming video (Real Player). Also available: US mirror site and an English channel.
Note: Real Player and sound equipment necessary!
Added 14 Jun 2001
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Google 新闻 - 中国版 (Beta) (Google News China) (Google, Mountain View, CA, USA (Headquarters))
(http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=zh-CN&ned=cn).
Language: Chinese (UTF-8, simplified).
Self description: "Google News China presents information culled from approximately 1,000 [Chinese] news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. [...]"
Description: For users inside the PR China only news sources that are approved by PRC government will be listed. This restriction is not in effect for users outside of China. Shortly after Google News China was launched in September 2004, a heated debate over this issue took place. For more information on Google and China please visit the DACHS archive. Google's own statement on this issue can be found in the Google Blog.
Archive: Google News China can also be searched for news up to 30 days back.
Added 31 Oct 2004 (HL)
Press Interpreter: the foreign language press in English (Press Interpreter, Cambridge, MA, USA)
(http://www.pressinterpreter.org/chinese/).
Language: English.
Supplied note: "Provides informal translations of articles from the Chinese language press, particularly the Nanfang Zhoumo, in English on a weekly basis. Useful for those interested in getting a general sense of what is appearing in the Chinese press and for students of Chinese who want to practice translation skills."
Self description: "Press Interpreter is the website of the World Press Translation Project; its mission is to draw on the translating power of the Internet community to bring a translingual perspective to Internet news. Any polyglo! t can contribute. Warning: The quality of translations is subject only to volunteer community review."
Site contents: (1) Beijing Qingnian Bao (Beijing Youth Daily); (2) Caijing; (3) Nanfang Zhoumo (Southern Weekend); (4) Xiandai Kuaibao (The Modern Bulletin); (5) Other.
Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (26 Feb 2005) by Ramsi Woodcock, Press Interpreter, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Added 29 May 2005 (HL)
Danwei: Media and Advertising in China (Jeremy Goldkorn, Standards Group International, Hong Kong, China)
(http://www.danwei.org/).
Language: English.
Self description: "A frequently updated website about media, advertising and urban life in China."
Description: A well informed Web blog in English, very useful to keep up-to-date on ongoing currents in Chinese society.
Site contents: (1) Top Stories; (2) Advertising and Marketing; (3) Books; (4) Danwei Review; (5) Events; (6) Film; (7) Intellectual Property; (8) Internet; (9) Jobs available; (10) Magazines; (11) Media business; (12) Newspapers; (13) Other; (14) People; (15) Sports; (16) TV; (17) Archive by date; (18) Search Danwei archives; (19) What is Danwei.
Resource suggested by Michel Hockx, SOAS, London, UK.
Added 19 Jan 2005 (HL)
Welcome to China (China Internet Information Center, Beijing, China)
(http://www.china.org.cn/).
Language: English, Chinese (GB).
Description: Homepage with several news-services, presenting the official Chinese view on political affairs. Contains valuable information such as a collection of "White Paper of the Chinese Government", "Chronicle of Events" (such as Hongkong´s Return) with official statements at full lenght, "Press Conferences", Xinhua-Agency releases in a "Tribune for special topics" (such as Human Rights), links to other Chinese on-line sources ("China News").
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Added 13 May 1998 (HL)
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香港中國通訊社 (H.K. China News Agency) (H.K. China News Agency, Hong Kong, China)
(http://www.chinanews.com.hk/hongkong.html).
Language: Chinese (Big5); Homepage also in English.
Self description: "Hong Kong China News Agency (HKCNA), set up on November 13, 1956 in Hong Kong, is mainly to offer various kinds of news releases to newspapers in Chinese in Hong Kong, Macau and foreign countries, and articles for newspaper supplements. [...] HKCNA, a regional agency, offers about 30 dispatches for over 80 clients every day, covering news in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Chinese communities abroad."
Description: The HKCNA is a branch office of the China News Service and carries the news of both agencies.
Archive: The archive goes three months into the past (no keyword search).
Added 31 Jan 1998, last revised 17 Mar 2001 (HL)
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大公報 (Ta Kung Pao)
(http://www.takungpao.com.hk/).
