As part of EastView's 2024 & 2025 Global Press Archives (GPA) Area Studies Initiative Offers, two East Asian Newspapers, the Independence Evening Post (自立晚報) & Chōya Shinbun (朝野新聞), are made open access. (UMN contributed!)
Direct link to the Independence Evening Post (自立晚報).
Library catalog page of Independence Evening Post (自立晚報).
Zi Li Wan Bao (自立晚報, Independence Evening Post), founded in 1947, is the first Chinese language evening newspaper in Taiwan. It established a reputation as the sole pro-independence, pro-democracy newspaper during the period of martial law in Taiwan (1949-1987). This archive includes coverage of some important historical events, including the Zhongli anti-government protest (1977), the Kaohsiung press crackdown and subsequent incidents of state violence (1979), and the transition to democracy starting in 1987. Coverage is from 1947 to 1995.
Direct link to Chōya Shinbun (朝野新聞).
Library catalog page of Chōya Shinbun (朝野新聞).
Chōya Shinbun (朝野新聞) was a major Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo during the early and mid-Meiji periods. It is best known for its support of the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement. Coverage is from 1875-1889.
Published on 2025-07-08 by shuqi