ðə kjˈuːəmˌɪntæŋ mˌeɪd ðə dᵻsˈɪʒən tə tˌɛmpɚɹˈɛɹᵻli sˈiːs pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən ʌvðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ɪfˈɛktɪv dʒˈuːn wˈʌn, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks, bɪkˈʌz ɪt kʊd nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ sˈʌbsɪdˌaɪz ðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚz snˈoʊbɔːlɪŋ dˈɛts, wˌɪtʃ hæd ɐmˈaʊntᵻd tʊ ɚɹˈaʊnd ˌɛntˈiː dˈɑːlɚɹ ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd mˈɪliən jˌuːˈɛs dˈɑːlɚ twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ.fˈaɪv mˈɪliən, ˈɔːlmoʊst twˈaɪs ðɪ ˌoʊvɚɹˈɔːl ˈæsɛts ʌvðə pˈɑːɹɾi.
The Kuomintang made the decision to temporarily cease publication of the newspaper effective June 1, 2006, because it could no longer subsidize the newspaper's snowballing debts, which had amounted to around NT$ 800 million (US$24.5 million), almost twice the overall assets of the party.