The Beijing News Explained

The Beijing News
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Tabloid (in size)
Owner:Publicity Department of the Beijing municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Publisher:The Beijing News Press
Political:Chinese Communist Party
Language:Chinese
Publishing City:Beijing
Publishing Country:China

The Beijing News is a Chinese Communist Party-owned newspaper from Beijing. The Chinese name of the newspaper is Xīn Jīng Bào, meaning "New Beijing News", which is a reference to the defunct Peking Gazette .

The Chinese publications serial number of the newspaper is CN11-0245.[1]

History

The Beijing News began publishing on 11 November 2003 by a joint venture of Guangming Daily Press and Nanfang Media Group (also transliterated as "Southern Newspaper Group" or Southern Daily Press Group, publisher of Southern Weekly), both owned by the sub-committees of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the ruling party of China since 1949. Guangming Daily Press was owned by the Central Committee[2] while Nanfang Media Group was owned by the Guangdong provincial committee of the CCP.[3] Initially, staff from Nanfang Media Group dominated the day-to-day operation of the newspaper, turning The Beijing News into one of Beijing's most influential newspapers.[4]

According to Jonathan Hassid, an assistant professor (from 2015 to 2018) at Iowa State University, the two publishers had different difficulties in their publishing business. Guangming Daily had a valuable central-level administrative rank but was the country poorest major publisher, while "Nanfang" had money to invest but its administrative rank was restricting the publisher to obtain new publication number or expand outside their home province Guangdong.[4] According to another article by Congressional-Executive Commission on China, "the Guangming Daily consistently follows the Party's line, while the Southern Daily Press Group's publications tend to be more commercially-oriented and willing to test Chinese censors".[5]

In 2005, staff and online readers protested the sacking of the editors of the newspaper.[6]

In July 2011, the newspaper defied the ban on reporting Wenzhou train collision.[7] However, in the same month, the newspaper scrapped 9 pages of special reporting.[8]

On 1 September 2011, the newspaper was taken over by the Publicity Department of the .[9]

In 2013, it was reported that Dai Zigeng, a publisher of the newspaper, had verbally resigned due to political pressure from the propaganda authorities.[10] [11]

In 2014, it was reported that the municipal propaganda department had acquired the remaining 49% stake from Nanfang Media Group. According to the South China Morning Post, an English newspaper from Hong Kong, the general public were afraid that The Beijing News would be turned into a "propaganda mouthpiece".[12] In February 2014, The Beijing News, made a news coverage regarding Zhou Yongkang's son possible corruption, but the article was taken down from the newspaper's website.[13]

In 2018, the merger of the newspapers The Beijing News, the and the news website qianlong.com was announced.[14] Beijing Morning Post ceased the publication in the same year.[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 《新京报》简介_光明日报网上报史馆. www.gmw.cn.
  2. Web site: http://www.gmw.cn/node_21441.htm. zh:报社概况. 17 April 2019. Guangming Daily Press. zh-cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422122116/http://www.gmw.cn/node_21441.htm. 22 April 2019. live.
  3. Web site: http://www.southcn.com/aboutus/nfbyjt/. zh:南方报业传媒集团简介. 17 April 2019. Nanfang Media Group. zh-cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417114748/http://www.southcn.com/aboutus/nfbyjt/. 17 April 2019. live.
  4. Book: Hassid . China's Unruly Journalists: How Committed Professionals are Changing the People's Republic . 2016 . . 978-1-315-66611-2 . 113 . Beyond pushback . 17 April 2019 . https://books.google.com/books?id=JqdACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 . Google Books.
  5. News: 3 February 2006 . Chinese Authorities Crack Down on Progressive Newspaper Publisher . . live . 18 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190418115103/https://www.cecc.gov/publications/commission-analysis/chinese-authorities-crack-down-on-progressive-newspaper-publisher . 18 April 2019.
  6. News: Dickie . Mure . 31 December 2005 . Journalists protest at dismissal of Beijing editor . . Beijing . London . live . subscription . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417171903/https://www.ft.com/content/d2aaaa9e-7957-11da-8d99-0000779e2340 . 17 April 2019.
  7. News: Hille . Kathrin . 27 July 2011 . Chinese media defy censors to attack government on crash . . Beijing . London . live . subscription . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417175911/https://www.ft.com/content/da9df128-b846-11e0-8d23-00144feabdc0 . 17 April 2019.
  8. News: Waldmeir . Patti . 31 July 2011 . Beijing imposes media ban on rail crash coverage . . Shanghai . London . live . subscription . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417175911/https://www.ft.com/content/4f08e9f8-bb55-11e0-a7c8-00144feabdc0 . 17 April 2019.
  9. Web site: http://www.bjnews.com.cn/about. zh:关于我们. About us. 17 April 2019. The Beijing News. zh-cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412044955/http://www.bjnews.com.cn/about. 12 April 2019. live.
  10. News: Ng . Teddy . Li Jing . 10 January 2013 . Media crisis spreads as row erupts over state meddling at Beijing News . . Hong Kong . live . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417123310/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1124187/media-crisis-spreads-row-erupts-over-state-meddling-beijing-news . 17 April 2019.
  11. News: Priyanka Boghani . Carlson . Ben . 9 January 2013 . Beijing News Publisher Resigns Over Censorship Dispute . . live . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417123514/https://www.cnbc.com/id/100368047 . 17 April 2019.
  12. News: Boehler . Patrick . 27 January 2014 . Sale of stake in outspoken Beijing News may turn it into 'propaganda mouthpiece' . . Hong Kong . live . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417115642/https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1414865/sale-stake-outspoken-beijing-news-turns-it-propaganda-mouthpiece . 17 April 2019.
  13. News: Boehler . Patrick . 26 February 2014 . Beijing paper's investigative report on Zhou Yongkang's son censored . . Hong Kong . live . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417115640/https://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1435576/beijing-papers-investigative-report-zhou-yongkangs-son-censored . 17 April 2019.
  14. News: http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2018/10/31113925284773.shtml. zh:新京报、千龙网、北京晨报将合并整合. 31 October 2018. 17 April 2019. jrj.com.cn. zh-cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417133217/http://finance.jrj.com.cn/2018/10/31113925284773.shtml. 17 April 2019. live.
  15. News: http://www.morningpost.com.cn/2018/1231/1765867.shtml. https://web.archive.org/web/20181230220949/http://www.morningpost.com.cn/2018/1231/1765867.shtml. zh:1998年之前，，，2018年以后. 31 December 2018. local time. 30 December 2018. 17 April 2019. Beijing Morning Post. zh-cn.
  16. Web site: http://www.bjd.com.cn/jtwz/201603/04/t20160304_11015274.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312223216/http://www.bjd.com.cn/jtwz/201603/04/t20160304_11015274.html. zh:北京日报报业集团简介. bjd.com.cn. Beijing Daily Group. zh-cn. 17 April 2019. 12 March 2016.

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