''Yangcheng Evening News'' or ''Ram City Evening News''
(), also known as ''Yangcheng Evening Post''
or ''Ram City Evening Post'',
is a
Chinese newspaper in the
Standard Chinese language, national unified publication number CN44-0006 in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
, China.
History
The publication of ''Yangcheng Evening Post'' was started on October 1, 1957, in
Guangzhou, China
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, sou ...
. The newspaper was forced to stop publication during the
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...
and resumed publication on February 15, 1980. Started from May 18, 1998, the paper became among several newspapers published by the Yangcheng Evening News Group.
''Yangcheng Evening Post'' is one of the world's
largest circulated newspapers: in 2008, its daily circulation was estimated to be 1,170,000, distributed mainly in the
Pearl River Delta area in
South China.
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External links
Yangcheng Evening News
Daily newspapers published in China
Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese)
Evening newspapers
Mass media in Guangzhou
1957 establishments in China
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