- Joan Delaney
Following on the heels of the closure of its eastern U.S. edition at the end of January, the Chinese newspaper Ming Pao Daily News is now folding its western U.S. operations based in San Francisco.
The closure came about because Ming Pao has been “deeply affected” by the economic crisis, according to a notice posted on its website. The notice said that a free newspaper published by Ming Pao in San Francisco would also stop publishing on February 14. Over 50 staff were let go.
It is currently unknown whether Ming Pao’s Hong Kong, Vancouver, and Toronto editions are also in danger of closing. The paper’s headquarters in Hong Kong has said that Ming Pao has been losing money on its overseas editions for years. Calls requesting comment from Ka-ming Lui, Ming Pao’s CEO for North America, were not returned by deadline.
Managed by World Chinese Media, Ming Pao established its Toronto and Vancouver editions in 1993. Its New York edition began in 1997 and the San Francisco edition in 2004.
Of the major Chinese newspapers in the U.S.—The Epoch Times, World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, and Ming Pao Daily News—Ming Pao has been the only one to go under.
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