---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 22 Jul 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Chinese News Media - News Journals: ¨È¬w©P¥Z = Yazhou zhoukan Ed./Corp.: Yazhou Zhoukan Ltd., Hong Kong, China URL: http://www.yzzk.com/ ISSN: 1015-5015. Numbering: 1.1 (1987) - . Frequency: Weekly. Language: Chinese (Big5). Self description: "The only international Chinese Newsweekly." Description: Establised in 1987 as Chinese edition of AsiaWeek, Yazhou zhoukan today is part of the HK Ming Pao Group, with a 50% share held by the big Hong Kong Internet company TOM.COM (TOM.COM is also the owner of the very popular Chinese portal 163.net). According to a TOM.COM announcement, the paper "enjoys a worldwide Chinese readership and is widely read by business executives, senior government officials and opinion leaders in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China and South East Asia". Availability: Back issues are available on-line from vol. 15, no. 16 (22 Apr. 2001). Older issues down to vol. 13, no. 1 (3 Jan. 1999) can also be access using the URL http://www.yzzk.com/yyyynn/yzmain.htm, where yyyy represents the year (four digits) and nn the number (two digits). No search possible. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html