China Times

中國時報
China Times
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) China Times Group
Founded February 1950
Political alignment Pan-Blue
Language Traditional Chinese
Headquarters Taipei City, Republic of China
Website chinatimes.com

The China Times (traditional Chinese: 中國時報; simplified Chinese: 中国时报; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shíbào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-sî-pò) is a pro-china newspaper published in Taiwan in Traditional Chinese. It is the fourth biggest newspaper in Taiwan, ranking after the Liberty Times, Apple Daily (Taiwan), and United Daily News.

The paper is also printed in San Gabriel, California.

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.

History

The China Times was founded in February 1950 under the name Credit News (Chinese: 徵信新聞; pinyin: Zhēngxìn xīnwén), and focused mainly on price indices. The name changed on January 1, 1960 to Credit Newspaper (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, Taipei.

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

In 2008, the China Times Group was sold to the Want Want Holdings Limited, the largest rice cake manufacturer in Taiwan.[1] The China Times Publishing Company was the first publishing company in Taiwan to publicly issue shares.

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. The China Times Group has set up several charity organizations (Chinatimes Foundation and China Times Cultural Foundation).

Other publications and related activities

Political position

Since China Times was bought by the pro-China Taiwanese businessman tycoon Tsai Eng-Meng, head of (Want Want Holdings Limited) in 2008, the China Times has veered into a more pro-China stance, and has been criticized of being "very biased" in favor of positive news about China.[4][2]

Before Tsai Eng-Meng bought it, The political position of the China Times had been slanted towards the pan-blue coalition (pro-unification), although it was considered more moderate than the United Daily News. 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 Murder Case in October 1984, the China Times broke with then KMT president Chiang Ching-kuo in protest. Since the 1980s, the China Times has developed a more liberal and pro-democratic stance, often concerned with progressive issues such as social justice or environmental concerns. During the 1990s, the China Times was often supportive of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, more on the grounds of liberalism rather than Taiwanese Independence.

China Television (CTV) used to be owned by the Kuomintang and was sold to the China Times group in 2006.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wang, Lisa (5 Nov 2008). "China Times Group is sold to Want Want". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 Feb 2015.
  2. 1 2 "About Us". Want China Times. Retrieved 21 Feb 2015.
  3. ↑ Hsu, Chien-Jung (2014). The Construction of National Identity in Taiwan's Media, 1896–2012. BRILL. p. 143. ISBN 978-90-04-22769-9.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Andrew (21 Jan 2012). "Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China". The Washington Post.

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