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From 1845 to 1853, and then from 1855 to 1858, the China Mail was the exclusive publisher of the government gazette. Early versions of the journal published mainly advertising and government notices, along with featured articles. The China Mail had a pro-government, pro-China, and pro-United States
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The China Mail was created as a weekly by Andrew Shortrede in 1845. In 1858, Andrew Dixson became the owner of the publication, followed by James Kemp in 1863, Nicholas B. Denny in 1866, Charles A. Saint in 1867 (the year the newspapers became a daily), George Murray Bain in 1872, and by China Mail
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The China mail Group oversaw the publication of 10 newspapers : The China Mail (1845-1911), Overland China Mail (1848-1909), Dixson's Hongkong Gazette (1850), Dixson's Hongkong Recorder (1850-1859), Hongkong Recorder (1859), Hongkong Shipping List (1855-1857), Hongkong Shipping List and
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Commercial Intelligencer (1857-1862), Evening Mail and Hongkong Shipping List (1862), Evening Mail (1863-1867), Chin-ship pien-lu (1864), Chung-wai hsin-wen ch'i-jih pao (1871-1872).
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At the time of its closure the acting editor was David Smith, who had joined the paper in 1971 as the sports editor.
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In October 1969, the front page of the China Mail covered the prediction of a local astrologer claiming that
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from 1845 to 1974, making it the longest-lived of any Hong Kong newspaper. The head office was in
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The publication of The China Mail was suspended from October 1941 to August 1945.
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After the siege – the China Mail battle for hearts and minds
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This article related to newspapers in Hong Kong is a
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English-language newspaper in Hong Kong (1845–1974)
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