Language: Chinese (Big5, GB).
Description: Established in Tianjin in 1902, the Dagongbao is the oldest Chinese newspaper still in existence. After 蔣介石 Chiang Kaishek started to control the 國民黨 Kuomintang in 1927, the Dagongbao established close ties with the new leadership. In the following years the paper was also known under the name "l'impartial" and was widely read both by intellectuals and the bourgeoisie. During the war against Japan and the following struggle between the KMT and the CCP, the Dagongbao was published from various places, among others Shanghai, Chongqing, and Hankou. In Hong Kong it started publication in 1938, and after a few years of interruption during the Japanese occupation, reappeared there in 1948. Meanwhile, in 1949 a mainland version of the Dagongbao also reincarnated in Shanghai, later moved to Tianjin, and eventually closed in Beijing in 1966. The Hong Kong version is still running today and enjoys a broad readership even abroad.
Archive: Contains a browsable and a searchable archive of news going back for one month.
Added 15 Nov 1996, last revised 16 Jun 2001 (HL)
Hong Kong iMail (Hong Kong iMail Newspapers Ltd.)
(http://www.hk-imail.com/).
Language: English.
Description: A new English language tabloid newspaper from Hong Kong, established on May 29, 2000, by the Sing Tao Group. It succeeded the well known Hong Kong Standard, which after 51 years of operation closed down on May 27, 2000.
Added 15 Nov 1996, last revised 17 Jun 2001 (HL)
明報 (Ming Pao Daily News) (Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Ltd., Hong Kong)
(http://www.mingpaonews.com/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Ming Pao Daily News, founded in 1959 by the well known author 查良鏞 Zha Liangyong (better known by his pen name 金庸 Jin Yong), is on-line since September 1995. The paper is positioning itself as a leading 'intellectual paper'. It is not linked to any political party and is also distributed in Macao, USA, Canada and Europe. Once very critical towards Mainland China the paper has softened its voice since a change of ownership of the paper in 1995. For a critical evaluation of the political standing of Ming Pao in 1997 see Joseph Kahn's article "A Hong Kong Newspaper Softens Its Voice: Like Many Others in Colony, Ming Pao Hews Closer to Beijing's Line" (in: The Asian Wall Street Journal (April 22, 1997); reproduced here from the Committe to Protect Journalists news archive).
Added 30 Jul 1998, last revised 17 Jun 2001 (HL)
蘋果日報 (Apple Daily On-line Newspaper) (Apple Daily Ltd., Hong Kong, China)
(http://www.appledaily.com.hk/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Launched in June 1995, Apple Daily is one of the territory's two leading mass market newspapers - the other being the Chinese-language 東方日報 (Oriental Daily News, ODN). Together they share well above 70% of the total newspaper market, both claiming to have the bigger readership. Apple Daily was publicly criticised from the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for its sensational reporting and outrageous, attention-grabbing pictures (cf. their 1998 annual report). At the same time the paper is also known for its unyielding attitude towards the PRC authorities: it was labeled as "unfriendly organisation" by the Beijing government and faces restrictions in news coverage from China (cf. the HKJA 1999 annual report).
Archive: Back issues are available from Jan. 2, 2000; the archive is not searchable.
Added 11 Nov 1998, last revised 18 Jun 2001 (HL)
South China Morning Post (SCMP) Internet Edition
(http://www.scmp.com/).
Language: English.
Description: Founded in 1904, the South China Morning Post claims to be "Hong Kong's leading English language newspaper" (self description). Since the paper was bought in 1993 by Robert Kuok - who's friendship with mainland leaders has been an issue ever since -, the SCMP has lost some of its reputation as leading independent paper of the region. Currently directed by his son, Kuok Khoon Ean, it still is one of the major English language news resources in East Asia.
Archive: A very good archive dating back to 1993 is available; search is free, but access to full articles costs 10 HKD each.
Note: Access to current articles is free, but you have to register first.
Added 25 Sep 1998, last revised 16 Jul 2001 (HL)
Not the South China Morning Post (George Adams, Hong Kong)
(http://members.nbci.com/ntscmp/).
