Little information on the Hong Kong publication Cheng Ming could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

According to the World's News Media, Cheng Ming is a monthly current-affairs magazine published in Chinese (1991, 218). Information as to whether it was available in Shanghai and Quangzhou, the types of articles, whether it was ever banned or censored in the PRC and, if so, the consequences of sharing a copy could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

The World's News Media. 1991. Edited by Harry Drost. Essex: Longman Current Affairs.

Benn's Media Vol. 3: World. 1996.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD (UNHCR database).

The International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses 1995-1996 [Paradise, Calif.]. 1995.

3 oral sources did not provide information on the requested subject.

Resource Centre Country File (China). 1996 to present.

World Media Handbook [New York]. 1990.