''Beijing Evening News'' or ''Beijing Wanbao'' (), also known as ''Beijing Evening Post'', is a

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tabloid newspaper in the

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from

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. It was founded on March 15, 1958.

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wrote the title for it in 1964. ''Beijing Evening Post'' featured the best-selling novel ''

Beijinger in New York ''A Native of Beijing in New York'', also known as ''Beijinger in New York'' () is a novel by Glen Cao (曹桂林), based on his own immigrant story. It was translated into English by Ted Wang (卡本特王). The story follows Qiming Wang and his ...

'' by

Glen Cao Glen Cao (born 1947) is also known by his Chinese name, Cao Guilin (曹桂林). He is the author of ''Beijinger in New York''. Mr. Cao wrote the book largely based on his own life experiences as an immigrant to New York City from Beijing in 1980. T ...

as a television series in 1991. In 2002, the newspaper was found to have lifted a fake article about the

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' Supposed Move From

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in protest of better facilities from ''

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''.

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