Duzhe

Template:Short description Template:Infobox magazine Duzhe (Template:Lang-zh) is a bimonthly Chinese general interest magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is among the most widely circulated<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the leading magazines in the People's Republic of China.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

History and profile

Duzhe was first published in Lanzhou in March 1981, with the original name as Duzhe Wenzhai (Template:Lang-zh).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Due to the name conflict with Reader's Digest, the name was changed to the current title Duzhe in 1993.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The magazine has its headquarters in Lanzhou,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and is published on a biweekly basis<ref name="chw">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> by the Gansu People's Press. The magazine includes original articles, condensed articles reprinted from other magazines, book excerpts, and collections of jokes, anecdotes, quotations and other short pieces.<ref name="chw" />

During the first half of the 2000s the magazine was published bi-monthly.<ref name="pdo">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2003 Duzhe was among the top five magazines in China with a circulation of 3,000,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The same year it was also the 4th best selling magazine in the world, after Reader's Digest, National Geographic and Time.<ref name="pdo"/>