Language: English.
Description: "Hong Kong's satirical web newspaper committed to press freedom", created by the UK-born author George Adams in March 1997, claims to "cover themes which the South China Morning Post, with its strong pro-Beijing line, rejects as unsuitable" (self-description). Naughty, sometimes bordering on the obnoxious. Site also provides links to selected critical articles on China in other e-journals.
Added 04 Dec 1997, last revised 15 Jul 2001 (HL)
香港商報 (Hong Kong Commercial Daily)
(http://www.hkcd.com.hk/).
Language: Chinese (Big5, GB).
Description: One of the three major pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong (the other two being the Ta Kung Pao 大公報 and the Wen Wei Po 文匯報); it is also the Hong Kong newspaper that is most widely distributed in mainland China. The Hong Kong Commercial Daily delivers news from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and the rest of the world, covering the whole range of economy, politics, society, and culture.
Archive: Includes an archive of past issues beginning with Jan 2000 (not searchable).
Note: Frames capable browser needed!
Added 29 Sep 1998, last revised 16 Aug 2001 (HL)
香港文匯報 (Wen Wei Po Daily)
( http://www.wenweipo.com/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Wen Wei Po was launched in 1948 by staff members of the Shanghai Wenhuibao and is together with Ta Kung Pao China's principal newspaper in the territory, supervised by Xinhua Hong Kong Branch. This not very popular newspaper is currently distributed in Hong Kong and Macao, with a small proportion going to mainland China and overseas. Wen Wei Po Daily appears at an average of ten big pages a day, covering China, Hong Kong and international news, financial news, as well as education, culture and sports. The paper is on the net since February 1997.
Archive: The net site provides a search function, including a keyword search.
Note: Frames capable browser needed.
Added 19 Nov 1998, last revised 16 Jul 2001 (HL)
星島電子日報 (Sing Tao Electronic Daily) (Sing Tao Newspaper Group, Hong Kong)
(http://www.singtao.com/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Launched in 1938, the Sing Tao Daily has become the flag-ship publication of the Sing Tao Newspaper Group, an international publishing concern serving Chinese readers in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, America, Europe and Australia. The electronic edition is on the net since August 1995. The European edition is available at http://www.singtaoeu.com/. "As with other medium-sized mainstream newspapers, the Sing Tao Daily has been facing growing difficulties over the past two years, particularly as its market share has been eroded by the two mass-market dailies, the Oriental Daily News and Apple Daily. According to a February SRG Media Index Report, the Sing Tao Daily's average daily readership had almost halved from 218,000 at the end of 1996 to 120,000 in February 1998. The current economic crisis has also taken its toll." (Hong Kong Journalists Association and ARTICLE 19 [eds.]: "Questionable Beginnings. A report on Freedom of Expression in the Hong Kong SAR one year after the change of sovereignty." In: ARTICLE 19 (1998), URL: http://www.hkja.org.hk/publications/rep98.html [accessed Oct. 29, 1998]).
Added 29 Oct 1998, last revised 16 Aug 2001 (HL)
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Radio-Television Hong Kong
(http://www.rthk.org.hk/).
Language: English and Cantonese.
Description: You can listen to Cantonese radio and TV programs (including news!) from Hong Kong here.
Added 05 Aug 1998, last revised 19 Aug 2001 (HL)
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Tibet Information Network (TIN) (Tibet Information Network, London, UK)
(http://www.tibetinfo.net/).
Language: English, with parts also available in Tibetan and Chinese.
Supplied note: "Those of you who speak/read Tibetan and/or Chinese, might like to know that Tibet Information Network (TIN) has for some time been providing summaries of selected TIN News Updates on our website, [see the URL below], translated into both Tibetan and Chinese. No special software is needed to read this material. [...] The most recent material to appear has been translations into Tibetan and Chinese of sections of our latest research publication 'China's Great Leap West."
Self description: "TIN is not a campaigning organisation: its newsgathering balances official statements from Beijing, Lhasa and Dharamsala with reliable first-hand testimony from Tibetans themselves."
