Sept Days Explained

Sept Days is a weekly Chinese language Chinese newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It publishes the Chinese-language newspaper Sept Days, a business weekly and a monthly newspaper La Connexion in French. It also has a readers club that organizes activities.

History

Sept Days was established on July 7, 2006, by Yin Ling (.^{[1] [2]} The newspaper's masthead has the text "Sept七天 Days", containing French, Chinese, and English words to represent that as a Canada-based publication, Sept Days is in a multicultural environment.^[1]

Whereas numerous other Overseas Chinese newspapers translated local news, Sept Days did original reporting.^[2] During the War in Afghanistan in 2007, Sept Days sent their journalist Hu Xian to cover Canada's involvement in the war. Hu was the first Overseas Chinese war correspondent to cover the war.^[1] In 2008, the publication employed three reporters who worked full-time as well as five freelance journalists. They performed entertainment journalism and covered local and international news. The founder said that year that the newspaper had 50,000 weekly readers and for every edition 10,000 papers are printed. The newspaper had not make a profit in 2008 and relied on advertisements and the board of director's funding.^[3]

The newspaper began publishing a French edition, La Connexion, in 2016.^[4] By 2021, it had published eight books.^[2] This included Inspired by Norman Bethune (2014) and Elite Chinese Canadians (2018).^[5]

Sept Days has ties with the Chinese Communist Party.^[6] During Chinese premier Li Keqiang's 2016 trip to Canada, he asked Sept Days to join a Chinese media symposium.^[7]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Guo . Yanxi 郭妍汐 . Liu . Jinpeng 刘金鹏 . 2016-10-14 . 七天•10周年：加拿大七天文化传媒2006-2016 . Sept Days·10th Anniversary: Canadian Sept Days Cultural Media 2006–2016 . zh . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522062745/https://m.haiwainet.cn/middle/3540916/2016/1014/content_30406595_1.html . 2024-05-22 .
2. News: Cong . Ling 葱岭 . 2021-09-06 . 加拿大蒙城，一位金融人的华丽变身 . Montreal, Canada, a financial man's gorgeous transformation . zh . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522064121/https://paper.xinmin.cn/html/xmwb/2021-09-06/20/116370.html . 2024-05-22 .
3. News: 2008-02-23 . New voices, expanding horizons. When Sept Days sent Montreal journalist Xian Hu to Afghanistan last December, the weekly Chinese newspaper was not only making a statement to its competitors in the community here, but to mainstream newspapers as well. . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105161846/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/saturdayextra/story.html?id=3fcde75d-d585-42e7-ac26-c14755bf4763 . 2012-11-05 .
4. News: Xu . Chang-an 徐长安 . 2016-10-29 . 加拿大《七天》传媒发布法文报《La Connexion》 . Canada's "Sept Days" media releases French newspaper "La Connexion" . zh . . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522064817/https://news.sina.cn/gn/2016-10-29/detail-ifxxfysn8078246.d.html . 2024-05-22 .
5. News: Yu . Ruidong 余瑞冬 . 2018-06-24 . 《加拿大华人精英录》一书在蒙特利尔首发 . The book "A Record of Canadian Chinese Elites" was launched in Montreal . zh . . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522070428/https://inews.ifeng.com/58861551/news.shtml . 2024-05-22 .
6. News: Lum . Zi-Ann . Taylor-Vaisey . Nick . Duggan . Kyle . 2023-06-23 . Fixer upper on the Hill . . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522070255/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook/2023/06/23/checking-on-house-renos-00103341 . 2024-05-22 .
7. News: Li . Dan 李丹 . 2016-11-10 . 加拿大七天传媒成立十周年庆典在蒙特利尔举行 . The 10th anniversary celebration of Sept Days in Canada was held in Montreal . zh . zh:美中时报 . Sino-US Times . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522065910/https://sinoustimes.com/contents/324/18796.html . 2024-05-22 .