据一九八五年底的材料,在亚洲、南北美洲、欧洲、非洲二十二个国家和地区,有华文报纸一百零三种,其中日报七十一种,日报期发行数合计在一百万份以上,其中仅新加坡、马来西亚两国便超过七十万份,美国约为十五万份。海外华文报纸分布地区之广,规模和影响之大,为各国非本地血统居民主办的新闻事业所仅见。海外华文报纸由于背景各异,反映了不同的政治倾向,特别是受到中国国内政局的影响,往往分成对立的营垒。随着形势的发展和中国国际地位的迅速提高,目前明显亲台的报纸已是极少数。许多报纸强调为当地华侨、华人社区服务,宣称要站在中华民族的立场,本着客观公正的态度来报道和评论海峡两岸的事态。还有的提出报纸要“政治淡化”,有的规定对两岸均不进行攻击。特别值得注意的是,由于海外华侨、华人越来越关心中国大陆的情况,华文报纸没有中国新闻就将失去读者,影响销路,因此各报不论政治倾向如何都纷纷扩大中国新闻的版面。以美国为例,各主要华文日报都辟有报道中国消息的专版。在新加坡和马来西亚,虽然中国消息是作为国际新闻的一部分刊出的,仍占有一定篇幅。海外华文报纸的前途如何?有一种意见认为,由于华文教育在许多国家受到压制,华人新一代已不懂华文,因而华文报纸最终将消失。但 According to the end of 1985, there were 103 Chinese-language newspapers in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa in 22 countries and territories, of which 71 were Japanese and the total number of issues was 100 More than one hundred thousand, of which only Singapore, Malaysia, more than 700,000 copies of the two countries, the United States is about 150,000 copies. The vastness, scale and impact of the overseas Chinese-language newspapers are just some of the news outlets run by non-native descendants of various countries. Overseas Chinese newspapers, because of their different backgrounds, reflect different political orientations. They are often divided into opposites, especially affected by China’s internal political situation. With the development of the situation and the rapid increase of China’s international status, there are very few newspapers that are clearly pro-Taiwan. Many newspapers stress that they should serve the local overseas Chinese and the Chinese community, declare that they should stand on the Chinese nation’s stand and report and comment on the situation across the Taiwan Strait in an objective and fair manner. Others have proposed that newspapers should “dilute their politics,” while others provide for no attack on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. What is particularly noteworthy is that as overseas Chinese and the Chinese are becoming more and more concerned about the situation in mainland China, Chinese newspapers will lose their readership and affect sales without Chinese news. Therefore, newspapers have expanded the coverage of China’s news irrespective of their political orientation. In the United States, for example, all the major Chinese-language daily newspapers have special editions covering Chinese news. In Singapore and Malaysia, while the Chinese news is published as part of the international press, it still takes up a certain amount of space. What is the future of overseas Chinese newspapers? According to one opinion, the Chinese newspapers will eventually disappear because Chinese education is suppressed in many countries and the new generation of Chinese do not understand Chinese. but