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The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. [2] [3] Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule.
Most papers sell at a cover price of HK$9-10, except South China Morning Post (HK$9, while the Sunday edition, Sunday Morning Post, costs HK$10). The economic recession brought about by SARS in 2003 led to some resellers pricing at $1 below the recommended price. According to the HK Newspaper Hawkers Association, the situation lasted through to ...
The platform reported news on the Chinese-speaking regions, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It catered to young people and readers in the United States, its largest market, [4] and is blocked in mainland China. [5] [6] As of May 2021, the last edition was published on March 30, 2021.
The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012. [2] It was formerly called the Hongkong Standard [4] and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom [when?] but partially reverted to The Standard in 2001. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is its main local competitor.
In December 2015, the South China Morning Post – Hong Kong's newspaper of record – was acquired by the Alibaba Group, with the declared aim of promoting an alternative pro-China narrative to international media. [3] The freedom of press is protected by the Bill of Rights, [4] in contrast to the rest of China where control over media is ...
The South China Morning Post reported that the central government of the People's Republic of China was of the view that the political climate in Hong Kong would preclude the passage of a bill under Article 23, and so resorted to enactment through the National People's Congress instead. [8]
Great Wall Pan Asia Holdings Limited (formerly Armada Holdings Limited, Chinese: 長城環亞控股, SEHK: 583) is a property investment company in Hong Kong. [1]The company was formerly known as SCMP Group Limited and changed its name to Armada Holdings Limited in April 2016 after it sold its media businesses, including South China Morning Post, to Alibaba Group.
In the early 1990s, the Hong Kong English-language newspaper market was dominated by the South China Morning Post and the Hongkong Standard, a distant second, both of which were seen to have begun to favour the Chinese Communist Party line on Hong Kong in the remaining few years before the handover of sovereignty in 1997.