''Kinmen Daily News'' (KMDN; ) is a newspaper owned by
Kinmen County Government
The Kinmen County Government () is the local government of the Republic of China that governs Kinmen County.
Organizational structures
Bureau
* Civil Affairs Bureau
* Finance Bureau
* Education Bureau
* Economic Development Bureau
* Public W ...
in
Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
(Quemoy),
Fujian Province, Republic of China
Fuchien Province , also romanized as Fujian and rendered as Fukien, is a nominal province of the Republic of China (Taiwan) without formal administrative function. It includes three small archipelagos off the coast of the Fujian Province of ...
(
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
).
History
The predecessor of the Kinmen Daily News was ''Chunghwa Cheng Chi Pao'' (, Zhōnghuá-zhèngqìbào) from
Nancheng,
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
, which retreated to Quemoy following the
Chinese civil war
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
. ''Kinmen Daily News'' started publishing on October 31, 1965. From November 7, 1992 onwards, the operation of two newspapers were split. ''Chunghwa Cheng Chi Pao'' was changed into a weekly paper, and is distributed to the military on Quemoy. ''Kinmen Daily News'' was transferred to the Kinmen County Government, and continued to be published daily.
The ''Kinmen Daily News'' has been criticized as being used to support incumbent county magistrates in their campaigns for reelection.
See also
*
Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering most political viewpoints.
Taiwan's media history ...
*
Matsu Daily
''Matsu Daily'' () is a newspaper owned by the government of the Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).
It was founded as ''Tengpu Daily'' (), a newspaper published to the military on Tengpu Island, to commemorate the vi ...
References
1965 establishments in Taiwan
Publications established in 1965
Newspapers published in Taiwan
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