International Daily News

International Daily News (traditional Chinese: 國際日報; simplified Chinese: 国际日报; pinyin: Guójì rìbào), also known as Guoji Ribao,[3] is a major Chinese-language newspaper in North America and Indonesia. It is a pro-mainland newspaper,[4] sold in several major Chinatowns.

International Daily News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Java Post Group
Founder(s)Lee Ya-ping
Chen Tao
Founded1981 in Monterey Park
LanguageChinese
HeadquartersJl. Gunung Sahari XI no. 23, Jakarta, Indonesia
Circulation50,000 (National)
Websitewww.guojiribao.com[1]
www.chinesetoday.com[2]

The newspaper was founded and owned by Lee Ya-ping (李亚频) and Chen Tao (陈韬)[5] in 1981 in the city of Monterey Park, California.[6] On October 1, 1995, Ted Sioeng, an Indonesian-born entrepreneur, and his family bought the International Daily News,[7] paying between $3 and $4 million for the paper. This purchase was consummated on July 1, 1996.[8]

In contrast to its competitor, the World Journal, the International Daily News appeals to mainland Chinese immigrants in North America due to its much less hostile attitude toward mainland China/Chinese (although in the mid/late-1990s, the World Journal significantly moderated its anti-China line).

Lee Ya-ping, a Chinese American businesswoman and the owner and publisher of International Daily News, was jailed by the Taiwanese government under the Kuomintang regime on 17 September 1985 during a visit to Taiwan, charged with spreading propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party,[9] because she was suspected of publishing articles supporting Beijing's overtures for reunification of Taiwan with mainland China.[9] Eventually, Lee was released nine days later, under pressure from the United States Congress.[10]

On September 2, 2001, International Daily News and Java Post collaborated to bundle and publish the Wen Wei Po (Southeast Asia Edition), an 8-page daily edition, which was launched simultaneously in Jakarta, Surabaya, Pontianak, and Medan.[11]

References
  1. Leo Suryadinata (26 January 2017). Rise of China and the Chinese Overseas. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-981-4762-66-3.
  2. Chia-ju Chang (5 August 2019). Chinese Environmental Humanities: Practices of Environing at the Margins. Springer. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-3-030-18634-0.
  3. Franklin Ng (1998). The Taiwanese Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-0-313-29762-5.
  4. Vanessa Hua."SAN FRANCISCO / Newspaper war in the Bay Area / Ming Pao becomes 6th Chinese-language daily". San Francisco Chronicle. August 3, 2004.
  5. Zhang Yanxian (31 August 2008). Essays on Postwar Taiwan Media and Transitional Justice. Wu San Lien Foundation for Taiwan Historical Materials. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-986-84293-1-4.
  6. "About International Daily News". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  7. Phil Kuntz and Glenn R. Simpson (Aug 11, 1997). "Funding Probe Barely Looks At One China-Linked Donor". The Wall Street Journal.
  8. "Ted Sioeng, His Family, and His Business Interests". Federation of American Scientists. March 10, 1998.
  9. David Holley."She Could Face Death Penalty : Taiwan Arrests Publisher of California Newspaper". The Los Angeles Times. Sep 18, 1985.
  10. "U.S. Protests Taiwan's Arrest of Publisher - Los Angeles Times". The Los Angeles Times. Sep 20, 1985.
  11. "Hong Kong Wen Wei Po Southeast Asia Edition". Wen Wei Po. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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