Ta Kung Pao
| Ta Kung Pao | |
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| description | daily newspaper |
| language | Chinese |
| publishing company | Ta Kung Wen Wei Media 大公 文匯 傳媒 集團 ( China ) |
| Headquarters |
 Beijing , Hong Kong
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| First edition | 1902 |
| Frequency of publication | Mon-Sun |
| Sold edition | Approx. 400,000 (total) 160,000 (Hong Kong) 210,000 ( mainland China ) 30,000 ( overseas ) copies |
| Web link | www.takungpao.com.hk |
Ta Kung Pao ( Chinese 大公報 / 大公报 , Pinyin Dàgōng Bào , Jyutping Daai 6 gung 1 Bou 3 - "impartial newspaper") is the oldest existing Chinese- language newspaper in China . It has its headquarters in Beijing , a headquarters for the Pacific-Asian region in Hong Kong and maintains several local editorial offices in Shanghai , Tianjin , Guangzhou and Inner Mongolia . Ta Kung Pao, along with Wen Wei Po - 文匯報 / 文汇报 , Hong Kong Commercial Daily - 香港 商報 / 香港 商报 - and Hong Kong Economic Herald - 香港 經濟 導報 / 香港 经济 导报 - is one of the four big left-wing print media in Hong Kong - 四大左 報 / 四大 左 报 .
history
The paper was founded on June 17, 1902 at the time of the imperial Qing government in the French lease area of Tianjin by Yīng Liǎnzhī - 英 斂 之 / 英 敛 之 , who was also called Vincentius Ying (grandfather of the actor and politician Ying Ruocheng ) with the Aim to "help China to become a modern and democratic nation". In the early years, the newspaper carried the Chinese title - 大公報 - and the additional French-language title - L'Impartial - "Die Unparteiische". The orientation of the paper was initially critical towards parties, governments, businesses and people. It condemned reprisals and openly criticized the Dowager Empress Cixi and the conservative leaders in China shortly after the turn of the century, called for democratic reforms, and was one of the first to use the modern standardized báihuà language. For the Ta Kung Pao worked u. a. the famous Chinese writer and suffragette Lü Bicheng . In 1904 she met the revolutionary Qiu Jin there , and there was a discussion about the future of China.
After the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, the readership steadily decreased. In 1916 Wang Zhilong - 王 郅 隆 - took over the paper ; nevertheless it had to be stopped for a short time in 1925.
As early as September 1, 1926, Wu Dingchang - 吳鼎昌 , Hu Zhengzhi - 胡 政 之 , and Zhang Jiluan - 張 季 鸞 - re-founded the newspaper in Tianjin. Under the motto "No links with parties, no political support campaigns, no self-promotion, no ignorance" - 不 黨, 不 賣, 不 私, 不 盲 - sharp-tongued political statements came into the paper, especially when the Second World War began against them Japanese. As a result, the circulation increased again significantly. During the war, the journalists fled from the advancing Japanese from individual regions to other cities such as Shanghai, Hankou, Chongqing, Guilin and Hong Kong, where they continued their editorial work.
After the war ended, chief editor Wong Wan San - 王芸生 - re-established the Shanghai edition on November 1, 1945 in the original format and style. The plan to launch new editions in other cities such as Guangzhou had to be abandoned after the outbreak of the Chinese Civil War . In March 1948 the Hong Kong edition was reissued. In the time of the Republic of China , the paper was one of the most important newspapers. Even after 1949 under the new publisher Fei Yi Ming in Hong Kong, it remained influential as one of the few press organs that had survived the war. She has been financially supported by the government of the People's Republic of China since 1949 and is widely regarded as the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China . The print run is now very small and is less than 10,000 copies sold per day. Ta Kung Pao was the first Chinese language newspaper to have a website in 1995 .
See also
- Hong Kong Free Press
- Ming Pao
- Oriental Daily News
- South China Morning Post
- The standard
- Radio Television Hong Kong
Web links
- Official Website - Hong Kong (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ term "Dagong (大公)". In: www.zdic.net. Retrieved June 7, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ term "Dagong (大公)". In: dict.revised.moe.edu.tw. Retrieved June 7, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ term "Dagongbao (大公报)". In: www.zdic.net. Retrieved June 7, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ term "Dagongbao (大公報)". In: dict.revised.moe.edu.tw. Retrieved June 7, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ Contact us: "Takungpao (大公報)" ( Memento from June 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). In: www.takungpao.com, accessed August 7, 2019. (Chinese)
- ^ ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers ( Memento of December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: icon.crl.edu, accessed on August 7, 2019. (English)