Southern Metropolis Daily
Southern Metropolis Daily (SMD) is a for-profit tabloid newspaper located in Guangzhou city, China, and its circulation is throughout the greater Guangdong and Pearl River Delta region. SMD is a constituent of the Nanfang Media Group, which is under the supervision of the Guangdong committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The newspaper publishes daily, with 72 pages and multiple sections relating to consumer products, international affairs, sports, and other topics of the public interest.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Nanfang Media Group |
| Editor | Liu Chen |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Political alignment | Liberal |
| Language | Chinese (Simplified) |
| Headquarters | Guangzhou, China |
| Circulation | 1,690,000 (March 2012) |
| ISSN | 1004-5171 |
| OCLC number | 144518464 |
| Website | www |
SMD is best known for its investigative reporting. SMD has been involved in multiple scandals and controversies. Its best-known controversy is the publishing of the 'Sun Zhigang incident' which resulted in the repeal of the force repatriation law. This publishing also resulted in the imprisonment and torture of SMD journalists Cheng Yizhong, Li Minying, and Yu Huafeng.
SMD's motto is "writing for the people." in 2005, Cheng Yizhong was the laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for his resistance to Chinese censorship laws and police corruption.