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| Type | daily newspaper; state media |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Liaison Office of the Central Government |
| Founded | 9 September 1948 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Beijing |
| Language | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters | Aberdeen, Hong Kong |
| Website | www |
| Wen Wei Po | |||||||||||
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 Hing Wai Centre, the head office of Wen Wei Po | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 文匯報 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文汇报 | ||||||||||
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Wen Wei Po is a pro-Beijing[1] state-owned newspaper based in Hong Kong. The newspaper was established in Hong Kong on 9 September 1948, 10 years after the launch of its Shanghai counterpart in 1938.
Its head office is located at the Hing Wai Centre (Chinese: 興偉中心) in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.[2]
The paper is owned by Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, which is controlled by the liaison office of the Chinese government in Hong Kong.[3] Wen Wei Po is subsidised by and advocates for the Chinese government.[4]: 139 Wen Wei Po accounts for less than 1 percent of Hong Kong's readership,[4]: 139 and is mainly read by an audience in mainland China and older Hong Kong readers.[1]: 20
In a 2019 public opinion survey conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wen Wei Po was rated by respondents as the second least credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong.[5]
- ^ a b Wang, Bess; Wong, Tin Chi (2018). "The Landscape of Newspapers in Hong Kong". In Huang, Yu; Song, Yunya (eds.). The Evolving Landscape of Media and Communication in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 13–30. ISBN 9789629373511.
- ^ "Contact Us". Wen Wei Po. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
香港 香港仔田灣海旁道7號興偉中心2-4樓 Head Office：3/F, Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Pr aya Road, Aberdeen, HK.
- ^ Betsy Tse (9 April 2015). "Basic Law violation seen as LOCPG tightens grip on HK publishers". EJ Insight.
- ^ a b Guo, Steve (2018). "A Report on Public Evaluations of Media Credibility in Hong Kong". In Huang, Yu; Song, Yunya (eds.). The Evolving Landscape of Media and Communication in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 135–150. ISBN 9789629373511.
- ^ Centre for Communication and Public Opinion Survey (2019). "Tracking Research: Public Evaluation on Media Credibility - Survey Results" (PDF). The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 March 2020.