China Daily's founding publisher Jiang passes away

BEIJING - Veteran journalist and former China Daily publisher Jiang Muyue passed away on Jan 24 at the age of 96.

Jiang embarked on his journalistic career in 1938, when he founded Starlight Weekly in Chengdu, Sichuan province, which carried morale-boosting messages during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Always on the frontlines, Jiang led a China Youth Journalists Society war correspondents team in 1939 and contributed stories to major newspapers in Chengdu.