About the paper

The North China Times covers China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast and South Asia, and the markets, technology and culture that tie them together. Its Archive keeps every older article by date, back to the North-China Herald of 1850.

Standards and sources

Every report lists the reporting it draws on, in a Sources box with links to the originals, in their own languages. Figures in graphics carry their source. Opinion is labelled as opinion. Corrections are made in the article and noted; a retracted article stays up, marked as retracted.

Every article is free to read. Advertising pays for the paper; readers who prefer can take the Ad-Free Edition. Advertisements are always labelled, and never written by the newsroom.

The Archive

The Archive holds the paper’s older articles by date, back to the North-China Herald of 1850 and the North-China Daily News.