The China Times (Chinese: 中國時報; pinyin: Zhōngguó-shíbào) is a newspaper published in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other two being the Liberty Times and United Daily News.

It was founded in 1950 under the name Credit News (Ch: 徵信新聞 P: Zhēngxìn-xīnwén), which focused mainly on price indices. The name changed on 1 January, 1960 to Credit Newspaper (徵信新聞報 Zhēngxìn-xīnwénbào), a daily with comprehensive news coverage. Color printing was introduced on 29 March, 1968, the first newspaper in Asia to make the move. On 1 September, 1968, the name changed once again to China Times, presently based in the Wanhua district of Taipei City.

The founder, Mr. Xu Jizhong (余紀忠)先生, died in 2002, leaving the presidency of the paper to his second son, Xu Jianxin (余建新). Xu Jizhong's eldest daughter, Xu Fanying, is the VP (副董事長). The bureau chief is presently Lin Shengfen (林聖芬), the general manager Huang Zhaosong (黃肇松), and the chief editor Huang Qinglong (黃清龍).

China Times has founded several other publications, including the Commercial Times (1978), the China Times US Edition (1982), the China Times Express--Taiwan's oldest evening newspaper--China Times Weekly (時報周刊 Shíbào-zhōukān), and www.chinatimes.com in 1995. The television station CtiTV is now under the ownership of the China Times Group. The China Times Publishing Company was the first publishing company in Taiwan to publicly issue shares. Finally, China Times Group has set up several charity organizations (Chinatimes Foundation and China Times Cultural Foundation).

The China Times Group founded the right wing Hong Kong Times (香港時報 Xiānggǎng-shíbào), which folded in the late 1980s.

The Literary Supplement (Fukan literary supplement) of the China Times is called Human Realm (人間 Rénjiān).

The political position of China Times is ambiguous. Relations with the nationalist government have in the past been close, but when the China Times US Edition ceased publication after the Chiang Nan Incident in October, 1984, the China Times broke with the Chiang Ching-kuo government. The Liberty Times represents the pro-DPP pan-green position, while the United Daily News is solidly pan-blue. China Times is ambiguously pan-blue.

China Times is associated with the Japanese newspaper Daily Yomiuri, including cooperation between China Times Travel Agency and Daily Yomiuri Travel Agency.

China Times once managed Taiwan-based baseball team the China Times Eagles (時報鷹 Shíbàoyīng), but a betting scandal dissolved the team seven years into its operation.

External link

• http://news.chinatimes.com/ - Official site (in Traditional Chinese)

Taiwanese newspapers | Chinese-language newspapers (Traditional Chinese) | 中國時報