'''Reference News''' (
Simplified Chinese: 参考消息,
Traditional Chinese: 參考消息,
Pinyin: Cānkǎo Xiāoxī), began at
December 7 1931, is a newspaper daily which has the largest circulation in
mainland China with 3 million
[1]. It is published by
Xinhua News Agency.
''Reference News'' was at first available only to
cadres and their families, but it was made available to the entire Chinese public after competition from
news sources had started, and subsequently its circulation dropped from 11 million in 1980 to 4 million in 1985
[2].
See also
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Xinhua News Agency
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China News Service
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People's Daily
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Media in the People's Republic of China
External links
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Introduction on
Xinhua News Agency website (
Simplified Chinese)
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Mao Zedong and Reference newspapers (
Simplified Chinese)