《醒华日报》所见证的加拿大华人社区的变化

Shing Wah Daily News and Its Influence on the Chinese Community in Canada

乔晓勤(Stephen Qiao)

《天禄论丛：中国研究图书馆员学会学刊（简体中文）》 5卷 (2015/03) Pp. 102-111

摘要

从1922年至1990年，《醒华日报》作为国民党海外分支的官方报纸在多伦多出版发行。鉴于《醒华日报》发行时间长，对国际、中国及加拿大国内事务报道广泛，该报被誉为加拿大最重要的华文报纸之一。抗日战争时期，《醒华日报》在动员华裔移民抗战的工作中扮演了非常重要的角色。1979年美国与中国正式建交后，国民党在海外华人群体中的影响逐渐式微，《醒华日报》最终于20世纪90年代初停止发行。多年来，国民党通过《醒华日报》向加东及周边地区的华人传播各种信息，该报也见证了加拿大华人社区几十年来所经历的变化。本文通过对《醒华日报》内容的分析，阐述该报在本地华人群体中所扮演的角色及发挥的影响，进而讨论此类北美华人传统报章的兴衰。

關鍵字

《醒华日报》 ； 海外华人报刊 ； 国民党

並列摘要

Published in Toronto between 1922 and 1990, Shing Wah Daily News (ShingWahYat Po) was the official organ of the overseas branch of the Kuomintang Party (KMT). Given its long span of publication and broad coverage of international, national and local news it can be credited as one of the most important Chinese language newspapers in Canada. The newspaper itself played a very important role in mobilizing Chinese immigrants during the Sino-Japanese war and thereafter. Since the US established a formal diplomatic relationship with China in 1979, the influence of the KMT government on overseas Chinese communities has been eclipsed by mainland China. The importance of the paper among the local Chinese population eventually faded out in the early 1990s. During its timespan, the Shing Wah Daily News served as the KMT's mouthpiece to disseminate its messages to the Chinese community around the metropolitan area of Toronto and beyond. Based on the author's research, this article elucidatesthe role played by the Shing Wah Yat Po in the Chinese community and its fatalistic ups and downs.

並列關鍵字

Shing Wah Daily News ； Overseas Chinese newspaper ； Kuomintang Party (KMT)