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4 unusual facts about World Journal


Little Taipei

Starting with "Little Taipei", the San Gabriel Valley has emerged as Southern California's publishing center for Chinese language newspapers including the Los Angeles editions of World Journal, Taiwan Daily, Sing Tao, International Daily News, The Epoch Times, China Daily, The China Press, and Xin Min Evening News.

World Journal

On January 10, 2007, a Southern California jury found the Monterey Park-based Chinese Daily News responsible for failing to give employees breaks, lunches, and overtime, and awarded the plaintiffs $2.5 million.

World Journal is owned by the same media conglomerate that runs the United Daily News in Taiwan and is mostly run by Taiwanese Americans.

It is published in major cities containing large Chinese-speaking populations including Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Houston in the United States as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.


Gabriel Yiu

He has written columns for many newspapers and magazines, including Vancouver Sun, Business in Vancouver, Ming Pao, World Journal and Global Chinese Press, and hosted popular television and radio shows for local Chinese stations.


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Lawrence Van Gelder

Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder has worked are the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Journal-American and the World-Journal-Tribune.