| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Kuomintang |
| Founder(s) | Kuomintang |
| Founded | 1 February 1928 |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
| Ceased publication | 1 June 2006 |
| Relaunched | 13 September 2006 |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Central Daily News | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 中央日報 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中央日报 | ||||||
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The Central Daily News was the official newspaper of the Kuomintang and is one of the world's oldest Chinese language newspapers, having been in circulation since 1928. The Kuomintang made the decision to temporarily cease publication of the newspaper effective June 1, 2006, because it could no longer subsidize the newspaper's snowballing debts, which had amounted to around NT$800 million (US$24.5 million), almost twice the overall assets of the party.
After ceasing its print operations, the Central Daily News became a dedicated online publication available to Taiwanese and Chinese readers in both Taiwan and Mainland China, written in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Its online operations ceased in 2018.[1]
Relations between both sides of the Taiwan Strait were one of its most important topics, as well as business.