Sept Days () is a weekly Chinese language Chinese newspaper in

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, Quebec, Canada. It publishes the Chinese-language newspaper ''Sept Days'', a business weekly and a monthly newspaper ''La Connexion'' in French. It also has a readers club that organizes activities.

History

''Sept Days'' was established on July 7, 2006, by Yin Ling (. The newspaper's masthead has the text "Sept七天 Days", containing

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

, and

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words to represent that as a Canada-based publication, ''Sept Days'' is in a multicultural environment. Whereas numerous other

Overseas Chinese Overseas Chinese people are Chinese people, people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. As of 2023, there were 10.5 milli ...

newspapers translated local news, ''Sept Days'' did original reporting. During the

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in 2007, ''Sept Days'' sent their journalist Hu Xian to cover Canada's involvement in the war. Hu was the first Overseas Chinese

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to cover the war. In 2008, the publication employed three reporters who worked full-time as well as five

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s. They performed

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and covered

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and international news. The founder said that year that the newspaper had 50,000 weekly readers and for every edition 10,000 papers are printed. The newspaper had not make a profit in 2008 and relied on advertisements and the

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's funding. The newspaper began publishing a French edition, ''La Connexion'', in 2016. By 2021, it had published eight books. This included ''Inspired by Norman Bethune'' (2014) and ''Elite Chinese Canadians'' (2018). ''Sept Days'' has ties with the

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. During

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's 2016 trip to Canada, he asked ''Sept Days'' to join a Chinese media

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References

External links

Official website
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