Chung Sai Yat Po (original) (raw)

Chung Sai Yat Po (Chinese: 中西日報; Jyutping: zung1 sai1 jat6 bou3; pinyin: Zhōng Xi Rìbào), also known as China West Daily and Zhong Sai Yat Bo was a Chinese-language newspaper founded by Ng Poon Chew (伍盤照) and published in San Francisco, California from 1900 to 1951. It was a major Chinese-language daily newspaper in San Francisco and helped to shape the Chinese community in San Francisco's Chinatown. The paper helped the Chinese to “break through their social and cultural isolation” to become Americans and reduced the gap between the Chinese community and mainstream American society. It was a financially independent and non-party-affiliated newspaper that cultivated discussions on community economic and social development. Chung Sai Yat Po was one of the longest running and most popular Ch