The Epoch Times

The Epoch Times (Chinese大纪元/大纪元, Pinyin Dajiyuan ) is a multilingual, international journal based in New York. Since 2005, she appears as a weekly newspaper in German language, initially under the name The New Era, since August 2007 under the name Epoch Times Germany.

The Epoch Times Germany is a print medium in a volume of 20 pages, besides the expenditure is provided in the Internet. They reported mainly in the categories Germany, International ( with a focus on China), Economics, People & opinions, knowledge, culture and lifestyle. The edition of the Epoch Times Germany per month approximately 180,000 copies, which are distributed in the German cities of Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf in good locations. In addition, the newspaper is available by subscription. (February 2011)

Another Chinese language, but not originating from China newspaper Kan Zhong Guo is (看 中国) from the USA.

History

The Epoch Times Germany belongs to the international Epoch Times Group, with the publication of the Chinese-language newspaper Da Ji Yuan in 1999 in New York in response to the suppression of Falun Gong and the associated media censorship in China founded by activists close to Falung Gong activists been. Da Ji Yuan (Chinese Great Era ) reported in the Chinese language in addition to the general content of the daily press and on topics that are withheld from the Chinese due to the state-controlled media and the information blockade in China often. This includes information about human rights violations in the People's Republic of China or corruption in the Chinese bureaucracy.

Da Ji Yuan developed within a few years one of the largest Chinese-language weekly newspapers outside China with a global circulation of around 1.5 million copies. Currently, print or online newspapers from the Epoch Times group appear in 44 countries and in 17 languages.

Reception

The International Society for Human Rights ( ISHR ) The New Era for their " extensive and regular reporting " about human rights violations in China in 2006 awarded a Media special price.

The newspaper has been accused by various parties lack of objectivity, in particular a strong position against the policy of the People 's Republic of China and per Falun Gong, and lack of credibility. Liu Kang, Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies at Duke University, believes that the newspaper did not follow basic journalistic standards of professionalism and objectivity, and they will not be perceived by overseas Chinese as an objective news media. James Bettinger, a professor of communication studies at Stanford University and director of the S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, said: "Even if the Epoch Times is not related to Falun Gong in connection, but if they constantly writes about Falung Gong from the same perspective or any products, the extent deal more deeply with Falung Gong, then it is not considered as credible. " ( " Even if the Epoch Times is not associated with Falun Gong, If They consistently write about Falun Gong in the same perspective, or if there are no articles examining Falun Gong, people would perceive it as being not credible. "). The Dissident GB coding Jiao, who was dismissed for his criticism of the propaganda department of the Communist Party of China from the University service, however, sees in the imbalanced, negative reporting an antithesis to the positive propaganda of the Communist Party of China.