Central Daily News 5283528 221095216 2008-06-23T01:07:23Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen fixes + format *date= in cite news/web/paper templates - full explanation [[User:Rjwilmsi#My_correction_of_dates_in_templates|here]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] [[Image:Central Daily News (Website).png|thumb|280px|Screenshot of the online edition of Central Daily News.]] The '''''Central Daily News''''' ({{zh-cp|c=中央日報|p=Zhōngyāng Rìbào}}) was the official [[newspaper]] of the [[Kuomintang]] and is one of the world's oldest [[Chinese-language]] [[newspaper]] having been in circulation since 1928. The Kuomintang made the decision to temporarily cease publication of the newspaper effective [[June 1]], [[2006]] because it could no longer [[subsidize]] the newspaper's snowballing debts which had amounted to around [[New Taiwan dollar|NT$]] 800 million ([[United States dollar|US$]] 24.5 million), almost twice the overall [[asset]]s of the party. The Kuomintang is [[As of 2006|currently]] looking for buyers for the newspaper that will transform it into a dedicated online publication. == History == Central Daily News was launched in [[Shanghai]] on [[February 1]], [[1928]] as a mouthpiece of the Kuomintang and began circulation in the Chinese capital [[Nanjing]] in [[mainland China]]. The paper had previously temporarily ceased publication on [[December 13]], [[1937]] when the capital was occupied by the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese military]] in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=106952&lang=eng_news&cate_img=38.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics | title = KMT's Central Daily News shuts down | publisher = Taiwan News | date = 2006-06-01}}</ref>. The paper was relocated to the temporary Chinese capital [[Chongqing]] and resumed publication on [[September 1]], [[1938]] before returning to Nanjing after the war. In [[1949]], the paper was relocated to yet another temporary Chinese capital [[Taipei]] on the island of [[Taiwan]] when the Kuomintang fled [[mainland China]] during the [[Chinese Civil War]]. In [[1950]], the Kuomintang fearing sociopolitical instability and communist insurgency began a four decade long [[authoritarianism|authoritarian rule]] beginning with the [[Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion|suspension of the constitution]] which included a ban on the [[free press]]. During this time, the Central Daily News became the most widely read newspaper in Taiwan <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=82855&GRP=B | title = KMT shuts down Central Daily News after 78 years | date = 2006-05-25 | publisher = The China Post}}</ref>. However, when the ban on free press was lifted in [[1987]], the newspaper began facing fierce competition and as a result of its [[Conservatism|conservative]] image and connection with the past Kuomintang authoritarianism, it began losing popularity. By April 2006, the paper accumulated debts exceeded NT$ 800 million and was sustaining losses of NT$ 8.44 million each month in the same year. As part of new austerity measures implemented by Kuomintang Chairman [[Ma Ying-jeou]], the [[Central Standing Committee]] resolved to cease publication of the paper by the end of May 2006. The paper retains a small staff of 70 to update its website <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/06/01/2003311093 | title = KMT cuts its losses by shuttering the `Central Daily News' | publisher = The Taipei Times | date = 2006-06-01}}</ref>. == See also == * [[Central News Agency (Republic of China)|Central News Agency]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.cdnews.com.tw/ Official website] [[Category:Newspapers published in Taiwan]] [[Category:Chinese-language newspapers]] [[ja:中央日報 (機関紙)]] [[zh:中央日報]]