Site contents: (1) Reports from Tibet [incl. annotated photographs - ed.] (Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, Outside Tibet, Patriotic Education, Policies and Leaders, Prisoners and Protest, Religion, Tourism, Women); (2) News updates [35-40 a year, with online editions since Jan 1997, also available for free via email - ed.]; (3) TIN publications [incl. 37 TIN background Briefing Papers published since 1988 - ed.]; (4) About TIN/Contact; (5) Tibet File (Selected books on Tibet, Travel to Tibet, Chronology, Glossaries, Population statistics (for Tibetan counties in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the neighboring provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan); Tibetan counties & prefectures [their lists, maps]; Images from Tibet); (6) Search; (7) Links (Aid and Development Agencies, Media Sites, China Related Sites, Images and Film, Tibet Related Sites, Books, Human Rights, Travel & maps, Libraries and Academic Sites).
Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (24 Jan 2001) by Richard Oppenheimer , Tibet Information Network, London, UK.
Added 28 Jan 2001 (HL)
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華訊新聞網 (Today News Network)
(http://w3.ttnn.com/cna/).
Language: Chinese (Big5, Gif).
Description: Provides daily news from the Central News Agency of Taiwan.
Added 05 Aug 1998 (HL)
CNA On-line Daily Newswire Services (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York)
(http://www.taipei.org/teco/cicc/news/default.htm).
Language: English, Chinese (Big5).
Description: Well done news service on Taiwan, provided by the Central News Agency, Taiwan. You can view the news items at this site or download them as zip-file.
Information provided by Axel Schneider, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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工商時報 (Business Times)
(http://www.chinatimes.com.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: The business edition of the 中國時報 (China Times). The on-line version is delivered as integral part of 中時電子版 (China Times Inter@ctive).
Added 18 Mar 2000 (HL)
國語日報 (Mandarin Daily)
(http://mdn.aide.gov.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: The wellknown daily newspaper from Taiwan, especially designed for kids and education purposes.
Note: Heavy use of graphics and slow loading!
Added 28 Sep 1998 (HL)
民生報 (Min-sheng pao)
(http://msdn.acer.net/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: This wellknown newspaper is focussing on society and sports. Unfortunately there are many pictures, so it takes a very long time to load. It helps to switch off "Auto load images" on your net browser.
Added 08 Aug 1998 (HL)
Taipei Times (The Taipei Times, Taipei, Taiwan)
(http://www.taipeitimes.com/news).
Language: English.
Archive: Back issues are fully available and searchable beginning with 31 Aug 1999.
Added 28 Feb 2000 (HL)
台灣立報 (Lihpao Daily) (Taiwan Libaoshe 台灣立報社, Taipei, Taiwan)
(http://lihpao.shu.edu.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Founded in 1988 by Cheng Shewo 成舍我, Lihpao is "the only daily newspaper dedicated to teaching and education". It is affiliated to the Shixin Univ. 世新大學, and has a daily circulation of 60,000.
Archive: No back issues available.
Note: Frames capable browser needed! Site uses Java script and Cascading Style Sheets!
Resource suggested by Jens Damm, Germany.
Added 28 Jun 2000 (HL)
中國時報 (China Times)
(http://www.chinatimes.com.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: This is the on-line version of one of the major Taiwanese newspapers. The on-line service is named 中時電子版 (China Times Inter@ctive) and includes the business edition 工商時報 and the evening edition 中時晚報. The news are continuously updated, and an English version is also offered.
Added 18 Mar 2000 (HL)
中時晚報 (China Evening Times)
(http://www.chinatimes.com.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: The evening edition of the 中國時報 (China Times). The on-line version is delivered as integral part of 中時電子版 (China Times Inter@ctive).
Added 18 Mar 2000 (HL)
中央日報 (Central Daily News, CDN)
(http://www.cdn.com.tw/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: The official newspaper of the Guomindang °ê¥ÁÄÒ (KMT), Taiwan.
Archive: Back issues are available for the last 15 months (not searchable).
Added 07 Oct 1998, last revised 28 May 2001 (HL)
自由時報 (Liberty Times) (The Liberty Times, Taiwan/USA)
(http://www.star2001.net/liberty/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: One of the major newspapers on Taiwan.
