''Wenhui Bao'' (),

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as the ''Wenhui Daily'',Shanghai Municipal Government
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26 July 2008. Accessed 18 Dec 2014. is a Chinese

daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published by the

Shanghai United Media Group The Shanghai United Media Group (SUMG) is a state media company of the People's Republic of China overseen by the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The headquarter of the Group is located at 755 Weihai Road in S ...

History

''Wenhui Bao'' was founded in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

on January 25, 1938 by

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-leaning

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centered on writer and journalist

Ke Ling Ke Ling (; 1909 – 19 June 2000) was a Chinese journalist, publicist and writer. He is best known for his involvement with the Leftist newspaper ''Wenhui Bao'', founded in February 1938. Early life Ke Ling was born in the market town of Doumen ...

. Over the next decade, it was closed down twice for its political leanings. In 2024,

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reported that the

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bureau chief of ''Wenhui Bao'' from 2021 until 2024, Zhang "Steve" Song, was an undercover Ministry of State Security (MSS) operative who worked closely with

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and gathered intelligence about the internal dynamics and politics of key personalities in the

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' defense and security sectors.

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