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''Southern Weekly'', also referred to as ''Southern Weekend'' (Chinese: 南方周末/南方週末; Pinyin:Nánfāng Zhōumò), is a weekly newspaper based in Guangzhou, China, and is a sister publication of the newspaper ''Southern Daily'' (Chinese:南方日报/南方日報). ==History and profile== ''Southern Weekly'', founded in 1984, has its head office is in Guangzhou, with news bureaux in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. The paper is published by the Nanfang Daily group under the Guangdong Communist Party Committee. It is printed simultaneously in many Chinese cities, and distributed to the whole of the Chinese mainland. ''Southern Weekly'' currently operates upon 8 key sections: News, Defense, Current Political Situation, Economy, Environment, Culture, Supplement, and Comment, together with an editorial guideline of “Justice, Conscience, Love, Rationality”. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.infzm.com/aboutus.shtml )〕 Circulation is more than 1.6 million copies, on average, which is said to be the biggest weekly circulation of any newspaper on the Chinese mainland. Thus it is considered as one of the most influential media outlets in China. However, as of 2007 it had the highest circulation in Beijing.〔 ''Southern Weekly'' is considered the most outspoken newspaper in China. It is strongly recommended by liberal intellectuals and is said to contribute to public democratic debate and the formation of civil society. ''The New York Times'' has described the ''Southern Weekend'' as "China's most influential liberal newspaper". When U.S. President Obama visited China in 2009, he refused to have as interview with CCTV, but instead accepted to talk to ''Southern Weekly''. However, the report later turned out to be pale and avoided controversial topics, which was interpreted as the result of authorities’ pressure. Naturally however, as a spin-off of provincial official newspaper in mainland China, ''Southern Weekl''y still relies on political support from Guangdong Provincial Party Committee of the China Communist Party. Its coverage on regional corruption outside Guangdong province will not be achieved without local leaders’ support behind. As such, Southern Weekly could only go so far as to disclose political issues that are refined to regional range lower than provincial level, and reporting penetrates anything behind the scenes regarding to central party or the provincial Party committee is strictly prohibitive. Meanwhile, being a commercial spin-off of Nanfang Daily in Guangdong Province, Southern Weekly also attracts audiences with entertainment, consumer-oriented lifestyle and sports coverage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.infzm.com/aboutus.shtml )〕 In the “China's 500 most valuable brands” released by World Brand Laboratory in 2009, Southern Weekly was ranked as the first position in weekly publications by 4.4 billion RMB of brand value. In one of the many incidents of the paper running up against the authorities, in January 2013, the provincial propaganda authorities forced ''Southern Weekly'' to run a provided commentary glorifying the Chinese Communist Party in place of the paper's annual new year editorial, which had been a call for proper implementation of the country's constitution. Journalists on the paper publicly objected to this interference - which is an unusual occurrence in China - via Sina Weibo. The censorship order was believed to have come from provincial propaganda chief Tuo Zhen, a former vice-president of state-run ''Xinhua''.〔(Outrage at Guangdong newspaper forced to run party commentary ), ''SCMP'', 4 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.〕〔(Southern Weekly reporters confront China censors ), ''BBC'', 4 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.〕 On January 7, 2013, protesters gathered outside the newspaper's headquarters to support journalists on strike due to censorship. 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「Southern Weekly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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