Added 07 Oct 1998 (HL)
IGCS >
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Taiwan:
News on TV
台視新聞 (TTV News on-line) (台灣電視事業股份有限公司 Taiwan Television Enterprise, Taipei, Taiwan)
(http://www.ttv.com.tw/homev2/videocity/default.asp).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Streaming video of TTV morning, noon, and evening news. Very useful is the possibility to choose only the headline you want to see (please enter from here) and to read the Chinese text of the news simultaneously.
Note: Windows Media Player and sound equipment necessary!
Added 14 May 2001 (HL)
IGCS >
News Media >
Daily News:
Singapore
IGCS >
News Media >
Daily News >
Singapore:
Newspapers
Lianhe Zaobao 聯合早報
(http://www.asia1.com.sg/zaobao/).
Language: Chinese (GB, Big5).
Description: Singaporean daily.
Singapore Business Times
(http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/).
Language: English.
Description: The Singapore Business Times with business news on all of Asia.
Added 30 Oct 1998 (HL)
Straits Times Interactive
(http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/).
Language: English.
Added 30 Oct 1998 (HL)
Other Resources
AsiaOne
(http://www.asia1.com.sg/).
Language: English.
Description: Links to important S'porean news and biz media as well as a lot of other information.
See also the News Guides section below!
IGCS >
News Media >
Daily News:
Overseas Chinese
China News Digest = 中國新聞電腦網絡
(http://www.cnd.org/).
Language: Some English (incl. main page), some Chinese (GB, HZ, Big5).
Description: Located in the US, this site offers several electronic publications: The best known of these is probably the Hua Xia Wen Zhai (華夏文摘), a weekly e-journal on Chinese current affairs in Chinese (GB, HZ, Big5). Another one is CND-Global News, published every other day and containing articles about Chinese current affairs drawn from the Western and Chinese press. If you subscribe you'll get the latest version daily and free of charge via e-mail.
Added 26 Nov 1997
大參考 (Chinese VIP Reference)
(http://www.bignews.org/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Self description: "[...] VIP Reference is designed to supplement Chinese people's limited access of information in the areas of politics, economy, foreign policy and intellectual ideology, etc. where fierce censorship is practiced today. [...] Our goal is to deliver Chinese information to ordinary Chinese people. The information we carry is usually only available to high ranking officials and government agents in Beijing, it is highly censored in mainland Chinese media and tightly controled by the Chinese authorities to avoid public access. Our goal is to break down this censorship."
Description: An independent electronic magazine maintained by a group of overseas Chinese students and scholars on a voluntaristic basis. Until 26 Oct 2000 appearing weekly, with 小參考 (Xiao cankao) as the daily pendant. Since 27 Oct 2000 Xiao cankao is dicontinued, with Chinese VIP Reference taking its place as daily news resource.
Note: The magazine is delivered via email, but all back issues are also available via WWW.
Added 30 Jul 1998, last revised 18 Mar 2001 (HL)
小參考 (Xiao cankao)
(http://come.to/xck/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: The daily brother of the weekly on-line magazine "大參考 (Chinese VIP Reference)" (cf. above). Discontinued the daily news service on 26 Oct 2000, serving as mere link collection of different news services since then.
Added 30 Jul 1998, last revised 18 Mar 2001 (HL)
商報 (Chinese Commercial News On-line) (Philippines)
(http://www.siongpo.com/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: Supplied note: "Oldest Chinese language daily in the Philippines since 1919. Publishes local Philippine news, International, Business, Sports, Editorials, Commentaries about Philippines etc." (Cited from the Asian Studies WWW Monitor Aug. 1998).
Information supplied by Wesley Chua, Chinese Commercial News, Philippines.
Added 19 Aug 1998 (HL)
IGCS >
News Media >
Daily News:
Others
世界日報全文檢索系統 (The World Daily fulltext search system) (Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan)
(http://icd.shu.edu.tw/lipo/).
Language: Chinese (Big5).
