''Beijing Today'' () is a weekly English newspaper catering to expatriates and embassies that covers current events, art, cinema, music, dining, and shopping in
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The newspaper is run by the publisher of
Beijing Youth Daily
''Beijing Youth Daily'' or ''Beijing qingnianbao'' (Abbreviation: ''BYD'', ) is the official newspaper of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团北京市委员会).
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It is assigned the Chinese Issue Number () CN11-0120.
History
''Beijing Today'' began publication in May 2001 as a 16-page
broadsheet
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newspaper. Its initial incarnation focused on hard news and was positioned to compete with ''
China Daily
''China Daily'' () is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
Overview
''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. T ...
'' in the Beijing market.
In May 2005, the paper was redesigned as a 32-page
compact
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with a stronger focus on art and culture, as well as events at local embassies. The print size contracted to 24 pages in 2006 and 16 pages in January 2012.
In December 2011, Beijing Today Media became wholly owned by Beijing Education Media, another subsidiary of the Beijing Youth Daily Group. As part of its transition to Beijing Education Media, ''Beijing Today'' began publishing an 8-page edition packaged together with a new 8-page paper called ''Teens Post''.
Issue No. 580
Beijing Today
''Teens Post'' ran its final issue on July 19, 2013, and ''Beijing Today'' resumed a 16-page print run. The current incarnation splits content between two sections: Beijing Today Metro and Beijing Today News.
See also
* List of newspapers in the People's Republic of China
This is a list of newspapers in China. The number of newspapers in mainland China has increased from 42—virtually all Communist Party papers—in 1968 to 382 in 1980 and more than 2,200 today. In 2006, China was the largest market for daily news ...
* Media of the People's Republic of China
The mass media in China consists primarily of television, newspapers, radio, and magazines. Since the start of the 21st century, the Internet has also emerged as an important form of communication by media, and is under the direct supervisi ...
* ''Global Times
The ''Global Times'' () is a daily tabloid newspaper under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the ''People's Daily'', commenting on international issues from a Chinese ultra-nationalistic perspective. The publi ...
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* ''China Daily
''China Daily'' () is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
Overview
''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. T ...
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* ''Shanghai Daily
''Shanghai Daily'' (Chinese: 上海日报, Pinyin: Shànghǎi Rìbào) is an English-language newspaper founded in 1999 and owned by the Shanghai United Media Group, a state media company under the Shanghai committee of the Chinese Communist Party. ...
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* ''Shenzhen Daily
''Shenzhen Daily'' is an English-language newspaper published in Shenzhen
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Newspapers published in Beijing
English-language newspapers published in China
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2001 establishments in China
Weekly newspapers published in China