---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 14 Jun 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Chinese News Media: Xinmin wanbao 新民晚報 (Xin Min Evening News) Ed./Corp.: Wenhui Xinmin Joined Newspaper Group, Shanghai, PR China URL: http://www.xmwb.com.cn/ Language: Chinese (GB, Big5). Description: Originally founded as Xinminbao 新民報 in September 1929, the paper was closed down twice during its long history (once by the KMT during the 1940s, once during the Cultural Revolution). It is controlled by the Propaganda Office of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and is the most popular newspaper in Shanghai. In recent years, it joined forces with Wenhuibao and now forms the core of the Wenhui Xinmin Joined Newspaper Group. Archive: Archive available beginning with 10 Jan 1997 (not searchable). _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L