China Daily

China Daily is China's largest English-language newspaper, published from Beijing and owned by the Communist Party of China's publicity apparatus. It provides national and international news aimed at domestic and foreign readers and reflects official government perspectives. It is one of the country's principal state-run English-language outlets.

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China Daily at a glance

Country: China
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1981
Ownership: Owned by the Chinese state
Published from: Beijing
Website: chinadaily.com.cn ↗
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How Crosswire groups China Daily

Crosswire groups China Daily as Centrist for comparisons within China's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In China, Global Times and CGTN are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open China Daily beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where China Daily sits in China's press

China Daily was founded in 1981, is published from Beijing and is owned by the Chinese state. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in China, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being South China Morning Post, Global Times and People's Daily. By outlets tracked, China ranks first of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to China Daily outside China, starting with East Asia, are The Korea Times (South Korea), Taipei Times (Taiwan), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and The UB Post (Mongolia). Opening one of them beside China Daily is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.