The Chinese Commercial News was established in October 1919 as a monthly newsletter of the Manila Chinese Chamber of Commerce under editor Yu Yi Tung (于以同), before becoming a daily newspaper in April 1922. The daily broadsheet, headquartered in Manila’s Binondo district, publishes in multiple languages, including Chinese, English, Hokkien (閩南語), and Filipino. During World War II, publisher Yu Yi Tung refused Japanese demands to use the paper as a propaganda organ and paid with his life, leading to closure and confiscation until the paper resumed publication on April 15, 1945. The newspaper was again closed during martial law from September 21, 1972, until resuming on June 12, 1986, after the People Power Revolution. Suggesting a possibly close connection with networks linked to the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), the paper lists first and foremost among its partners at the footer of its website the official China News Service (CNS), a news wire under the UFWD; ChinaQW, a site directed at overseas Chinese that is also under the UFWD umbrella, and Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文匯報), run by the central government’s Liaison Office in the territory. The Chinese Commercial News maintains an online presence through shangbao.com.ph and a WeChat account.