Southern Weekend
Encyclopedia
Southern Weekly, also referred to as Southern Weekend (Chinese
: 南方周末; Pinyin
:Nánfāng Zhōumò) is a weekly newspaper
based in Guangzhou, China, and a sister publication of the newspaper Southern Daily (Chinese
:南方日報)
Southern Weekend is one of China’s most popular newspapers, and is owned by the independent-minded Southern Daily Group (Chinese
:南方報業集团). The New York Times
has described the Southern Weekend as "China's most influential liberal
newspaper".
Chinese character
Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
: 南方周末; Pinyin
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
:Nánfāng Zhōumò) is a weekly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
based in Guangzhou, China, and a sister publication of the newspaper Southern Daily (Chinese
Chinese character
Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
:南方日報)
Southern Weekend is one of China’s most popular newspapers, and is owned by the independent-minded Southern Daily Group (Chinese
Chinese character
Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
:南方報業集团). The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
has described the Southern Weekend as "China's most influential liberal
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
newspaper".