Global Times
Global Times is a Chinese daily newspaper published under the People's Daily, the official organ of the Communist Party of China. Its English edition is widely read abroad and is known for nationalist commentary and a robust defence of Beijing's positions on foreign and domestic policy. As state-affiliated media, its coverage reflects official Chinese government perspectives.
Global Times at a glance
- Country
- China
- Region
- East Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1993
- Owner
- People's Daily
- Published from
- Beijing
- Website
- globaltimes.cn ↗
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How Crosswire groups Global Times
Crosswire groups Global Times as Right-leaning for comparisons within China's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In China, South China Morning Post and China Daily are listed as Centrist — so you can open Global Times beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Global Times sits in China's press
Global Times was founded in 1993, is published from Beijing and is owned by People's Daily. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in China, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being South China Morning Post, China Daily 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 Global Times outside China, starting with East Asia, are Taipei Times (Taiwan), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), The UB Post (Mongolia) and The Hindu (India). Opening one of them beside Global Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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