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41-490: Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng , China and a joint venture between Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia . The company was formerly known as Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. until Dongfeng withdrew from the joint venture in late 2021. Dongfeng Yueda Kia was founded in 2002. In August 2003, it was announced that Dongfeng Yueda Kia would invest around US$ 600 million in

82-630: A 17-station, 13 km (8.1 mi) route. The line uses the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system with four-segment 320 passenger guided vehicles. During the trial operation, the B3 line of Yancheng City Public Transport Company will run on the same line as the SRT. Yancheng Nanyang International Airport now flies directly to Shanghai and Beijing, as well as flying directly to Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and so on. Outdoor activities include

123-738: A Hong Kong edition in 1997. By 2006, it had a reported circulation of 300,000, of which two thirds were in China and one third international. In 2010, it launched China Daily Asia Weekly, a tabloid -sized pan-Asian edition. In December 2012, China Daily launched an Africa edition, published in Nairobi , the capital of Kenya . This edition aimed expand the China Daily readership, of both African people and Chinese people who live in Africa, and showcase China's interests in Africa. In 2015, China Daily published

164-450: A fake op-ed which the publication claimed was penned by Peter Hessler . They combined part of the transcript of an interview he had done with comments from another person interviewed as well as completely fabricated parts and ran it as an op-ed under Hessler's byline without his knowledge or permission. The fabricated op-ed contained made up praise for China and misrepresented Hessler's own words by taking them out of context. According to

205-516: A one-month trial. It was initially led by Jiang Muyue, with Liu Zhunqi as editor in chief. It was the first national daily English-language newspaper in China after the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949. Its initial circulation was 22,000, which grew to 65,000 by the following year. The paper was a departure from other Chinese newspapers at the time: it was "a Western -style paper", in content, style, and organizational structure. By July 1982,

246-520: A report that cited China Daily and other state media outlets for "selective highlighting" of potential vaccine side-effects and "disregarding contextual information or ongoing research" to present Western vaccines as unsafe. In October 2021, the German Marshall Fund reported that China Daily was one of several state media outlets propagating a conspiracy theory concerning the origins of COVID-19 . In January 2022, China Daily alleged that

287-607: A simple mouthpiece" and has a "distinctive, if quixotic, status". In 2009, China Daily was called "the most influential English language national newspaper in China" according to University of St. Thomas scholar Juan Li. It is known for original reporting. Non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders has accused China Daily of engaging in censorship and propaganda. The New York Times wrote that China Daily 's inserts published in US newspapers "generally offer an informative, if anodyne, view of world affairs refracted through

328-451: Is "one of our most important tools in carrying out external propaganda". A former copy-editor (or "polisher" as termed at China Daily ) for the newspaper described her role being "to tweak propaganda enough that it read as English, without inadvertently triggering war." Journalist Michael Ottey described his time working for China Daily as "almost like working for a public relations firm" and added "it wasn't really honest journalism. It

369-607: Is also twinned with Ascoli Piceno , Italy (September 2001) and Guri , South Korea (February 20, 2003) respectively. China Daily China Daily ( Chinese : 中国日报 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Rìbào ) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party . China Daily has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. The headquarters and principal editorial office

410-548: Is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing . The newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several major foreign cities including New York City , Washington, D.C. , London , and Kathmandu . China Daily also produces an insert of sponsored content called China Watch that has been distributed inside other newspapers including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , and Le Figaro . Within mainland China,

451-498: The Chicago Tribune to sever financial ties with China Daily . Media outlets such as The New York Times , NPR , Quartz , and BuzzFeed News have published accounts of China Daily 's dissemination of disinformation related to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests . In September 2019, China Daily 's official Facebook account stated that Hong Kong protesters were planning on launching terrorist attacks on 11 September of

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492-549: The Associated Press , the editorial repeated Chinese Communist Party talking points and China Daily refused to retract it although it subsequently removed the English language version of the op-ed. In 2018, the paper fabricated a quote by the mayor of Davos , Tarzisius Caviezel. A January 2020 report by Freedom House , a U.S. non-governmental organization , noted that China Daily had increased its spending from $ 500,000 in

533-720: The People's Daily . According to its 2014 annual report, China Daily is formally managed by the State Council Information Office (SCIO), which was formed from the Central Publicity Department in 1991. The SCIO holds regular meetings with journalists and editors from China Daily on what they should publish. In 2014, the SCIO was absorbed into the CCP's Central Publicity Department. The SCIO has stated that China Daily

574-479: The salt harvest fields surrounding the city. According to historical records, collection and production of sea salt in the region began as early as 119 BC, during the Western Han dynasty , when the settlement on the current location of Yancheng was named Yandu County ( 盐渎县 ). According to the 2020 census , Yancheng had a registered population of 6,709,629, with 1,733,591 inhabitants in its built up area comprising

