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| myr = Syīngdǎu R̀bàu| w = Hsingtao Jihpao| j = Sing1 dou2 jat6 bou3| y = Sīngdóu Yahtbouɕɪ́ŋtǒu jɐ̀tpōu|}}| tp = Xīngdǎo Rìhbào}}{{Conservatism in China|Media}}The Sing Tao Daily ({{zh|t=星島日報}}) (also known as Sing Tao Jih Pao) is among Hong Kong's oldest Chinese language newspapers.NEWS, 2022-09-02, Sing Tao Daily publishes its last print edition as it shifts focus to online content, en-CA, The Globe and Mail,weblink 2023-11-13, 14 November 2023,weblink live, It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation, of which Kwok Ying-shing ({{zh|t=郭英成}}) is chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard.Sing Tao's Toronto edition is partly owned by Star Media Group, the publisher of the Toronto Star, a Torstar Corporation company.NEWS, Blackwell, Tom, December 3, 2020, Inside Canada's Chinese-language media: 'Beijing has become the mainstream,' says ex-Sing Tao editor, National Post,weblink December 5, 2020,

History

(File:HK Sheung Wan Sing Tao Daily News Rumsey Street 2a.jpg|thumb|300px|Passenger car with Sing Tao News Corporation livery)Sing Tao Daily is the oldest Chinese language daily newspaper in Hong Kong, having commenced publication on 1 August 1938.Sing Tao Holdings Ltd Annual Report {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305031050weblink |date=5 March 2021 }} 2002, Profile of the GroupThe first overseas edition of the paper was launched in 1963 in San Francisco, where the group’s first overseas office was set up in May 1964.In 1992, Sing Tao Daily, encountering financial difficulties, established a joint publication with the International Culture Publishing Corporation, a front organization for China's Ministry of State Security according to Alex Joske.BOOK, Joske, Alex, (Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World), 2022, Hardie Grant Books, 978-1-74358-900-7, 55, 1347020692, Alex Joske, Until 2002, the parent company of Sing Tao Daily was Sing Tao Holdings; since then it has been Sing Tao News Corporation.WEB, Announcements and Circulars {{!, Sing Tao News Corporation Limited |url=https://www.singtaonewscorp.com/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.singtaonewscorp.com |language=en |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113231127weblink |url-status=live }}In June 2021, a real estate developer's daughter from mainland China purchased a majority stake in the company.In August 2021, the U.S. branch of Sing Tao Daily started to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) at the order of the United States Department of Justice. The company said the incident involved libel and it would seek legal actions.WEB, 2021-08-27, US edition of Sing Tao told to register as foreign agent,weblink 2023-06-03, Marketing-Interactive, en, 29 November 2021,weblink live, WEB, Markay, Lachlan, 2021-08-25, DOJ brands Chinese-owned U.S. newspaper a foreign agent,weblink 2021-08-26, Axios (website), Axios, en, 26 August 2021,weblink live, WEB, Cheng, Selina, 2021-08-26, US edition of Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao forced to register as foreign agent,weblink 2021-08-27, Hong Kong Free Press, en-GB,

Political stance

{{See also|Conservatism in Hong Kong}}The Sing Tao has a long pro-government history. Before the handover of Hong Kong to China, it supported the Kuomintang and British Hong Kong government; and once Hong Kong was transferred and turned into a special administrative region, the paper turned its support to the Beijing government.WEB,weblink Editor Dismissed Over Pro-Beijing Edits, Say Sources, Canada Free Press, 14 February 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140222035056weblink">weblink 22 February 2014, live, WEB,weblink Hong Kong Newspapers, Pro- and Anti-Beijing, Weigh In on Protests, Yu, Jess Macy, 2014-10-06, The New York Times, en-US, 2019-08-11,weblink 11 August 2019, live, Sing Tao’s reporting on China now aligns with that of state-run media from Beijing.

Reports of Chinese Communist Party influence

A 2001 article by the Jamestown Foundation claimed that two of Sing Taos owners were members of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and one editor had previously worked for China Daily.WEB, Duzhe, Mei, November 21, 2001, How China's Government Is Attempting to Control Chinese Media in America,weblink 2023-11-16, Jamestown Foundation, en-US, 18 April 2023,weblink live, According to a Hoover Institution report, Sing Tao was purchased by a pro-Beijing businessman in May 2001, who soon after partnered with the Xinhua News Agency to establish a joint venture, leading to the formation of an information-service company named Xinhua Online.WEB, Diamond, Larry, Schell, Orville, November 29, 2018, China's Influence & American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance,weblink February 20, 2024, Hoover Institution, It is another formerly independent Chinese newspaper that has fallen under Beijing’s control. In 2013, an analyst at Freedom House wrote in a report submitted to the Center for International Media Assistance that in recent decades, Sing Taos management and owners began practicing "self-censorship," "high-risk" contributors were terminated, and journalists left due to an "unpalatable editorial policy." Topics such as the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, human rights in Tibet, and Taiwanese independence were minimized or avoided.BOOK, Center for International Media Assistance,weblink The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World, 2013-10-22, Sara Segal-Williams (ChinaFile), English,

See also

• Headline Daily
• Newspapers of Hong Kong
• Media in Hong Kong
• Newspaper Society of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
• The Standard (Hong Kong)
• Sing Tao Daily (Canada)

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Sing Tao Daily}}

• {{Official website}}

{{Newspapers in Hong Kong}}