POLITICAL INFORMATION: UNIFICATION OF AW BOON HAW'S NEWSPAPER CHAIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000100280005-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 4, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Political Inforraation: Unification of
Aw Boon rlawis liewspapor Chain
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I. Since V4-3 Day, Vir. Hu .en-hu ( o p ) ha s boon
fre nt tr 1r tvyee n 3in7. a pore and s ie trying
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to unify thr.: Clir:ir seas Chine Te in the 3 ou s. Is lta n0.55 inVe. t
money in the reconstruction of 71171ion I're;vince, an51 PO. -ee,tn'hlish
YunfT-on Tang Tiger 'Palm. Company, he is also 1.T oin4r, to in rove
the "Erving" ncJsoer
2 r, Hu originated tho "lisicc" ne?-:-!s71:,a-perin only for
own cultural, en(i came rein 1 n 1.17ancernent. lie hts dofinitely
voice :1 his politicn1 opinions in his rte-3spape.rs; theri,?*ero, tii
political nv,licies of the "Hsing" newsparers hsvo never been
umU'1e10 Then 03. t co 1 opinion) of thc.. local ,ldit6r an1 the local
reiiticl situntion often determine the rc.)litical 1:ittitudo
the "11 ing " ne7.'srsper s lifirls?-:Af tai:es no -rrt in it. -
en teS - 'Trip ne. se ????:ar ste te the
), -the Yit3:10St newspaper tuhishec1 by the "lIsine
sr17T'eY 6rin.ln, aPPeared in Hoxv,kong. At thrt time, Honr.,..kong
rrp .5 not only the "happy haven" for ti-;,e "upper e2n5.7s" C1,1mse
iutnlo the only pin.ce for p-ogressive cu7itural vmr)ors to co,
?-.?! he re the controlling class .in dire.ct; conflict with the
i.VC? Clp 5S (1.1p)n, in uri activities- Under silch,
conflitions the HsIn oJilLhiCh lind no efinite
0:tiny, 'became the ,:lrey of all political p,Trties, 7*-ich -.store
coristantl.y trying to influence its editorif.11s. nonce the trond
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of the editorials of the Hsiaz jpo..Daily changed each time its
editor was rerlaced.
4, R.ring that the political inclinations of the "Hi ;" newsparor.
were not the same? some o.7 the far-sighted associates of L.r,Ilu
sugge s ted ths t the a dr! inistrn t ion and opinions - expressed in the
"Hsing" newspaper chain be unified; clans were ripde to set ur a
Central Administrative Bureau for the "Hsing" news-PnPors Plad to
increase the number of the "Using" newspapers to eighteen? Shortly
afterwards, the Paci71c ":ar breke out, and th 'Hsing" nkspapers
were forced to suspend publicntion.w
5 . As a result of the chaire in the ways of thining since the
war the ideas and po:ticies of the "Hsing" newsrapors are more varied
than ever Tie Tao )aily rebukes tho Comnunists ev-ry day,
whiTe frytAly s c on stnlit ly discrediting the LUomintang.
nompatively liberal 't
,Th:tna f_4..Jin-: Hu a -Jaily and Hsing E4Rng Da ily_7riust surpert
icies oft tral y:overnent? /because non-IXT r2pOrS in
. China are lishle to suppre3s1on_7?
6 . 11`e1r differences in policy not only surprise the re-aders but
also ,:iorry t:17 Hu ei-nu himself, who admits that the "Hsing"
newsrarers tc'e fl fled of a roorr0.7,ntion. Thus the old plans for
unifyint: the "Hsing" ne7spa have h:-en revived, The political
trends of the "Hsing" newspapers ',vial follow that of the Euomintang,,
They are going to sunport leneralissimo Chiang Eal-shok and the Central
Government, but they will be more or less liberal like the Ta_pinp-_Fail,?
7 The first !ltep is to re-orgnnize the Hoin7 Tao pnd the }JsiEg
Pin Dirt11L2 3taff-nombr who leNn too much to the left or too
much to the right will be dismissed, The second :top is to call
a meeting of: the managers and editors of ail the "Hring" newspapers on
10 C,ctober 1946 in !TiOng:IOng to discuss the adoption of an ovor-all
policy and a net-viork of riews-gathcring, an(1 to sot up a Central
Bureau of Administration to control and to further the development
Of the "rising" newsrapers? ris,"r]c?first .new "Hsin.-," paper to be established.
.1711] _be the HsinP. Da.ilv f,R" IL) in -Poocho-, Hu
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03 arl r,0 00110v7 ,'"r"in'01h Of the
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Yung-on Tang .alm Company, Will be responsible for the preparatorz,/
\%'ork of this new aub.ication,, The first issue wir be rublisod on
.New Year's day 100. The devolopqit of the "Hsing" neWsparers in
Fukien will be of Front imrortnnce to flu'..en-hu because he hos be-
coat very interested in the pest-war reconstruction ,of Fukien Province
Lips native .rovncej He has collected a o7pital of CITC.30."0001000,1000
:tr.ozi has organized a company to invest in .Pul?-.1en.
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