Beijing Today

Beijing Today

Front page of Beijing Today from 16 August 2013
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Compact
Owner(s)	Beijing Education Media Co., Ltd.
Publisher	Beijing Youth Daily Publishing Company
Editor	Jack Wang (Editor-in-Chief since July 2013)
Founded	May 2001
Language	English
Headquarters	23 Baijiazhuang Dong Li, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Circulation	50,000 Friday (August 2011)
Website	beijingtoday.com.cn

Beijing Today (Chinese: 《今日北京》; pinyin: jīnrì běijīng) is a weekly English newspaper catering to expatriates and embassies that covers current events, art, cinema, music, dining, and shopping in Beijing.

The newspaper is run by the Beijing Youth Daily Media, the publisher of Beijing Youth Daily.

It is assigned the Chinese Issue Number (Chinese: 统一刊号; pinyin: tǒngyī kānhào) CN11-0120.

History

Beijing Today began publication in May 2001 as a 16-page broadsheet newspaper. Its initial incarnation focused on hard news and was positioned to compete with China Daily in the Beijing market.

In May 2005, the paper was redesigned as a 32-page compact with a stronger focus on art and culture, as well as events at local embassies. The print size contracted to 24 pages in 2006 and 16 pages in January 2012.

In December 2011, Beijing Today Media became wholly owned by Beijing Education Media, another subsidiary of the Beijing Youth Daily Group. As part of its transition to Beijing Education Media, Beijing Today began publishing an 8-page edition packaged together with a new 8-page paper called Teens Post.

Teens Post ran its final issue on July 19, 2013, and Beijing Today resumed a 16-page print run. The current incarnation splits content between two sections: Beijing Today Metro and Beijing Today Commerce.

See also

• List of newspapers in the People's Republic of China
• Media of the People's Republic of China
• Global Times
• China Daily
• Shanghai Daily

External links

• Beijing Today (in English)