Referense news

The history
Reference News was first published on 7 November 1931. It is published by Xinhua News Agency (formerly Red China News Agency, 1931–1937). As the Chinese government's official news agency, Xinhua translates and re-publishes articles by foreign news agencies.
Reference News was at first available only to cadres and their families, but it was made available to the entire Chinese public in the face of increasing competition.

Why did this newspaper become popular?
Before the 1980s, Reference News was the only official channel for the Chinese public to have a glimpse of the outside world.

2. The paper is also published in the Uyghur, Kazakh, Korean, and Mongolian languages for ethnic minority groups in China.

3. This newspaper has become available to the entire Chinese public.

Interesting to know…
Reference News was first published on 7 November 1931
Photo of 1931

2. It is ranked 7th in the world by circulation and 1st in China.

3. Due to competition, its circulation dropped from 11 million in 1980 to 4 million in 1985.

About other newspapers:
The first newspapers were published in Ancient Rome. They were hung around the city. They were news stories, but Julius Caesar ordered them to include summaries of the decisions taken by the Senate

The world's first newspaper in the usual sense of the word began to be published in China about 1200 years ago. It was called the Metropolitan Herald. It was made by the method of printing hieroglyphs on the board.

There is still one handwritten newspaper in the world, Musalman. It is published in India, in the city of Chennai, and is created by scribes in the Urdu language. After the sample is created, it is reproduced using a printing press.