Tung Wah Times

The Tung Wah Times (Chinese: 東華報; pinyin: Dōnghuá bào), known as the Tung Wah News (Chinese: 東華新報; pinyin: Dōnghuá xīnbào) until 1902, was a Chinese-language Australian newspaper published between 1898 and 1936. Founded by Chinese merchants in Sydney, the newspaper was supportive of the Qing dynasty reform movement and was closely affiliated with the Chinese Empire Reform Association (CERA). The paper also criticised anti-Chinese policies in Australia, encouraging greater activism and political consciousness among the merchant class. It encouraged Chinese Australians to abandon practices that were perceived as contributing to anti-Chinese sentiment, such as gambling, opium smoking, and traditional worship practices, and to better assimilate into Australian society.

In 1902 the paper entered into bankruptcy after being found liable for defaming a Chinese-Australian businessman named W. R. G. Lee. It soon re-emerged as the Tung Wah Times. The Tung Wah Times continued to be closely affiliated with the CERA and the merchant class, but shifted towards a more moderate political stance, supporting constitutionalism amid the 1911 Revolution and promoting Chinese community solidarity both within Australia and overseas. The Tung Wah Times eventually ceased publication in 1936.