Description: "A daily founded in Beiping in 1925 by Cheng Shewo 成舎我 (1898-1991). The first issue appeared on February 10. It consisted of eight pages (one big sheet) in the beginning, and was later expanded to three sheets or 24 pages. The Shijie ribao was addressed to the political and educational circles; it was famous for its editorials, which were mostly authored by Cheng Shewo; it had special columns for economics, education and women's issues; and it included a pictorial, which later was issued separately. Other supplements followed. Lu Xun belonged to the frequent contributors to the paper. Circulation is said to have reached 40 to 50,000. After Cheng Shewo had been taken into custody by the warlord Zhang Zongchang 張宗昌 due to his critique of warlord politics, his comments became more cautious. Publication stopped in August 1937, when the Japanese occupied Beiping. It reappeared on November 20, 1945, taking an anti-Communist stance. Publication stopped on February 25, 1949. Between May 1945 and July 1949, a Chongqing edition was published" (Source: Gan Xifen: Xinwenxue da cidian, Zhengzhou, 1993. Translation kindly provided by Dr. Andrea Janku).
The digitization of Shijie ribao is an ongoing project, currently (March 2005) the news articles between 1926 and 1929 and scanned images of the first five issues of May 1926 are available. The search (direct access at http://icd.shu.edu.tw/lipo/search2/index.php) provides three fulltext fields that can be combined with AND, OR or NOT, and two date search fields. Results are displayed in a single list, hits in the title are marked in red (not within the article itself). Unfortunately, the image-files are named using Big5 characters and are thus not easily accessible on western machines.
Site contents: (1) Main; (2) About Shijie ribao; (3) News fulltext search; (4) Contact us.
Added 20 Mar 2005 (MA)
Google News (Google, Mountain View, CA, USA (Headquarters))
(http://news.google.com/).
Language: English; also available in German.
Self description: "Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide -- enabling you to see how different news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item that interests you, then go directly to the site which published the account you wish to read."
Description: Google.news also offers a search facility that allows to find news on specific countries, regions and/or topics. Major English language newspapers from East Asia (e.g. People's Daily Online, China; The Standard, Hong Kong; Asia Times Online, Hong Kong; Taipei Times, Taiwan; Straits Times, Singapore) ar part of the 4,500 google.news sources, while other important newspapers are missing (such as the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong).
Added 18 Jul 2003 (HL)
China Digital Times = 中国数字时代 (CDT) (Qiao Xiang, Berkeley China Internet Project, University of California, CA, USA)
(http://chinadigitaltimes.net/).
Language: English.
Self description: "China Digital Times (CDT) is a collaborative news weblog covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the global community." [About us]. "[...] a collaborative news weblog about emerging information and communication technologies and their impact on Chinese society. Our mission is to advance the understanding of the ongoing information revolution in China by serving as a news aggregator, public forum and on-line resource center." [Mission statement 2.0, Sep 2003]
Description: A very up-to-date blog run by human rights activist Qiao Xiang. Formerly called "China NetXing" (China Net Crossing) the latest news are mentioned or discussed in very short notes and the link to the original source is given. A simple "Search" and a "Browse by Category" function are available, as well as a subscription for daily email news. All postings are archived (starting in September 2003), however, the original documents cited are not archived. A Chinese version is in Beta mode (http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/chinadn/cn/).
Site contents: (1) [News]; (2) Subscribe; (3) Search; (4) Sections (Home; Politics; Economy; Society; Culture; Law; Technology; Hong Kong; Taiwan; World); (5) Archives; (6) About CDT; (7) CDT Highlights; (8) Recent Articles; (9) Recent Comments; (10) Headline Feeds; (11) China Resources; (12) China Blogs; (13) Features.
Resource suggested by Nico Volland, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; and by Michel Hockx, SOAS, London, UK.
Added 18 Jan 2005 (MA), last revised 28 May 2006 (HL)
Asia Observer (John Einar Sandvand, Asia Observer, Hong Kong)
(http://www.asiaobserver.com/).
Language: English.
Resource type: News/Online Guide.
Self description: "Asia Observer is a start page for people who follow news and developments in East and Southeast Asia providing news, background and useful links. The web site intends to give easy access to quality information about this dynamic region. Separate pages for each country. For China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Taiwan you will also find country-specific news pages."
