Some 53 daily newspapers and more than 700 periodicals are published in the well-read territory of Hong Kong. Naturally, the vast majority of the publications are in Chinese, with the two largest-selling dailies being the Oriental Daily News and the government's gadfly, the Apple Daily. There are two major English-language newspapers, the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Standard.

Hong Kong also has its share of English-language periodicals, including the Far Eastern Economic Review and a slew of Asian-focused business magazines. Hong Kong Tatler and Home Journal are for those interested in local lifestyle articles.

Hong Kong's four free terrestrial TV stations are run by two companies: Television Broadcasts (TVB) and Asia Television (ATV). Each company operates a Cantonese-language channel and an English one (TVB Pearl and ATV World). There are some 30 pay cable channels and a variety of satellite channels.

Hong Kong radio is mostly conservative, offering a diet of news, MOR music and entertainment.

Periodicals

South China Morning Post (newspaper)

A daily broadsheet that generally toes the government line and is known as the 'Pro China Morning Post'; it is read by more Hong Kong Chinese than expatriates.