About World Journal

Established in 1976, the World Journal, also known as Chinese Daily News, is the largest Chinese newspaper in North America with sophisticated printing techniques and contents. World Journal publishes 365 days a year.

The parent company of World Journal is United Daily News Group, founded in 1951 in Taipei, Taiwan, the Republic of China. The United Daily News Group publishes United Daily News, United Evening News, Economic Daily News, Min Sheng Pao Daily News, Star Daily News, Historical Monthly, Universal Daily News of Thailand, World Journal of New York, World Journal of Vancouver, World Journal of Toronto, World Journal of San Francisco, Chinese Daily News of Los Angeles, and Europe Journal of Paris. The newspaper is widely sold in many Chinatowns in the above cities and other predominant Chinese suburbia, in addition to subscription by mail available throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The main affiliated newspaper, United Press syndicate, was first established in 1951. Currently, it is the leading Chinese newspaper syndicate with the largest circulation in the world.

In North America, World Journal is published by independent operations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Texas, Vancouver and Toronto, serving overseas Chinese readers from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, as well as those who were born in the United States.


Contents of World Journal

The editorials and contents of World Journal were originally considered very hostile to the People's Republic of China. However, this view has changed rather drastically in the early 1990s when the newspaper begun to increase its sections / pages to have much more news coverage on mainland China by increasing the corresponding coverage from the a mere single article to two pages in the main section. The rapid shift to neutralism for its coverage on mainland China was originally in part due to the attempt to obtain more readers among the recent Chinese immigrants, whom mostly were consisted mainland Chinese. The shift was further strengthened from mid-1990s in part due to the new huge wave of the arrival of mainland Chinese immigrants to North America after the mid-1990s.


Content Summary of World Journal

Section A: Headline News & International

  • Front page headlines I.
  • Headlines II.
  • Topics of the day
  • Focus of Mainland China and Taiwan
  • International News
  • Taiwan News I, II, III, IV
  • Mainland China News I, II, III, IV (Except Sunday)
  • Hong Kong News I, II
  • Southeast Asia News

Section B: Local News

  • Local Focus
  • State News
  • Headline in Chinese Community
  • Chinese Community event and calendar
  • View on cities (Tue.)
  • Consumer and living
  • Other state news
  • News from other states
  • State forum
  • World Forum (Tue. Thurs. Sun.)
  • Sports Focus and Variety I, II
  • Recreation (Thurs.)

Section C: National News

  • US National News I, II, III (Tue to Sat)
  • Travel (Tue.)
  • Food News (Wed. Sat.)
  • Real Estate

Section D: Financial News

  • Focus of the state
  • Global economy
  • Technology information/Internet
  • US economy and stock market
  • Mainland China economy
  • Taiwan economy
  • Taiwan stock market news
  • Performance of Taiwan stock market
  • Hong Kong economy

Section E: Entertainment News

  • Entertainment in color
  • Taiwan entertainment I, II.
  • Hong Kong entertainment I, II
  • Japan & Korea entertainment
  • Mainland China entertainment I, II

Section F: Home/Life

  • Family garden
  • Children's world
  • Generation and history
  • Fiction world
  • Hong Kong supplement
  • Book review (Sun.)
  • Kaleidoscope

Section G: Consumer News

  • State commerce editorial
  • Classified Ad Section
  • Life and style
  • Healthcare and medicine

Other Publications of World Journal

Homeland Weekly (Sunday only)
Sunday Weekly Magazine (Sunday only)
Health Monthly Magazine (2nd Wed of the Month)
Travel Quarterly Magazine (Every 3 month)
Reading by 9 Chinese Version (Annually)
Sunday Special Report I & II (Sunday)


Distribution Map of World Journal:

2 editions on the North West Coast

San Francisco Edition

California (North of Fresno)
Idaho
Montana
Nevada (North of Reno)
Wyoming

Western Edition

Alaska
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington

3 editions on the South West Coast

Los Angeles Edition

Los Angeles and
Orange County

Texas Edition

Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas

Midwestern Edition

Arizona
California (South of Fresno)
Colorado
Nebraska
Nevada (South of Reno)
New Mexico
N. Dakota
S. Dakota
Utah

6 editions on the East Coast

New York Edition

Connecticut
New York
Puerto Rico

New Jersey Edition

Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Washington D.C. Edition

Maryland
Virginia
Washington D.C.
W. Virginia

Boston Edition

Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Atlanta Edition

Alabama
Florida
Georgia
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Tennessee

Chicago Edition

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin

2 editions in Canada

Eastern Canada

Western Canada




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