''Hua Chi Pao'' ( zh, 火炬报, 'Flame of the Revolution') was a short-lived Chinese language daily newspaper published in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, Indonesia from 1963 to 1965. Publishing of the newspaper began on December 2, 1963. It was the third Chinese-language newspaper established in Jakarta in 1963 under the April 1963 new media law. The newspaper was tied to the

Indonesian Nationalist Party The Indonesian National Party ( id, Partai Nasional Indonesia, PNI) was the name used by several nationalist political parties in Indonesia from 1927 until the 2000s. The first PNI was established by future President Sukarno. After independence, th ...

(PNI). ''Hua Chi Pao'' had a circulation of around 10,000 copies. The paper was shut down in October 1965 during a wave of repression against left-wing and minority newspapers following the failed

30 September Movement The Thirtieth of September Movement ( id, Gerakan 30 September, abbreviated as G30S, also known by the acronym Gestapu for ''Gerakan September Tiga Puluh'', Thirtieth of September Movement) was a self-proclaimed organization of Indonesian Na ...

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Defunct Chinese-language newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Indonesia Mass media in Jakarta Newspapers established in 1963 Publications disestablished in 1965 1963 establishments in Indonesia Defunct overseas Chinese newspapers 1965 disestablishments in Indonesia Nationalist newspapers Left-wing newspapers Newspapers disestablished in the 1960s {{Indonesia-newspaper-stub