''Beijing Today'' () is a weekly English newspaper catering to expatriates and embassies that covers current events, art, cinema, music, dining, and shopping in
Beijing
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.
The newspaper is run by the publisher of
Beijing Youth Daily.
It is assigned the Chinese Issue Number () CN11-0120.
History
''Beijing Today'' began publication in May 2001 as a 16-page
broadsheet
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newspaper. Its initial incarnation focused on hard news and was positioned to compete with ''
China Daily
''China Daily'' ( zh, s=中国日报, p=Zhōngguó Rìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
Overview
''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any ...
'' in the Beijing market.
In May 2005, the paper was redesigned as a 32-page
compact
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* Interstate compact, a type of agreement used by U.S. states
* Blood compact, an ancient ritual of the Philippines
* Compact government, a t ...
with a stronger focus on art and culture, as well as events at local embassies. The print size contracted to 24 pages in 2006 and 16 pages in January 2012.
In December 2011, Beijing Today Media became wholly owned by Beijing Education Media, another subsidiary of the Beijing Youth Daily Group. As part of its transition to Beijing Education Media, ''Beijing Today'' began publishing an 8-page edition packaged together with a new 8-page paper called ''Teens Post''.
Issue No. 580
Beijing Today
''Teens Post'' ran its final issue on July 19, 2013, and ''Beijing Today'' resumed a 16-page print run. The current incarnation splits content between two sections: Beijing Today Metro and Beijing Today News.
See also
* List of newspapers in the People's Republic of China
* Media of the People's Republic of China
The mass media in the People's Republic of China primarily consists of television, newspapers, radio, and magazines. Since the start of the 21st century, the Internet has also emerged as an important form of mass media and is under the direct ...
* ''Global Times
The ''Global Times'' is a daily Chinese Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the ''People's Daily'', commenting on international issues from a Chinese nationalistic pers ...
''
* ''China Daily
''China Daily'' ( zh, s=中国日报, p=Zhōngguó Rìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
Overview
''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any ...
''
* ''Shanghai Daily
''Shanghai Daily'' () is an English-language newspaper founded in 1999 and owned by the Shanghai United Media Group, a state media company under the control of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was the first dail ...
''
* '' Shenzhen Daily''
References
External links
Beijing Today
(in English)
{{Foreign-language newspapers in China
Newspapers published in Beijing
English-language newspapers published in China
Newspapers established in 2001
2001 establishments in China
Weekly newspapers published in China