Foreign and Military Affairs
Chin Daily Europe Edition receives thumbs-up
(China Daily)
Updated: 2011-01-20 08:00
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CHINA DAILY PRESS RELEASE
19 January 2011
Europe’s first English-language Chinese paper has scaled new heights following its launch in early December, signalling a new dawn in communications.
The European edition of China Daily, China’s leading English-language newspaper, is now available in 27 countries on the continent, up from the initial 8.
At a reception in London to celebrate the launch of the European edition and the upcoming Chinese New Year, Qu Yingpu, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Daily Media Group, said: “As China and Europe face a host of common problems – a patchy global economic recovery, sovereign debt crises, diminishing resources, environmental challenges, trade disputes – the two sides should talk more and do more. Talk to each other, not past each other. Do more together, not pull in different directions.
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Qu Yingpu, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Daily Media Group, gives a speech at a reception in London to celebrate the launch of the European edition on Wednesday. [Photo by Jia Yifan] |
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Chinese Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said China Daily European Weekly "opens a new window on China for UK and European readers". [Photo by Jia Yifan] |
“We do not shy away from contentious issues – we provide a rational perspective and try to be the voice of reason. On various issues, we provide balance with comment from Europeans and Chinese,” Qu said.
Chinese Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said China Daily European Weekly “opens a new window on China for UK and European readers”.
“Europeans love reading newspapers, perhaps more so the British,” he said, adding that Britain and Europe are blessed with competitive media industries.
“We in China have a proverb, which goes: ‘Listening to both sides, you will be enlightened; heeding only one side, you will be benighted.’ When it comes to issues related to China, we have many good stories to tell and ‘Chinese views’ to offer,” Liu said.
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Lord Prescott, former British deputy prime minister, speaks during a reception in London to celebrate the launch of the European edition on Wednesday. [Photo by Jia Yifan] |
Lord Prescott, former British deputy prime minister, said: “The role of China in the world is a matter of constantly increasing interest and significance. So the decision by China Daily to publish in the UK is timely and greatly to be welcome.”
“Most people need to be much better informed about the economic, political and social issues of importance to China, and the way in which these issues are being addressed. And they need to know more about China’s achievements. China Daily therefore has a big part to play in developing an informed debate about these issues,” Lord Prescott said.
China Daily European Weekly is published from London and Brussels, building on China Daily’s aspiration to be a newspaper which provides a window for China to be understood by, and understand, the world. It covers politics, business, culture and society, delivering in-depth and intelligent analysis of news and issues that are of interest to European and Chinese readers.
China Daily European Weekly is available from news agents and distributors in most major European cities. For more information go to www.chinadailyuk.com