615-567: The Chinese Communist Party. In June 2020, China Daily awarded a tender for a "foreign personnel analysis platform" to the Communication University of China to scan social media and automatically flag "false statements and reports on China." In September 2020, India's Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that comments made by China Daily were falsely attributed to Ajit Doval . In September 2023,

656-582: The South and Southeast Asian Media Network. China Daily has continued to partner with other provincial "International Communication Centers" established by provincial CCP propaganda departments. In a 2004 journal article, University of Sheffield professor Lily Chen stated that China Daily was "essentially a publicly funded government mouthpiece". Judy Polumbaum stated in the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China (2009) that China Daily "resists definition as

697-492: The U.S. planned to pay athletes to "sabotage" the 2022 Winter Olympics . In March 2022, China Daily published an article in Chinese which falsely claimed that COVID-19 was created by Moderna , citing a page on The Exposé , a British conspiracist website. A 2019 critical discourse analysis of China Daily 's coverage of Chinese Muslims found them to be portrayed as "obedient and dependent Chinese citizens who benefit from

738-609: The US Department of State accused the Chinese government of information laundering by using a fictitious opinion columnist named "Yi Fan" writing in China Daily and other outsets to present state narratives as "organic sentiment". In January 2024, China Daily and the Yunnan International Communication Center, a project of the propaganda department of the Yunnan provincial CCP committee, jointly launched

779-500: The Yangcheng wetlands and salt marshes , home of some unique and endangered species, including Père David's deer and the red-crowned crane . There is also a famous food street in east road springing up in recent years in which there are many restaurants in the style of Huizhou architecture. Yancheng is twinned with the following domestic and foreign cities. In addition, the county-level city of Dafeng , administered by Yancheng,

820-574: The afternoon of May 18 and again on July 26 in 2011, there were explosions at local factories. Yancheng occupies roughly 582 km (362 mi) of coastline, more than half of the whole province. By the end of the Mesolithic period, the marine transgressions changed almost of the area into a shallow bay. Continued deposition of silt carried by the Yangtze River and the Huai River extend its coast to

861-621: The annual mean at 14.68 °C (58.4 °F). A majority of the mean annual precipitation of 1,002 mm (39.4 in) is distributed in June thru August. Xinyi-Changxing Railway runs through the city. The BRT system of Yancheng uses a dedicated bus lane on a 16 km (9.9 mi) route and as of 2010 carries 33,000 passengers per day. The first line went into service in 2010. The Yancheng District SRT Line 1 began testing in March 2021 and officially opened for trial operation on 16 April 2021 with

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902-642: The chemical factories in Chenjiagang Chemical Zone (陈家港生态化工园区), with seven killed and around 50 injured. On 23 November 2010, more than thirty were poisoned by a toxic gas release. In the early morning of 11 February 2011, rumors of toxic chemical release and potential imminent explosions in the Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park led over ten thousand residents to evacuate in panic from the towns of Chenjiagang and Shuanggang (双港镇) during which four people died and many were injured. On

943-524: The construction of a new assembly plant in Jiangsu Province with a capacity to produce 400,000 vehicles per year. In November 2011, Dongfeng Yueda Kia announced that it would construct its third automobile manufacturing plant in Yancheng. Construction of the plant took place between 2012 and 2014. The plant has an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars. In December 2021, Dongfeng sold its 25% stake in

984-452: The districts of Tinghu and Yandu. The prefecture-level city of Yancheng administers 9 county-level divisions , including 3 districts , 1 county-level city and 5 counties . The population information here presented uses 2010 census data of permanent residents. Yancheng has a history of 2,100 years since the first canton was founded here in the Han dynasty at the year 119 BC. It was named for

1025-636: The east gradually. Since 1128, the course of the Yellow River have changed to join up with the Huai River. The change has accelerated. Typical of northern and central Jiangsu, Yancheng has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa/Cwa ), strongly influenced by the East Asian Monsoon . The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 1.7 °C (35.1 °F) in January to 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in July, with

1066-566: The enemy. After the revival, the Army played a very important role in the war and finally the foundation of the People's Republic of China . Many monuments in honor of these heroes can still be found around Yancheng. A major fire and explosion accident happened in March 2019, killing 78 people and severely injuring at least 94. Around 640 people required hospital treatment and were taken to 16 hospitals. The facility—located in Yancheng's industrial park—was operated by Tianjiayi Chemical (江苏天嘉宜化工有限公司), and

1107-425: The equity structure of Dongfeng Yueda Kia was Kia Corporation, Yueda Automobile Group, and Yueda Investment, each holding 50%, 25%, and 25%, After the capital increase, the shareholding ratio of the new company is 50% for Kia Motors, 45.8% for Yueda Automobile Group and 4.2% for Yueda Investment respectively. Yueda Automobile Group and Yueda Investment are persons acting in concert. On 22 March 2022, Dongfeng Yueda Kia

