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The New Yorker published a feature article about College Daily, an online, Chinese-language publication widely read by Chinese students in the U.S. College Daily, which has 30 staffers in Beijing and 15 in New York, publishes a mix of what The New Yorker describes as “Chinese news delivered with nationalistic overtones; tabloid tales of Chinese students living overseas (sex, drugs, murders and missing women appear frequently); and news from the U.S. and the celebrity world.”
College Daily has about 1.6 million followers on WeChat, a popular social media site in China, and more than one million active daily readers. The publication’s founder, Lin Guoyu, said College Daily's coverage reflects its readers’ disillusionment with America as compared to China.
“Especially after the 2016 election, our readers see how divided a society America is,” Lin said. “They see the chaos that’s brought about by its freedom. At the same time, China appears to be orderly, positive and continuously advancing. This changes how an overseas Chinese student feels. It means that if we write things that are critical of China, or if we’re singing the praises of America, we will be less popular with our readers.”
