The ''Mandarin Daily News'' (;

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: Gwoyeu Ryhbaw;

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children's newspaper published daily in

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. The main text of the articles is accompanied by

(Bopomofo) phonetic script to aid identification of difficult characters. The project was founded on 25 October 1948. In 1949, led by

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, a promoter of the

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movement in

, along with Chen Songping, Hu Shi, Fu Sinian, and other members of the Mandarin Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan invited Taiwanese provincial figures such as Huang Chunqing, Du Congming, and Li Wanju to establish a board of directors in March 1949 to strengthen the operation of the newspaper. Mandarin Daily News is not profit oriented, so in terms of business operation, it takes service as the premise and

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

as the call. In February of the forty ninth year, it was established as the "Mandarin Daily News Agency", with all its operating income used to expand its own business, promote Mandarin education, and serve readers and society.

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