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''Epoch Times'' is an anti-communist,〔https://books.google.com/books?id=34vGv_HDGG8C&pg=PA217〕〔https://books.google.com/books?id=HAsB54UlQE8C&pg=PR11〕〔https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul89eeKHLGEC&pg=PA268〕〔https://books.google.com/books?id=Lm2tdagEnL4C&pg=PA103〕 multi-language, international media organisation in print and online, headquartered it New York City, where it publishes a daily newspaper. It was founded in 2000 by Chinese-Americans who practice Falun Gong,() who sought to establish an uncensored and independent Chinese-language newspaper serving both the diaspora and mainland Chinese.() It has won awards for its reporting of human rights.〔〔〔 The newspaper covers matters of general interest, though it maintains a focus on news about China and human rights issues there, drawing from a network of sources inside China, plus the expertise and contacts of Chinese expatriates living in the West.〔("The Epoch Times – Our Story: The Grand Epoch Is Here" ) theepochtimes.com〕〔 〕 Its coverage of these issues has earned the paper several awards.〔("2012 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees" ), The Society of Professional Journalists, spj.org Accessed 8 Dec. 2014〕〔("Asian American Journalists Association Recognizes Excellence in News Coverage" ), The Free Library (23 August 2005) Retrieved 28 Apr 2013〕〔("Epoch Times Publisher Awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal" ), ''Epoch Times'' (12 October 2012)〕 ''Epoch Times'' is widely distributed in overseas Chinese communities. Its other language editions maintain their own staff of reporters. The newspaper has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It is either sold or distributed free-of-charge in 35 countries, with editions in English, Chinese and nine other languages in print,〔("The Epoch Times – Global Print Archive" ) printarchive.epochtimes.com〕 and 21 languages on the internet.〔(The Epoch Times – Other Languages ) theepochtimes.com Retrieved 28 Apr 2013〕 A typical issue includes sections for world and national news, opinion pieces, sports, entertainment, business, arts and culture, travel, health and automobiles.〔("The New Era" ) Langara Journalism Review, 01 June 2011〕 Epoch Times websites are blocked in China.〔 ==History== ''Epoch Times'' was started in 2000 by John Tang and a group of Chinese Americans; the founders say they were responding to censorship inside China and a lack of understanding internationally about Chinese repression of the Falun Gong.〔〕〔Ownby 2008, p. 223.〕 In May 2000, the paper was first published in the Chinese language in New York, with the web launch in August 2000.〔("The Epoch Times – About Us" ) theepochtimes.com accessdate 6 March 2014〕 In 2003, ''Epoch Times'' website and ''Epoch Times'' group of newspapers had grown into one of the largest Chinese-language news websites and newspaper groups outside China in the past two years, with local editions in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and major Western European countries.〔 The first English edition launched online in 2003, followed by the New York print edition in 2004.〔 In 2000, 10 ''Epoch Times'' correspondents were imprisoned in China, but current staff of the Chinese-language edition work in Hong Kong. In 2011 Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada wrote, "since its launch in Canada in 2000, Epoch Times has become a popular source of information on issues and events of interest to the Chinese-Canadian community... With local editions published in Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Ottawa and Calgary/Edmonton, Epoch Times is today the largest daily newspaper of its kind in the country."〔("The Epoch Times Daily News" ) Epoch Times 28 January 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epoch Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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