Major media newspapers :-

. Except for several successful ones, most papers do not give real numbers
thus discrepancies exist depending upon the source used. The numbers cited
below can only be used as an indication of the general trends.
Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News) 9,000,000
Sichuan Ribao (Sichuan Dail) 8,000,000
Gongren Ribao (Workers Daily) 2,500,000
Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) 2,150,000
Xinmin Wanbao (Xinmin Evening News) 1,800,000
Wenhuibao (Wenhui Daily) 1,700,000

China Daily - English language national daily

China Public Security Daily - official public security bureau paper
China News Digest (Hua Xia Wen Zhai) - independent online media run
abroad
http://world.time.com/2013/12/04/world/slide/top-10-international-news-
stories/

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/the-top-10-media-incidents-in-china-during-
2009/

http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/marco-polo-bridge-incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35149263