China Daily
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | State Council Information Office |
| Founded | 1 June 1981 |
| Headquarters | Chaoyang District, Beijing |
| Circulation | 500,000 |
| Website | www |
China Daily (Chinese: 《中国日报》; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China.
China Daily was established in June 1981 and has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China (over 200,000 copies per issue, of which a third are abroad). The editorial office is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, and the newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several major foreign cities including New York City, Washington, D.C., London and Kathmandu. The paper is published by satellite offices in the United States, Hong Kong, and Europe.
Published Monday to Saturday, it serves those who are foreigners in China, as well as those who wish to improve their English, and it is often used as a guide to government policy. Its editorial policies are slightly more liberal than most Chinese newspapers. It claims that the goal of this newspaper is the presentation of "China and China's news to a unique group of readers and to provide services and entertainment specially suited to those readers." As of its first publication on 1 June 1981, most of the editorial staff of China Daily are Chinese.
China Daily, along with the English-language Global Times, targets an international audience including foreign diplomats and tourists as it translates major Chinese newspaper articles in its editorials. The paper also offers programme guides to Radio Beijing and television, daily exchange rates, local entertainment schedules and national and world news.
The online edition of China Daily, established in December 1995, is becoming one of the first major online Chinese newspapers. It has editions in three languages: Chinese, English, and French. The English language edition contains one of China's largest English language forums.
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