The Forgotten Early Chinese-Language Newspaper in Latin America: History and Role of Hoy Men Kong Po in Cuba

Authors

  • Wang Zigang School of Foreign Studies University of International Business and Economics Beijng, China 100029
  • Liang Fangjun School of Government University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijng, China 102488
  • Xue Qixin School of Foreign Studies University of International Business and Economics Beijng, China 100029

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/sin.v20i1.9319

Keywords:

Hoy Men Kong Po, Chinese-language newspaper, overseas Chinese in Latin America, Chee Kung Tang, Min Chih Tang

Abstract

Early Chinese-language newspapers in Latin America were a vital carrier of social memory for the Chinese community and a key window for academics to understand the social situation of the Chinese diaspora in the mentioned region. As the longest-running Chinese-language newspaper in Cuba, the centre of Chinese-language media in Latin America in the last century, Hoy Men Kong Po (開明公報) was highly representative and significant. In this study, we conducted an in-depth excavation of this newspaper stored in the National Library of China. We sorted out and reviewed the historical context and different stages of its establishment. Subsequently, based on a structural weekly sampling study of more than a thousand copies of this newspaper from 1955 to 1959, we identified six major classifications of its contents and analysed their corresponding characteristics and impacts on the Chinese community in Cuba.

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Wang Zigang, School of Foreign Studies University of International Business and Economics Beijng, China 100029

Wang Zigang, (PhD in Phd in Intercultural Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona), Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish, School of Foreign Studies, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). His main research interests are cross-cultural studies and Chinese diaspora studies in Spanish-speaking countries.

Liang Fangjun, School of Government University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijng, China 102488

Liang Fangjun, (PhD candidate in Political Theory), School of Government and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her main research interests are Chinese diaspora studies in Spanish-speaking countries.

Xue Qixin, School of Foreign Studies University of International Business and Economics Beijng, China 100029

Qixin Xue, autora para correspondencia. (PhD in History Studies, University of Seville), Lecturer in the Department of Spanish, School of Foreign Studies, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). Her main research interests are intercultural studies and Cuban Chinese studies.

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Zigang, W., Fangjun, L., & Qixin, X. (2025). The Forgotten Early Chinese-Language Newspaper in Latin America: History and Role of Hoy Men Kong Po in Cuba. Sinología hispánica. China Studies Review, 20(1), 179–202. https://doi.org/10.18002/sin.v20i1.9319 (Original work published July 8, 2025)

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