9 6 8 , ▁the ▁first ▁newspaper ▁in ▁Asia ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁move . ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁the ▁name ▁changed ▁once ▁again ▁to ▁China ▁Times , ▁presently ▁based ▁in ▁the ▁W anh ua ▁District , ▁Tai pe i . ▁ ▁The ▁founder , ▁Yu ▁J iz h ong ▁( ), ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁leaving ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁to ▁his ▁second ▁son , ▁Yu ▁J ian x in ▁( ). ▁Yu ▁J iz h ong ' s ▁el dest ▁daughter , ▁Yu ▁F any ing , ▁is ▁the ▁vice ▁president . ▁The ▁b ureau ▁chief ▁is ▁Lin ▁Sh eng fen ▁( ), ▁the ▁general ▁manager ▁Hu ang ▁Z ha os ong ▁( ), ▁and ▁the ▁chief ▁editor ▁Hu ang ▁Q ing long ▁( ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁China ▁Times ▁Group ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁W ant ▁W ant ▁Hold ings ▁Limited , ▁the ▁largest ▁rice ▁c ake ▁manufact urer ▁in ▁Taiwan . ▁ ▁The ▁China ▁Times ▁Publishing ▁Company ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁publishing ▁company ▁in ▁Taiwan ▁to ▁public ly ▁issue ▁shares . ▁ ▁China ▁Times ▁once ▁managed ▁a ▁Taiwan - based ▁baseball ▁team , ▁the ▁China ▁Times ▁E ag les , ▁but ▁a ▁bet ting ▁sc andal ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁team ▁seven ▁years ▁into ▁its ▁operation . ▁The ▁China ▁Times ▁Group ▁has ▁set ▁up ▁several ▁char ity ▁organizations ▁( Ch in at imes ▁Foundation ▁and ▁China ▁Times ▁Cultural ▁Foundation ). ▁ ▁In ▁November