Oriental Daily News is a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969 by Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik-chun, and was one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited (Chinese: 東方報業集團有限公司). Relative to other Hong Kong newspapers, Oriental Daily News has an older readership.[citation needed]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Oriental Press Group |
| Publisher | Oriental Press Group |
| Founded | 22 January 1969 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Beijing |
| Language | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters | Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong |
| Circulation | 530,000 |
| Sister newspapers | The Sun (Hong Kong) (Ceased publication) |
| ISSN | 1018-8177 |
| Website | orientaldaily |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東方日報 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东方日报 | ||||||||||||||
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History
editThe paper was founded in 1969.[1] Apple Daily was its main competitor.[1] The newspaper's website was started in February 2002, and includes e-paper versions of Oriental Daily. The whole printed version is uploaded onto the web allowing people from all over the world to read.[2] It is considered Pro-Beijing camp in its editorial stance.[3][4]
Content
editIt has two editorials every day. The first one is called the 'Main Editorial' (正論), which is a typical newspaper editorial.[5] The second one is called 'Kung Fu Tea' (功夫茶), which is written in the vernacular form of Cantonese, and is a daily critique of the misfits of the bureaucracy.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "How two fugitive opium dealers started a Hong Kong newspaper war". CNN Business. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "東方日報電子報" [Oriental Daily News e Paper]. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Feng, William Dezheng (December 2017). "Ideological dissonances among Chinese-language newspapers in Hong Kong: A corpus-based analysis of reports on the Occupy Central Movement". Discourse & Communication. 11 (6): 549–566. doi:10.1177/1750481317726928. hdl:10397/98137. ISSN 1750-4813.
- ^ Yu, Jess Macy (6 October 2014). "Hong Kong Newspapers, Pro- and Anti-Beijing, Weigh In on Protests". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "東方日報正論". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "功夫茶". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Chinese) - Oriental Press Group at Bloomberg Markets