College Daily

College Daily (Chinese: 北美留学生日报) is a new media publication whose primary audience is Chinese students studying in North America.[1]

College Daily
北美留学生日报
Formation2014
FounderLin Guoyu
Founded atBeijing
TypeNew media
HeadquartersTimes Square
Location
Staff (2019)
45
Websitewww.collegedaily.cn
College Daily
Simplified Chinese北美留学生日报
Traditional Chinese北美留學生日報
Literal meaningNorth America Students Studying Abroad Daily Newspaper

Overview

College Daily was founded in Lin Guoyu’s Beijing apartment in 2014 and expanded from there.[2] The primary audience is overseas Chinese students,[3] particularly those studying in North America. Writers are instructed to include “things from reality, but also things from one’s mind. Otherwise, the emotional appeal will be lacking.”[2]

As of August 2019 the College Daily employed 30 in their Beijing office and 15 at their New York City office.[2]

History

The New Yorker has described the organization as post-truth.[2] College Daily articles about Yale have been linked to Chinese state propaganda.[4]

The College Daily has spread misleading and false information about the 2019 Hong Kong Protests including that protesters would receive a $20 million reward for killing a police officer. The Diplomat described their efforts to spread misleading information as “notorious."[1]

In September 2019 the College Daily published a story calling for Australian journalist and academic Vicky Xiuzhong Xu’s estranged father to be expelled from China due to her outspoken journalism. The article asserted that Xu was an “American mouthpiece” and that she only criticized the Chinese government in order to get political asylum in Australia.[5]

See also

References
  1. Jung, Chauncey. "China's Changing PR Strategy for the Hong Kong Protests". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. Zhang, Han. "The "Post-Truth" Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News". www.newyorker.com. The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. and Harsh Taneja, Angela Xiao Wu. "China's propaganda on Weibo and WeChat misplaced on Twitter and Facebook". asia.nikkei.com. Nikkei. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. Schrader, Isaiah. "SCHRADER: Beijing comes to Yale". yaledailynews.com. Yale Daily News. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. Bonyhady, Nick. "Outspoken journalist in Australia and father in China harassed online". www.smh.com.au. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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