The ''Xinhua Daily Telegraph'' (abbreviated as ''XDT''; ), alternatively translated as the ''New China Daily Dispatch'', ''Xinhua Daily Newswires'', is a

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's state-run

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Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: )J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English, or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua ...

. Based in

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, the

was launched on January 1, 1993, and its predecessor was the ''Press Release of Xinhua News Agency'' (新华社新闻稿). Xu Wu was involved in the founding of the paper. ''Xinhua Daily Telegraph'' is published and owned by Xinhua News Agency. On January 1, 2021, it was newly revised, with the word "Xinhua" in the

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changed to

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's handwriting and the "Daily Telegraph" still printed in

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