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Friday 18 January 2019

Kaiyuan Za Bao - After Dibao

Kaiyuan Za Bao
Kaiyuan Za Bao 開元雜報 ("Bulletin of the Court") of the Chinese Tang Dynasty published government news.

Year & Period:
First appeared in the 8th century, during the Kaiyuan era.

Content
It has been described as the first Chinese newspaper or official gazette, and also as the world's first magazine. Its main subscribers were imperial officials. Every day the political news and domestic news were collected by the editors, and the writers transcribed it to send to the provinces. 

Print
It was hand printed on silk, and appeared between 713 and 734.

Other Info
In 1582, there was the first reference to privately published newssheets in Beijing, during the late Ming Dynasty.

Other Names
It was also called as Kaiyuan Chao Bao

Perished
The progress of the history accompanied with the cultural development. Since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a lot of influential Chinese-owned/managed newspapers had emerged, the well-known of these included “Shen Bao”, “Xin Wen Bao”, “Zi Lin Xi Hu Bao” etc.

References
Wikipedia 

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