One of the local Taipei English Language newspapers, The China Post, recently changed ownership.
The new owners announced a few days ago that the newspaper's print edition would be closed in mid-May 2017.
Here's the Taipei Times article on the China Post announcement:
Reading the news of the print closure was a shock.
I enjoy reading the newspaper. Usually scan each page of the paper, then go back and read those articles of interest, then move on page by page, through the paper. I find many articles of interest that are difficult to find in the on-line editions of the newspaper, unless they have the readable on-line copy of print edition.
Just about everyday during my tour in Taiwan, I would spend 2 NT dollars, the small paper dollars at the time, to purchase the China Post, and I would pick-up a Stars and Stripes from the coin stand or the counter at the club, and read through both while having a meal, usually at one of the military clubs.
If I couldn't find a newspaper seller on the street, I would sometimes go to the newspaper's office to get a copy.
The paper's press and office was a few blocks from the HSA Compound.
The good news, The China Post will continue to publish on-line.
I want to remember here, the steadfastness of the original owner's and publisher's, Mr. and Mrs. Y. P. Huang, who had the courage to open the China Post in the early 1950s.
Before the China Post, the only hard-copy "local news" available were typed carbon copies of wire stories and local news, gathered by, "China News" who ever they were.
Courtesy Alice Winans, circa 1952.
Looking back in my files, the oldest story from the China Post I could locate in my computer was an article we recently discussed in this blog.
After reading the article, perhaps you remember something about the circumstances or something that could be of help in determining what really happened to the aircraft, passengers and crew discussed in this story.
The China Post story, 3 October 1958.
Another favorite is gone!
