''Hua Shang Daily'' (), also known as ''China Commercial Daily'', was a patriotic newspaper for

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led by Liao Chengzhi and

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and published in

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since 8 April 1941. Due to the outbreak of the

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, it was stopped publishing in that year. After the Japanese surrender, ''Hua Shang Daily'' was restored publishing on 4 January 1946 and became a democratic publication. The newspaper supported democratic movement and opposed to the dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek. On 15 October 1949, ''Hua Shang Daily'' published an article titled ''Goodbye, my dearest readers!'' on the front page and then the publication was stopped. The company was moved to

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and published another newspaper called ''

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''. This newspaper has nothing to do with '' Chinese Business View'', a

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newspaper of the same Chinese name and is also sometimes translated as ''Hua Shang Daily''.

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Communist newspapers Newspapers established in 1941 Publications disestablished in 1949 Defunct newspapers published in Hong Kong Chinese-language newspapers published in Hong Kong {{HongKong-newspaper-stub