---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 29.10.1998 New in IGCS - News Media (revised entry): Mingbao ©ú ³ø (Ming Pao Daily News) Ed./Corp.: Ming Pao Group, Hong Kong URL: http://www.hknet.com/mingpao/ Language: Chinese (Big5). Description: Ming Pao Daily News, launched in 1959, is online since September 1995. The paper is positioning itself as a leading 'intellectual paper'. It is not linked to any political party and advertising-supported. Ming Pao is also distributed in Macao, USA, Canada and Europe. Once very critical towards Mainland China the paper has softened its voice since a change of ownership of the paper in 1995. For a critical evaluation of the political standing of Ming Pao see the following article: Joseph Kahn: "A Hong Kong Newspaper Softens Its Voice. Like Many Others in Colony, Ming Pao Hews Closer to Beijing’s Line." In: The Asian Wall Street Journal (April 22, 1997), reproduced in CPJ Hong-Kong Report Page, URL: http://www.cpj.org/hong_kong/soften.html [accessed Oct. 29, 1998]. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.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