Lianhe Zaobao

Not to be confused with Lianhe Wanbao, the now-defunct afternoon tabloid newspaper of SPH Media that shares a similar name.

Lianhe Zaobao / Zaobao Sunday
联合早报 / 早报星期天
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)SPH Media
PublisherSPH Media
EditorGoh Sin Teck
Founded16 March 1983; 41 years ago (1983-03-16) (merger between the Singaporean editions of Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh)
(15,224 issues)
LanguageChinese
HeadquartersToa Payoh, Singapore
Circulation136,900 (Print+Digital as of 2021)[1]
Websitewww.zaobao.com.sg Edit this at Wikidata

Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao,[a] commonly abbreviated as Lianhe Zaobao,[b] is the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 136,900 (print and digital) as of 2021.[2] Published by SPH Media (formerly Singapore Press Holdings), it was formed on 16 March 1983 as a result of a merger between the Singaporean editions of Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh, two of Singapore's oldest Chinese newspapers.[3]

The paper establishes itself as a broadsheet with local news coverage, while international news tend to be largely centred on the East Asia region, with a section dedicated to China. Zaobao has an East Asian correspondent network spanning Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Tokyo. It is SPH's flagship Chinese daily and the only Chinese-language daily in Singapore.[4] Lianhe Zaobao is the only Chinese-language overseas newspaper which can be purchased in major cities of mainland China.[4] As with all Chinese-language publications currently based in Singapore, the paper is printed in Simplified Chinese.

  1. ^ "Transforming SPH A New Chapter" (PDF). Singapore Press Holdings. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Daily Average Newspapers Circulation" (PDF). Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 17 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Mahtani, Shibani; Chandradas, Amrita. "In Singapore, loud echoes of Beijing's positions generate anxiety". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 July 2023.


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