Southern Weekly, also referred to as Southern Weekend (Chinese: 南方周末; Pinyin:Nánfāng Zhōumò) is a weekly newspaper based in Guangzhou, China, and a sister publication of the newspaper Southern Daily (Chinese:南方日報)
Southern Weekend is one of China’s most popular newspapers, and is owned by the independent-minded Southern Daily Group (Chinese:南方報業集团). The New York Times has described the Southern Weekend as "China's most influential liberal newspaper".[1]