Chen Ping (Sun TV)

Chairman of Sun TV in Hong Kong (born 1955)

Born1955 (age 70–71)

CitizenshipChina

OccupationsBusinessman, investor, media proprietor

Chen Ping
Chen Ping
Born	1955 (age 70–71) Shanghai, China
Citizenship	China
Occupations	Businessman, investor, media proprietor

Chen Ping (born 1955) is a Chinese businessman, investor and media proprietor based in Hong Kong. He is chairman of Sun Television Cybernetworks Enterprise Limited and founded iSun Affairs Weekly Magazine in 2011.^[1]

Chen graduated from Anhui Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College in 1973.^[2] He subsequently became an investor and founded Sun Television in Hong Kong, which launched as a satellite channel in 2000.

In 2011, Chen founded iSun Affairs, a Chinese-language weekly magazine targeting readers in China and Southeast Asia.^[1] The publication won awards for its reporting but suspended its print edition in June 2013 to transition to a digital platform.^[3]

Chen later co-founded TideBit, a cryptocurrency exchange, through his TideiSun Group.^[4]

Attack

On 3 June 2013, Chen was attacked by two baton-wielding men outside the Sino Favour Centre on Yip Street in Chai Wan, Hong Kong.^[5] The attackers struck him on the head; he was treated at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.^[6]

At a press conference on 5 June 2013, Chen said the attackers remained silent and he could not identify their motives. He reported suffering from tinnitus as a result. Police said the men had planned an escape route to avoid security cameras.^[7] The Oriental Daily News later sent a legal letter to Sun TV requesting removal of an online report; Sun TV declined to retract.^[5]

References

1 2 "iSun Affairs magazine expands, betting on hard-hitting reports". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
↑ "学校概况-安徽机电职业技术学院". www.ahcme.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
↑ "Chen Ping closes print edition of iSun Affairs to launch digital platform". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
↑ "Hong Kong's TideBit drawing Chinese bitcoin investors frozen out in Beijing's crackdown". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
1 2 "iSun Affairs publisher Chen Ping beaten by baton-wielding thugs". South China Morning Post. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
↑ "Editorial: A serious warning from Hong Kong". Taipei Times. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
↑ "Assault of publisher is attack on press freedom, says iSun Affairs magazine". South China Morning Post. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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