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<i>The China Press</i>

The China Press

Chinese-language newspaper published in the United States

Not to be confused with China Press.

The China Press (Chinese: 侨报), commonly called Qiaobao, is a Chinese-language newspaper published in the United States.[1]

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The China Press was founded in 1990 by personnel dispatched to the U.S. from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) and its China News Service to counter negative perceptions of the Chinese government following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] The China Press is formally owned by Asian Culture and Media Group, which also owns SinoVision.[2] According to Reporters Without Borders, The China Press and SinoVision are "discreetly controlled by the Chinese authorities and use content taken directly from China’s state media."[3][4] According to academics Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role."[2]: 106 

Former China News Service journalist, Xie Yining, served as chairman of The China Press until his killing by another newspaper employee, Zhong Qi Chen, in 2018.[5][6]

According to academic Wanning Sun, The China Press, along with The Epoch Times, World Journal, Sing Tao, and Ming Pao, are the major newspapers serving overseas Chinese communities in the United States and Canada.[7] Unlike other newspapers linked to Chinese state media, The China Press has been noted as not having registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).[8]

Reception

Chinese Communist Party influence

A 2001 report on Chinese media censorship by the Jamestown Foundation cited The China Press as one of four major overseas Chinese newspapers directly or indirectly controlled by the Chinese government.[9]

The dominant Chinese media vehicle in America is the newspaper," wrote the report's lead author Mei Duzhe. "Four major Chinese newspapers are found in the U.S.—World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao Daily News, and The China Press. Of these four, three are either directly or indirectly controlled by the government of Mainland China, while the fourth (run out of Taiwan) has recently begun bowing to pressure from the Beijing government.

Other scholars and journalists have noted pro-Chinese Communist Party content in The China Press.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (December 21, 2017). "Beijing Builds Its Influence in the American Media". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Diamond, Larry; Schell, Orville (2019-08-01). China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance. Hoover Press. pp. 106, 107, 120. ISBN 978-0-8179-2286-3. OCLC 1104533323. Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. [3]
    Markay, Lachlan (March 23, 2022). "Propagandists plumb "high-skilled" visa program". Axios. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  4. [4]
    "China's Pursuit of a New World Information Order (2019)". Reporters Without Borders. 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  5. [5]
    Marantos, Jeanette (November 28, 2018). "Yining Xie, 58 - The Homicide Report". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. [6]
    Gonzales, Rub (2023-03-31). "El Monte man pleads guilty to killing boss in Alhambra newspaper office". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  7. [7]
    Sun, Wanning (2009-03-04). Media and the Chinese Diaspora: Community, Communications and Commerce. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-26359-2. OCLC 1043554961.
  8. [8]
    Groll, Elias (February 6, 2019). "Chinese Media Targeted in Foreign Agent Crackdown". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  9. [9]
    Duzhe, Mei (November 21, 2001). "How China's Government is Attempting to Control Chinese Media in America". China Brief. Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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