POLITICAL INFORMATION: TIENTSIN NEWSPAPERS
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R000100560006-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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November 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
December 16, 1998
Sequence Number:
6
Case Number:
Publication Date:
September 1, 1946
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IR
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Political Inform,
25X1A2
ORIGIN
25X1X6
The following report supplements information
iven in previously made surveys of Tientsin newspapers
1. Min Shgng !A2_ . '1 4 +'`--
a. Controls `
Owner - Mr. Chin. Feng-ch?uan
Manager - Mr. Liu Tzu-wei
b. Status: The publisher states that spec al columns
will be devoted to commercial and economic news and that this
is the first paper in North China of such a nature.
co Political affiliation: The managers I1r0 Liu, is a
secretafy of the Tientsin office of CNIIRA therefore,, it is gen-
erally believed that the paper is closely affiliated with CNRRA,
( i n'tsin Note: Subsource No. 2 confirms the foregoing state-
ment and further states that the paper is critical of the Kuo-
mintang.)
2. Iii in Shen;? Ijve~ Newt
a. Control:
Owner s IiiCh? ing-thsien
$ ~- ,,,,~ d tt
Manager +- Ch?ang Hs iao-ch uan ( / 1 ) E 1 )
Editor -- Chang Tao.liang (~ ) !
b0, Status: This paper began publication 15 Liay 1946, but
was later suppressed by local authorities. It resumed publica-
tion on 31 July after obtaining approval from Nanking.
ce Political aff ilia 6a s paper is sponsored by
a Christian organization. dote: Source No. 2 con-
firms this facto)
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.ti.on: Tientsin Newspapers
DIST. 22 November 1946
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CENTRA]' Ti 'IGEtCE GIDUP
3o The Tientsin Chronicle (English. Language newspaper)
a. Circulation: 1500 daily?
b0 Control:
Owner - 'Thomas Liang
Manager -- Jack Liang
gill Editors r_ Peter Ton!:!nd Teddy Liang
Note: No charac Leas were received for the last four
names U
ca Political affiliations This paper is sponsored by
the Ministry of Information of the Central Committee of the
Kuot i.n tang w
25X1A6a
Note: Thomas Liang is the Director of the Information
ureau o. the Tientsin LIunicipal. Government, Lia,sg has informed
Source No,, 2 that he has received no financial assistance ibr the
the paper and because he has been using money from his personal
funds,, the paper,will soon cease publication,,)
4, The Tient sfn EveningJjo rt
o....,..~... ( ng?i.sh language neE^r5pa,per)
a., Circulations 1000 daily
b. Control:
OYwvner -- B.S. Bogard
Manager .- B,,S, rtogard
Editor - A. Simon
c~ Political affil.i.ations Political background of this
paper is unknown, but it is generally believed to be sponsored
by the National Gov'ernrment ^.?
5. Ids iD ilea
a0 Circulation: 2000 daily
bQ Control:
Dote: This is the same Ch1 i ikin wh i lit P
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Owner VA Chi.l.ikin
Editor i wA o Ciil ikjn
...r
s e ~ divides ox his e. t he
Shanghai edition of the Juan tDai.isr 2,23-s" He
time between Sh
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ientsin
c.'? Political affiliations- Soviet nevwspaper,
This paper was taken over from the Japanese and
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as -a ~,rivate enterprise, 4 It is owned by Li. ' un -hsfi C )
who is a member of the San 11i.n Chu I Youth Corps, The aT3e: is
at one time suspended because of a dispute over ownership between
the Corps and Li... It was scheduled to resume publication
.on 15?,August
as an officialpaper of the Youth Corps, y6after~, the
dispute > 4r J. .l ., ?.! :_. ~s r .. .... ` `?..i i.. .~.': "~',~ 1.': n .1Yt .3 L3`.&.E+Sg
r ra ' ang Jen-yttan( Dire tr r of the Tientsin
Branch of the Youth Corps 11-12 f serve as publisher,, ahile Mro
Li, the former proprietor, remains as chief editor. The paper
had a circulation of approximately 2000 daily,,
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Comment-
25X1X6 Mstates that the owner of this agency is Chang $hu.-.fan
and that it is semi-affiliated with CNRRAO Since
25X1X6 information is more recent,, it is possible that
the agency has changed +.+:,'rtrship>: )
North C Zln ,T -,.,
T ntsin A0_QX Pq=
ae Control:
Olvner - Liu Pannpo (/ J
b0 Status: This paper is very popular with the middle-
class people.
co Political affiliations This paper is sponsored by
the Kuomintang.
92 PAs~qn
8. Tientsin Economic News _
a0 Status: Only local news items are issued by this
agency and the stories are c i.doly used by local nevisnaperso
b. Political af_, iliation: This is a civilian-owned
agency.
10, Tientsi.n_nq?2mVjria1 TdeC/'i encr
by Political affiliation - This is p r-oly a commercial
news agency with no political backcgroundo
a~ Control:
Owner - Yang Tao-fan
bo Political affiliation; Thais 6 cy is *en ".`"
vod to be sp6nsored by the 8130
r~ditor - Mr, Chia Ilsien-tall
a o (;ontrol.:
Manager ,`.?ang 3ui-fu (
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ins; information on the listed in il" 12 and 13,
be 3. oz,: )
c i.e ?.aaour c~~u d give only the follow-
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This i.:-- a small Y7 f: n-i n. ~ ^:K nears agoricy.
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