Published by Xinhua News Agency (
新华社), 《
参考消息》 (cankaoxiaoxi.com) was for decades the only outlet that openly carried translations of foreign press — but it was
内部发行 (internal distribution), restricted to Party cadres until 1985 when it became publicly subscribable. To this day, no other PRC daily reprints so much foreign coverage uncensored. The name literally means 'reference information'.
