Chongqing Morning Post Explained

Chongqing Morning Post
Type:Daily newspaper
Foundation:28 April 1995
Language:Chinese
Headquarters:Chongqing
Oclc:868916619
Website:www.cqcb.com[1]

The Chongqing Morning Post, also known as Chongqing Morning News[2] or Chongqing Chenbao,[3] is a Chinese-language newspaper[4] published in Chongqing, China.

Chongqing Morning Post is the first morning newspaper in Chongqing,[5] which was sponsored by the Chongqing Daily Newspaper Group (重庆日报报业集团)[6] and is supervised by the Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中共重庆市委宣传部).[7]

Chongqing Morning Post was officially inaugurated on 28 April 1995,[8] and its predecessor was Chongqing Daily: Rural Edition (重庆日报·农村版), which was founded in 1983, and was renamed Chongqing Rural Post (重庆农村报) on 1 October 1986,[9] ceased publication in 1994, and was renamed Chongqing Morning Post on 28 April 1995.[10]

Chongqing Morning Post has a special section in Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao.[11]

Criticisms and controversies

On 26 November 2006, Wolfgang Kubin, a German sinologist, was interviewed by the Deutsche Welle and gave his views on Chinese contemporary literature, Chinese writers, and some specific writers and works, including some criticisms and opinions.[12] However, a month later, this interview was partially reproduced by Chongqing Morning Post, and Kubin's criticism of individual writers and his opinions on Chinese contemporary literature became A German sinologist calls Chinese contemporary literature rubbish (德国汉学家称中国当代文学是垃圾),[13] and was reproduced by major media in Mainland China, which caused great repercussions[14] and was called "Kubin Incident" (顾彬事件).[15]

In response to the report of Chongqing Morning Post, Kubin said it misrepresented his words.[16] On the other hand, People's Daily accused Chongqing Morning Post of creating "fake news". Kubin never said that contemporary Chinese literature is all rubbish, but Chongqing Morning Post said so for the sake of sensational effect. The phenomenon of creating fake news "must not be left to nothing."[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chongqing Morning Post - zaobao.com. Lianhe Zaobao. 26 October 2020.
  2. Book: Deborah Brautigam. The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa. 7 April 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-161976-2. 368–.
  3. Book: Wang Pan. Love and Marriage in Globalizing China. 13 November 2014. Routledge. 978-1-317-68883-9. 348–.
  4. Web site: BBC.com. China morning round-up: Fate of Bo Xilai. 11 April 2012.
  5. Book: China Advertising Yearbook. 2005. Xinhua Publishing House. 390–.
  6. Book: Chinese Journal of the Century, 1815–2003. 2004. Huaxia Publishing House. 978-7-5080-3277-1. 288–.
  7. Book: China Advertising Yearbook. 2002. Xinhua Publishing House. 290–.
  8. Book: China's Journalists. 2005. Xinhua Publishing House. 62–.
  9. Book: China Journalism Yearbook. 1995. People's Daily Press. 114–.
  10. Book: Fifty Years of New China Media (1949–1999). 2000. China Journalism Yearbook Press. 367–.
  11. Web site: (China) Chongqing Morning Post. Lianhe Zaobao. 26 October 2020.
  12. Web site: Deutsche Welle. The Other Eye of German Sinology Authority on Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature. 16 November 2006.
  13. News: A German sinologist calls Chinese contemporary literature rubbish. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109173334/http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2006-12/11/content_5466764.htm. dead. 11 December 2006. 9 January 2014. Xinhua News Agency.
  14. News: Who made up "Chinese contemporary literature is rubbish"?. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904204434/http://news.xinhuanet.com/overseas/2006-12/22/content_5518563.htm. dead. 22 December 2006. 4 September 2014. Xinhua News Agency.
  15. Web site: Deutsche Welle. Interview with Kubin, editor-in-chief of the ten-volume History of Chinese Literature. 24 December 2006.
  16. Web site: Deutsche Welle. Kubin: This newspaper in Chongqing has twisted my words. 12 December 2006.
  17. Web site: Deutsche Welle. A Few Highlights of "Kubin Incident". 24 December 2006.