''China Press'' () is a Malaysian

Chinese-language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the ...

newspaper set up by

Henry Lee Hau Shik Colonel Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik (19 November 1900 – 22 June 1988), also known as H.S. Lee, was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport under former Chief Minister and former P ...

and first published on 1 February 1946 in

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. On 13 May 1969, ''China Press'' was suspended for a month following its publication of a court news item after the 13 May Incident. ''China Press'' relaunched in 1986, and by 1988, its daily circulation had increased from 20,000 to 100,000, making it the fastest-growing paper in Malaysia. Today, its daily circulation of about 154,000 makes it the second best selling Chinese daily

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

in Malaysia. Its Night edition paper is the most popularNote that in Malaysia, only Chinese language newspapers publishes at night. in Malaysia with a circulation of about 48,000. Due to its popularity in Malaysia, ''China Press'' launched their evening version on 19 May 1990 with the mission statement of ''Today News Tonight Know''. In 1993, Nanyang Press took over the management of ''China Press''.

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