Legal Evening News
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| foundation = May 18, 2004{{cite book|title=Chinese Journalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OtLAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Xinhua Publishing House|pages=49–}}
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| publisher = Legal Evening Post Agency
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| language = Chinese
| political = Communism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
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| headquarters = Beijing, China{{cite book|author=Jichun Shi|title=Renmin Chinese Law Review: Selected Papers of The Jurist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOJnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29|date=25 April 2014|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-78347-379-3|pages=29–}}
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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170607052649/http://www.fawan.com/ www.fawan.com]
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Legal Evening News ({{zh|s=法制晚报|p=Fǎzhì wǎnbào}}),{{cite book|author=Yingjin Zhang|title=A Companion to Chinese Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW9nMGuYtGkC&pg=PA625|date=23 April 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-3029-8|pages=625–}} also known as The Mirror{{cite book|author1=Jia Gao|author2=Catherine Ingram|author3=Pookong Kee|title=Global Media and Public Diplomacy in Sino-Western Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHC3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89|date=22 July 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-12763-5|pages=89–}} or Legal Evening Post,{{cite book|author1=Jacques deLisle|author2=Avery Goldstein|author3=Guobin Yang|title=The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WkmzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA258|date=8 March 2016|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-9266-4|pages=258–}} was a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/icbc-gold-glitch/easy-come-easy-go-after-china-icbcs-gold-glitch-idUSPEK30490120081229|title=Easy come, easy go after China ICBC's gold glitch|publisher=Reuters|date=December 29, 2008}} published in the People's Republic of China in simplified Chinese. Its predecessor was the Beijing Legal News (北京法制报), which was sponsored by the Judicial and Law Enforcement Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党北京市委员会政法委员会).
Legal Evening News was a China's state-run newspaper,{{cite news|url=https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150227/c27ivory/zh-hant/dual/|title=China Bans Import of Ivory Carvings for One Year|work=The New York Times|date=2015-02-27}} which was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2004. {{cite news|url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/cnnews/20181201/bkn-20181201171903603-1201_00952_001.html|title=Evening Legal News will cease publication next year|publisher=Oriental Daily News|date=2018-12-01}} It was published by the Legal Evening Post Agency (法制晚报社), {{cite news|author=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60843337|title=The Mirror|website=Worldcat.org|oclc=60843337 |accessdate=2021-01-20}} and was shut down by the Government of China on January 1, 2019.{{cite news|url=http://news.nanyangpost.com/2018/12/543543.html|title=Evening Legal News will cease publication on New Year's Day next year|publisher=Nanyang Post|date=2018-12-03}}
History
At the end of 2003, Beijing Youth Daily acquired the Beijing Legal News, and relaunched it under the title of Legal Evening News on May 18, 2004. {{cite book|author=Shixin Ivy Zhang|title=Impact of Globalization on the Local Press in China: A Case Study of the Beijing Youth Daily|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bt1XAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|date=2 April 2014|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-8464-6|pages=49–}} On April 29, 2005, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060527015234/http://www.fawan.com/ fawan.com], the official website of Legal Evening News, was created. {{cite news|url=https://whois.domaintools.com/fawan.com|title=Fawan.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=WHOIS|date=2021-01-20}}
Legal Evening News earned a reputation for cutting-edge investigative reporting and deep dives into crime and social issues.{{cite news|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/newspaper-05292018114647.html|title=China Spikes In-Depth Section of Top Legal Newspaper|publisher=Radio Free Asia|date=2018-05-29}}
On January 1, 2019, the paper was officially shut down by the Chinese government due to rising censorship and a shift to internet advertising.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/local-news-journalism-politics-media-index-on-censorship-magazine-a8852851.html|title=If we want to hold politicians to account, we need to save local newspapers|work=The Independent|date=Apr 3, 2019}}