The Paper (simplified Chinese: 澎湃新闻; traditional Chinese: 澎湃新聞; pinyin: Péngpài Xīnwén; lit. 'Surging News') is a Chinese digital newspaper owned and run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group.

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The Paper

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Online newspaper
Publisher	Shanghai United Media Group
Founded	July 2014; 9 years ago (2014-07)
Political alignment	Chinese Communist Party
Language	Mandarin Chinese
Headquarters	839 Yan'an West Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai
Sister newspapers	Sixth Tone
Website	www.thepaper.cn

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The Paper was launched in July 2014 as an offshoot of the Shanghai United Media Group publication Oriental Morning Post. It received a large amount of initial funding, speculated to be anywhere from US$16 million to 64 million.^[1] Of this, RMB 100 million (approximately $14,500,000) was provided by the government through the Cyberspace Administration of China.

The Paper was founded as an attempt to capture the readership of mobile internet users as revenue from mainstream physical papers across China saw major declines in the early 2010s.^[2]: 599

In May 2016, The Paper launched Sixth Tone, an English-language sister publication.^[3][4]

The Paper was given greater leeway in its reporting than other comparable organizations in China, where the government heavily censors and controls media. In allowing relative autonomy, the government aims to foster a media organization popular with younger online users that will still follow the political line of the Chinese Communist Party.^{[5][2]: 500–502}

The Paper has focused in particular on investigative reporting. The day of its founding, it published a piece on judicial misconduct in Anhui province, prompting the Anhui High People's Court to reopen an investigation into the case.^[2]: 504 It has since become known for similar stories on societal scandals and corruption, including its series on Ling Jihua.^[3][4]