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Legal Evening News (Chinese: 法制晚报; pinyin: Fǎzhì wǎnbào),[3] also known as The Mirror[4] or Legal Evening Post,[5] was a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper[6] published in the People's Republic of China in simplified Chinese. Its predecessor was the Beijing Legal News (北京法制报), which was sponsored by the Judicial and Law Enforcement Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党北京市委员会政法委员会).

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Legal Evening News was a China's state-run newspaper,[7] which was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2004. [8] It was published by the Legal Evening Post Agency (法制晚报社), [9] and was shut down by the Government of China on January 1, 2019.[10]

History

At the end of 2003, Beijing Youth Daily acquired the Beijing Legal News, and relaunched it under the title of Legal Evening News on May 18, 2004. [11] On April 29, 2005, fawan.com, the official website of Legal Evening News, was created. [12]

Legal Evening News earned a reputation for cutting-edge investigative reporting and deep dives into crime and social issues.[13]

On January 1, 2019, the paper was officially shut down by the Chinese government due to rising censorship and a shift to internet advertising.[14]

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    Jia Gao; Catherine Ingram; Pookong Kee (22 July 2016). Global Media and Public Diplomacy in Sino-Western Relations. Taylor & Francis. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-1-317-12763-5.
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    Jacques deLisle; Avery Goldstein; Guobin Yang (8 March 2016). The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 258–. ISBN 978-0-8122-9266-4.
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    "Easy come, easy go after China ICBC's gold glitch". Reuters. December 29, 2008.
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    "China Bans Import of Ivory Carvings for One Year". The New York Times. 2015-02-27.
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    "Evening Legal News will cease publication next year". Oriental Daily News. 2018-12-01.
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    "The Mirror". Worldcat.org. OCLC 60843337. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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    "Evening Legal News will cease publication on New Year's Day next year". Nanyang Post. 2018-12-03.
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    Shixin Ivy Zhang (2 April 2014). Impact of Globalization on the Local Press in China: A Case Study of the Beijing Youth Daily. Lexington Books. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-0-7391-8464-6.
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    "Fawan.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. 2021-01-20.
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    "China Spikes In-Depth Section of Top Legal Newspaper". Radio Free Asia. 2018-05-29.
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    "If we want to hold politicians to account, we need to save local newspapers". The Independent. Apr 3, 2019.


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