Resource suggested via the Asian Studies WWW Monitor (01 Jan 2000) by John Einar Sandvand (webeditor@asiaobserver.com).
Added/revised on 27 Mar 2000 (HL)
BBC Worldwide Monitoring Service (BBC, U.K.)
(http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/).
Language: English.
Description: The BBC Worldwide Monitoring Serivce offers some of its invaluable publications (such as the Summary World Broadcasts) on-line. This site contains information on the services available.
Archive: Unfortunately their archive is not directly searchable, you have to subscribe first and then build your own arcive.
Note: Subscription necessary!
BBC World Service - East Asia Today (BBC World Service, UK)
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/eastasiatoday/).
Language: English.
Description: Supplied note: "East Asia Today - On this site you can access current programme information and programme archives from the BBC World Service's flagship news and current affairs programme for East Asia. Every weekday East Asia Today brings you a stimulating blend of up-to-the-minute reports, lively features and topical interviews with leading politicians, world-class experts and the people who make the news across East Asia." (Cited from the Asian Studies WWW Monitor, 26 Jan 1998).
Added/revised on 31.01.1998 (HL)
CNN On-line
(http://www.cnn.com/).
Language: English.
CNN.com ASIA (Cable News Network, USA et al.)
(http://asia.cnn.com/).
Language: English. Also available in Japanese, Chinese (headlines only!), German, Italian, Swedish , Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Spanish.
Description: CNN offers high quality news reports. The structure of the CNN ASIA site is designed in a way that lets you take in lots of information in little time. The site provides many useful links to various sites that contain the latest news articles, analyses and reports on most any subject. You can use a search engine to provide you with back issues of journal articles and other news. This site is a must for anyone who is looking for fast and reliable information.
Site contents: Contains an East Asia regional news section including links to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hong Kong Government, the Taiwan Government, the South Korean Ministry of Unification and the North Korean News Agency.
Archive: Contains a searchable archive.
Added 07 Feb 2001 (MarcB)
Inside China Today
(http://www.insidechina.com/).
Language: English.
Description: A service of the European Information Network, Inc., based in Prague, Czech Republic. Delivers the latest news on China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, including several other important and very useful features such as in-depth-analyses, and many additional information.
Sinopolis.com (SinoFile Information Services Ltd., Beijing, China)
(http://www.sinopolis.com/).
Language: English.
Self description: "SinoFile gathers information from the Chinese press for multinational companies, public relations firms, embassies, and journalists to assist in media campaigns, market information analyses, and monitoring of published government policy. [...] In the course of its work, SinoFile covers a broad range of print media detailing every aspect of China. Since this is the Chinese talking about themselves and about the world, we thought it a good chance to allow others to "hear" what the Chinese themselves are saying, not what others are saying about the Chinese."
Site contents: (1) China Briefs (Education; Business; Technology; Environment; Life; China Reforms; File X; (2) Features (introductions and analyses on "hot topics"); (3) Quick Info (Stocks; Government; China); (4) Top Stories; (5) Newsletters (Free newsletters on Insurance; Education; Policy & Law; Power; Imaging; Oil & Gas; Personal & Household Care; Tobacco; Pharamceutical; Automotive; Aviation; Telecom; Computer; Internet); and more.
Resource suggested by Rolaf Melheim, Oslo, Norway.
Added 28 Sep 2000 (HL)
IGCS >
News Media >
Daily News:
News Guides
American Journalism Review (AJR): News Link
(http://www.newslink.org/menu.html).
Language: English.
Description: Offers links to the most important mass media on WWW worldwide. The list is not complete, but still pretty impressive. East Asia is represented by a few newspapers, too, so you can go and have a look.
Finding News about China (Eric Gondree)
(http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~cb863/china.html).
Language: English.
Description: This seems to be the ultimate guide to news services related to China, at least as far as I am aware of. Covered is every part of "Greater China" including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Tibet. You will not only find a wide range of links, but a good introduction to WWW news of each part of the region, too.
News Resource (NeWo Inc., USA, and NeWo International, Singapore)
(http://www.newo.com/).
