CHINA MAIL BOOMING IN ITS 126TH YEAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100190015-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: March 28, 1970
• Content Type: NSPR

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China Mail booming
in its 126th year
The China Mail is 125 years
old. Its first edition went to
press on February 20, 1845. The
English - language newspaper
enters its 126th year with cir-
culation at a record daily aver-
age of more than 21,000. This
was a 13.9 percent increase on
the previous year. The Mail is
the only English-language news-
paper in Hong Kong to publish
,three editions a day.
It was established as a week-
ly in a small office In Pottinger
Street, Central, with just one
man - Andrew Shortrede -- to
"deliver" it. The Mall became
a daily newspaper in 1867 and ;
changed from broadsheet to tab-
loid format in 1967..
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