On August 29, the day after the recipients of the 17th China News Awards—the most acclaimed annual prize of outstanding works of journalism presented by the Association of China Journalism (ACJ)—were announced, a blog post disclosed that the winner of the third-prize report from Yangzhou Evening News was forged. When the forgery was discovered, Yangzhou Evening News’ prize was revoked. According to xinwenren.com, Cheng Jianping, Vice Chief-Editor of the Yangzhou Evening News, wrote the award-winning article entitled, “Thousand Year-old City Won UN-HABITAT’s 2006 Habitat Scroll of Honor Award ”, see award Reviewed by the editor on duty at the time, Chen Zhengyu, the article was supposedly published on page A5 of the paper’s October 16, 2006 edition. see original article
However, the actual article published on page A5 of the Yangzhou Evening News on October 16, 2006 was completely different to the award-winning article. On the very same day, the content published was actually a special edition of “A 24-hour Snapshot of People Living in Yangzhou.” This article discussed people’s daily lives and the local culture of the city. The photos, authors, and editors listed was also completely different to those mentioned in the award-winning article. This actual newspaper can be found in various libraries, documents rooms and residential homes throughout Yangzhou.
