The New York Times launched a Chinese-language website Thursday to provide readers in China with coverage of business, culture and world affairs.

The site is said to grow in scope and functionality over the course of the next several months and will be edited specifically for readers in China.

The Times reports:

The goal of the new site is to provide China’s growing number of educated, affluent, global citizens with high-quality coverage of world affairs, business and culture.  The site will be edited specifically for readers in China, presenting translations of the best of The Times’s award-winning journalism alongside original work by Chinese writers contributing to The Times. 

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