1148-698: The first half of 2009 to over $ 5 million in the latter half of 2019 for increased print runs. China Daily said it had a circulation of 300,000 in the U.S. and 600,000 overseas. In February 2020, a group of U.S. lawmakers asked the United States Department of Justice to investigate China Daily for alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Later the same month, the United States Department of State designated China Daily , along with several other Chinese state media outlets, as foreign missions owned or controlled by

1189-558: The government's intervention." In January 2021, a China Daily article praised a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , stating that government policies in Xinjiang had "emancipated" the minds of Uyghur women so that they are "no longer baby-making machines". The article drew condemnation as being a justification for reproductive policies which persecute Uyghur people , and sparked calls for Twitter to remove links to

1230-465: The height of mass demonstrations. The newspaper's coverage of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak was reported to be more critical, fact-driven, and less laudatory than that of the People's Daily . A 2018 discourse analysis from Uppsala University found that prior to Xi Jinping 's accession, many China Daily articles portrayed their government as a particular kind of democracy, with democratic ideals such as

1271-687: The implementation of universal suffrage (in Hong Kong) and grassroots elections sometimes endorsed. After his accession, articles became more negative in tone toward democracy and shifted focus to portraying the "vices" of democracies in the West, particularly the United States. Scholars have described China Daily as effectively controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Ideologically, it tends to adopt similar perspectives to

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1312-625: The joint venture to Jiangsu Yueda for CN¥297 million. In February 2022, South Korea's Kia Motors Corporation signed an agreement to expand investment with the People's Government of Yancheng City and Jiangsu Yueda Group, and the two parties will establish a new joint venture. On the evening of 1 March, Yueda Automobile issued an announcement that Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co., Ltd. plans to increase capital by US$ 600 million. Yueda Investment issued an announcement to give up increasing investment in Dongfeng Yueda Kia. Prior to this capital increase,

1353-516: The lens of the Communist Party." In response to criticism, The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Daily Telegraph , and Nine Entertainment Co. ceased publishing China Daily 's China Watch inserts in their newspapers. In March 2024, US senator Marco Rubio publicly called on The Seattle Times , Houston Chronicle , The Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , Time , USA Today , Financial Times , Sun Sentinel , and

1394-409: The newspaper and its various international editions as an "instrument of China's public diplomacy ." China Daily 's editorial policies have historically been described as slightly more liberal than other Chinese state news outlets. Its coverage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre was overwhelmingly sympathetic to the student protests with many of its journalists joining in at

1435-604: The newspaper had plans to publish editions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and tentatively Australia. Initially, it struggled to find English-speaking journalists. China Daily began distribution in North America in 1983. It has been registered as a foreign agent in the United States under the Foreign Agents Registration Act since 1983. China Daily introduced an online edition in 1996 and

1476-400: The newspaper targets primarily diplomats , foreign expatriates , tourists, and locals wishing to improve their English. The China edition also offers program guides to Radio Beijing and television, daily exchange rates, and local entertainment schedules. It has been used as a guide to Chinese government policy and positions of the Chinese Communist Party . Scholar Falk Hartig describes

1517-497: The salt reserves in rivers around the area, its name literally meaning "Salt City". In later years, the city was the home of Fan Zhongyan , the 12th century statesman and Shi Nai'an , the reputed author of famous novels. Yancheng was in the limelight during the Chinese Civil War from the 1930s to 1940s. The New Fourth Army led by the Chinese Communist Party was reestablished in Yancheng after being ambushed and battered by

1558-656: The same year. In May 2020, CNN , Financial Times , and other media outlets reported that China Daily censored references to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic from an opinion piece authored by European Union ambassadors. In January 2021, China Daily inaccurately attributed deaths in Norway to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine . In April 2021, the European External Action Service published

1599-415: Was more 'Let's make the Chinese government look good.'" Writer Mitch Moxley, who worked at China Daily from 2007 to 2008, wrote in 2013 that many of the articles published in the newspaper's opinion pages "violated everything [he] had ever learned about journalistic ethics , including China Daily' s own code: 'Factual, Honest, Fair, Complete.'" China Daily was officially established in June 1981 after

1640-451: Was renamed Kia Motors Co., Ltd. In May of the same year, it was renamed Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. The Jiangsu-Yueda-Kia's plant in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province manufactures Kia vehicles for the Chinese market. The plant will also accommodate the initial mass production of the HiPhi 1 electric crossover starting from 2021. Yancheng Yancheng, literally "Salt City", is named after

1681-544: Was used to produce fertilizer or pesticides. Tianjiayi Chemical had previously been penalized six times for infractions of pollution and waste management laws, and China Daily reported fines over safety issues. According to the South China Morning Post , this plant paid bribes, paid journalists and local officials so this chemical plant could remain open without any negative publicity or reasons to shut down. On 27 November 2007, an explosion occurred in one of

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