Language: English.
Supplied note: "Complete directory of local daily news worldwide. Link includes Africa, Americas (North, South and Central America), Asia, Europe, Oceania."
Description: As of Dec. 2000 the region of Asia and Oceania contained 1116 listings (China 62, Hong Kong 32, Tibet 3 (!), Taiwan 24, Singapore 24, etc.).
Site contents: Regional Listing; Location Search; Keywords Search.
Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (20 Dec 2000) by Alan S. Harrell (ashandrr@ashlists.org).
Added 30 Dec 2000 (HL)
亞洲華文傳媒名錄 (Chinese-language media organisations in Asia) (China News Agency and HK China News Services)
(http://www.chinanews.com/project/group_list/asia/).
Language: Chinese (Big5); newspaper names also in English.
Description: A very useful source on Chinese language newspapers, magazines, news agencies and TV Stations in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Japan. Each entry includes a seperate page with a short history of the paper as well as information on type of publication, contents, editiors, contact addresses etc. Where available a link to the WWW on-line edition is provided.
Added 29 Oct 1998 (HL)
報刊雜誌卷 (Chinese Newspapers and Magazines) (New Threads Chinese Cultural Society, USA)
(http://www.xys.org/links/newspapers.html).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: A quite impressive list (without annotations) of links to on-line periodicals from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and overseas.
Added 03 Oct 1998 (HL)
中文報紙指南 (Guide to Chinese Newspapers) (文學城 (WenxueCheng), China)
(http://www.uno.edu/~jfang1/jfanghp5/CN_news/newspaper.htm).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: A rich list of on-line available Chinese language newspapers, arranged according to various topics.
Site contents: (1) 報業集團 (Newspaper Groups); (2) 中央媒體 (Government Media); (3) 全球電子媒體 (Global Electronic Media); (4) 計算機類 (IT); (5) 體育類 (Sports); (6) 經濟類 (Business); (7) 文藝類 (Literature and Art); (8) 其它類 (Others); (9) 首都媒體 (Beijing Media); (10) 地方媒體 (Local Media); (11) 海外媒體 (Overseas Media).
Added 17 Mar 2001 (HL), last updated 4 Nov 2004 (HL)
Chinascape Web Index: China/Chinese Related News
(http://harmony.wit.com/chinascape/china/news/index.html).
Language: English.
Description: Offers lists of China-related news in Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portugese, as well as a list of voice news in Mandarin and in Cantonese, and a list of other news indices.
Internet Distributed Chinese Magazines (Cathay Net, USA)
(http://www.cathay.net/mag/).
Language: Chinese (GB).
Description: Webpage that claims to be "listing all Chinese magazines available". Well... Anyway, currently it lists close to 150 Chinese on-line periodicals (without annotation) which are divided into the following categories: comprehensive; politics; arts, literature and humanities; education; religion; publications of news agencies and publishing houses.
Added 20 Oct 1998 (HL)
Mass Media on the Net
(http://orient4.orient.su.se/inslink2.htm).
Language: English.
Description: A very good list of WWW mass media all over Asia, provided by the Institute of Oriental Languages, Stockholm University.
Kidon Media Link: Newspapers (Kees van der Griendt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
(http://www.kidon.com/media-link/asia.shtml).
Language: English.
Description: List of links to Newspapers in Asia, including the PR China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.
Added 30 Sep 1999 (HL)
Medien in und über China (Media in and about China) (Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany)
(http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~ostasien/media/media.htm).
Language: German.
Description: This well designed guide offers access to selected media in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Although not very many on-line periodicals are included the annotated entries are very informative and insightful. Also available on this site is a German language article on the history of Chinese media (MS Word document): "Die Geschichte der chinesischen Presse unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Types der chinesischen Staatsgazette bis zur Renmin Ribao".
Added 19 Oct 1998 (HL)
Digital Chinese Library: Periodicals and Reading Room (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CCSL/PeriodicalRoom.html).
Language: English.
Description: "On-line periodicals and texts about China." Offered are links to English-language publications and Chinese-language publications.
This page is maintained at the
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