Man Charged With Killing Head of US Newspaper With Ties to CCP to Stand Trial in March

Xie Yining, founder and chairman of the U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper China Press, was shot to death inside the publication’s office in Alhambra, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2018. Linda Jiang/The Epoch Times

A man charged with shooting and killing his boss at a U.S.-based, Chinese-language newspaper’s office in Alhambra, California, in 2018 will stand trial March 1.

The jury trial for Zhong Qi Chen, 63, who allegedly murdered Yining Xie, founder and chairman of China Press—or Qiao Bao in Chinese—was originally scheduled for this week.