Chung Sai Yat Po
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Editor | Ng Poon Chew |
| Editor-in-chief | Ng Poon Chew |
| Staff writers | Teng I-yun, John Fryer |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Ceased publication | 1951 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Chung Sai Yat Po (simplified Chinese: 中西日报; traditional Chinese: 中西日報; pinyin: Zhōng Xi Rìbào), also known as China West Daily and Zhong Sai Yat Bo was a Chinese language newspaper founded by Ng Poon Chew (伍盤照) and published in San Francisco, California from 1900 to 1951. It was a major Chinese language daily newspaper in San Francisco and helped to shape the Chinese community in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The paper helped the Chinese to “break through their social and cultural isolation” to become Americans and reduced the gap between the Chinese community and mainstream American society. It was a financially independent and non-party-affiliated newspaper that cultivated discussions on community economic and social development.Chung Sai Yat Po was one of the longest running and most popular Chinese language daily newspapers in the United States.
In 1899, Ng Poon Chew (March 14, 1866 - March 13, 1931), a well-known and respected Chinese Presbyterian minister, started Hua Mei Sun Po (華美新報), also known as The Chinese American Newspaper, a Chinese language weekly newspaper in Los Angeles. He moved the paper to San Francisco in 1900 and renamed it Chung Sai Yat Po. The paper then shifted from a weekly publication to a daily publication. Ng regarded Chung Sai Yat Po as a paper of integrity and acceptance in an era of yellow journalism, rife with racism. He advocated the reformation and modernization of Chinese cultural practices and the adaptation to American mainstream society. He worked as the managing editor and translated English articles into Chinese, while Teng I-yun and John Fryer, a Chinese literature professor at the University of California at Berkeley, also served on the editorial staff. Ng’s Christian faith and understanding of North American identity helped to shape the values of the paper and its non-partisan stance.
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