* Beijing Xinhua Official Government News Agency-Intl
* Pakistan Daily Times - Online
The New Voice for a New Pakistan
Whereas News on China was still rare and at times quite difficult to beget, in the new millenium China has become one of the major economical and political powers in a rapidly changing world. No news agency can take itself seriously without keeping track of the main events in the worlds most populous nation. Below is a short listing of News Agencies and their websites, frequently visited by DrBen and his China Report Staff, or otherwise just popular in the mainstream of China followers who use twitter, facebook, micro-blogs and other social media to keep track.
* The Globe and Mail - Online Version
* Al Jazeera - Online
* REUTERS - Online
This page was last updated on: 29/1/2012
* The Times of India - Online
* The Global Post - Online
* The Guardian (UK)
China Correspondent Tania Branigan in Beijing
* The Daily Beast - Online
* China news Digest (CND) - Online
* RADIO FREE ASIA ; RFA.org - Online
Bringing Free Press to Closed Societies
* The Shanghaiist - Online
Shanghaiist is part of Gothamist LLC, the most visited network of city blogs on the Internet today. Founded in 2005, Shanghaiist has emerged as one of the most popular English-language websites about China, covering local news, events, food, and entertainment for a diverse audience of young and affluent urbanites. Driven entirely by word-of-mouth, Shanghaiist has grown year-over-year by more than 100%, to more than 630K monthly page views in July 2010.
* HanHan Digest - Online
Follow Han Han, popular popstar, racing driver, business man, writer and blogger on one of the most popular micro-blogs in China today. This Ghost site gives English Language translations of what Han Han is posting and has posted on his Micro-blog. Courtesy: unnamed German Translation Service.
This Listing is topped by the Main and Official Chinese News Agencies, with the note that all of these are Chinese State owned entities, who operate under strict guidance from the Governing Chinese Communist Party.
Only the South China Morning Post is an exception and, for mainly historic reasons, operates on a much freeer basis.
* Wall Street Journal (W.S.J.) - Online
All worthwhile News on the Peoples Republic of China and all China News from the Wall Street Journal.
Check it directly on China Realtime, the WSJ Blog on China.
* Epoch Times.
Largest Chinese-language newspaper outside of Mainland China & Taiwan. The Chinese-language Epoch Times started publishing in response to the growing need for uncensored coverage of events in China. The first newspaper was published in New York in May 2000, web launch in August 2000.
* Asia Time - Online
Registered in Hong Kong (S.A.R.).
Worthwhile Read: DrBen is currently reading up in the above book; Cable & French, the Gobi Desert.
Special Interest - Agencies & Sites with news on specific subjects relating to China & Region -
* ChinaDialogue.Net - Online
A News outlet dedicated to environmental news relating to China (P.R.C.) and wider regions. As stated in their Mission and on their website, ChinaDiaologue is 中国与世界,环境危机大家谈 i.e. where China and the World come together to discuss environmental issues of all kinds.
* ITV-Asia.com - Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai
Internet Television for Business in Asia.
Asia's first independent television network for business executives provides business news, interviews and analysis with leading China and Japan business leaders.
* Greenpeace East Asia -
Everything Greenpeace wants you to know about Environmental Issues in China and East Asia.