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The China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. The Communist Party of China-controlled state-run publication has the widest print circulation (200,000 per issue) of any English-language newspaper in the country. The editorial office is in north Beijing, and the newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several foreign capitals. According to a foreign editor working at the China Daily (see Leaking State Secrets), a high degree of self-censorship is practised by journalists at the paper. Subjects such as Taiwan, Tibet and the religious group Falun Gong are usually "too sensitive" for regular reporters to cover, and articles have to be approved by higher authorities before publication. This often leads to a delay of several days between the occurrence of major news events and their reportage in the paper. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with China Daily. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The editor of the China Daily, Zhu Ling, has told foreign editors that the paper's editorial policy was to support the policies of the Communist Party and only make criticism of the authorities if there was deviation from Party policy.

The China Daily was established in 1985. Several journalists on the new paper supported the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. After the June 6th massacre many were purged. One example is You Nuo, who was exiled to Xinjiang for several years before being rehabilitated.

Foreign editors at the paper have been told that like most state-owned enterprises, the China Daily will no longer receive generous government subsidies and the China Daily publication group is expected to show a profit. To this end, the paper has adopted a more commercial approach and its editorial content is being pitched increasingly towards younger readers so as to attract more advertising revenue. The paper is still running at a loss in the increasingly competitive Chinese publication market. Much of the publishing group's revenue comes from real estate investments - including a major new commercial complex being built at the newspaper's Huixing Dongjie compound.

The newspaper also runs a China Daily online website, which has been accused of plagiarism of material from other China-related websites.

As a newspaper group, the China Daily Group also publishes 21st Century, Beijing Weekend, China Business Weekly, the China Daily Hong Kong Edition and the Shanghai Star. The 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with China Daily. ... The Shanghai Star is a weekly English-language newspaper published in Shanghai, China. ...

External links

China Daily

• China Daily website
• China Daily e-paper

Foreign editors at China Daily describe working life on the newspaper

• Leaking State Secrets: Behind the scenes at China Daily
• Kirsty Needham at China Daily

Other China Daily publications

• Beijing Weekend e-paper
• China Business Weekly e-paper
• China Daily Hong Kong Edition e-paper
• Shanghai Star e-paper