Wenhui Bao Explained

Wenhui Bao
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:January 25, 1938[1]
Language:Chinese
Owners:Shanghai United Media Group
Headquarters:Shanghai
Free:dzb.whb.cn
Political:Chinese Communist Party

Wenhui Bao, anglicized as the Wenhui Daily,[2] is a Chinese daily newspaper published by the Shanghai United Media Group.[3] Wenhui Bao was founded in Shanghai on January 25, 1938[4] by leftist-leaning intellectuals centered on writer and journalist Ke Ling. Over the next decade, it was closed down twice for its political leanings.[5]

In 2024, Rappler reported that the Manila bureau chief of Wenhui Bao from 2021 until 2024, Zhang "Steve" Song, was an undercover Ministry of State Security (MSS) operative who worked closely with Huawei and gathered intelligence about the internal dynamics and politics of key personalities in the Philippines' defense and security sectors.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Literature Research Series. 1984. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Publishing House. 33–.
  2. Shanghai Municipal Government. "Press Group Celebrates". 26 July 2008. Accessed 18 Dec 2014.
  3. Book: Z. Wang. Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951–1979. 17 July 2014. Springer. 978-1-137-37874-3. 74–.
  4. Book: Zhang Zhong . Guide to Historical Materials of Modern Chinese History . Zeng Ruiyan . Sichuan University Press . 2008 . 978-7-5614-4092-6 . 133–.
  5. Book: Fang Jigen . Overview of Hong Kong and Macao Journalism . Wang Guangming . Xinhua Publishing House . 1992 . 978-7-5011-1564-8 . 68–.
  6. News: Cupin . Bea . 2024-08-10 . In Manila, how China set up an influence, espionage network . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240810215003/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/how-china-set-up-influence-espionage-network-manila/ . 2024-08-10 . 2024-08-10 . . en-US.