China Times

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The China Times (Chinese: 中國時報; pinyin: Zhōngguó-shíbào) is a newspaper published in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the four biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Liberty Times, United Daily News, and Apple Daily (Taiwan).

The free-to-air China Television (CTV) channel and the satellite channel Chung T'ien Television (Cti TV) are under the ownership of the China Times Group.

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[edit] History

The China Times was founded in 1950 under the name Credit News (traditional Chinese: 徵信新聞; pinyin: Zhēngxìn xīnwén), and focused mainly on price indices. The name changed on January 1, 1960 to Credit Newspaper (traditional Chinese: 徵信新聞報; pinyin: Zhēngxìn xīnwénbào), a daily with comprehensive news coverage. Color printing was introduced on March 29, 1968, the first newspaper in Asia to make the move. On September 1, 1968, the name changed once again to China Times, presently based in the Wanhua district of Taipei.

The founder, Yu Jizhong (traditional Chinese: 余紀忠), died in 2002, leaving the presidency of the paper to his second son, Yu Jianxin (traditional Chinese: 余建新). Yu Jizhong's eldest daughter, Yu Fanying, is the vice president. The bureau chief is presently Lin Shengfen (traditional Chinese: 林聖芬), the general manager Huang Zhaosong (traditional Chinese: 黃肇松), and the chief editor Huang Qinglong (traditional Chinese: 黃清龍).

[edit] Other publications

  • The Commercial Times (1978)
  • The China Times (U.S. Edition) (1982)
  • The China Times Express (Taiwan's oldest evening newspaper)
  • China Times Weekly (時報周刊 Shíbào-zhōukān)
  • www.chinatimes.com (1995)

The China Times Publishing Company was the first publishing company in Taiwan to publicly issue shares. Finally, China Times Group has set up several charity organizations (Chinatimes Foundation and China Times Cultural Foundation).

The China Times Group founded the right-wing Hong Kong Times (香港時報 Xiānggǎng-shíbào), which folded in the late 1980s.

The China Times' literary supplement is called Human Realm (人間 Rénjiān).

China Times once managed a Taiwan-based baseball team, the China Times Eagles (時報鷹 Shíbàoyīng), but a betting scandal dissolved the team seven years into its operation.

China Times is associated with the Japanese newspaper Daily Yomiuri, including cooperation between China Times Travel Agency and Daily Yomiuri Travel Agency.

[edit] Political position

The political position of China Times is ambiguous. Relations with the Kuomintang nationalist government have in the past been close, but when the China Times U.S. Edition ceased publication after the Chiang Nan Incident in October, 1984, the China Times broke with the Chiang Ching-kuo government. The Liberty Times represents the pro-DPP pan-green position, while the United Daily News is solidly pan-blue. China Times is ambiguously pan-blue. China Television (CTV) was formerly owned by the Kuomintang itself and only sold to the China Times group in 2006.

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