United Daily News (Philippines)
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_front_page_on_May_5,_2015.jpg) The front page of the United Daily News on May 5, 2015 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | United Daily Press, Inc. |
| Editor-in-chief | Sy Yinchow (1973–2014) |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Taiwan |
| Language | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Binondo, Manila, Philippines |
| Circulation | 32,000 (2008)[1] |
| Website | http://www.unitednews.net.ph |
The United Daily News (Chinese: 聯合日報; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân-ha̍p Li̍t-pò; pinyin: Liánhé Rìbào) is a daily broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines written in the Chinese language. As of 2008, the newspaper had a circulation of 32,000, making it the Philippines' second-largest Chinese-language newspaper in terms of circulation,[1] after the World News.[2]
The newspaper was founded in 1973 by Cheng Kim Tiao,[3] merging two pre-existing Chinese-language newspapers: the Kong Li Po (公理報), founded in 1911, and the Great China Press (大中華日報), established after World War II.[4] Both newspapers were known to be sympathetic to the Kuomintang, with the Kong Li Po even being founded by Wu Ching-ming, Sun Yat-sen's organizer in the Philippines.[5] Its founding editor-in-chief, Sy Yinchow (Chinese: 施穎洲; pinyin: Shī Yǐngzhōu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si Éng-chiu),[6] was the world's longest-serving editor-in-chief, having served in that position at a number of publications since 1945.[7] Known as the "dean of Chinese media practitioners",[7] Sy wrote daily for the newspaper until his death in 2014.[8]
The United Daily News was the only Chinese-language newspaper authorized to publish during the Philippines' martial law era.[9]
In addition to its main Chinese-language edition, the United Daily News also contained an English-language section,[4] which later became its own newspaper called the United News.