'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community Enlarge this image toggle caption Tsering Bista/NPR Tsering Bista/NPR EDISON, N.J. – Bundles of free newspapers are stacked by the doors of Chinese supermarkets in New Jersey. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tsering Bista/NPR Tsering Bista/NPR "My magazine is like milk," founder and editor Ivy Lee says when asked about how Sino Monthly has survived for so long. A record for future historians Sino Monthly is one of ten news outlets that serve New Jersey's Chinese community, according to the Montclair State University report: Sino Monthly, Lee's magazine Chinese News Weekly, also owned by Lee The China Press, which is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party The Epoch Times, which is affiliated with Falun Gong Global Chinese Times, which is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party Metro Chinese Weekly, an independent paper based in Philadelphia Viet Metro News, also an independent paper based in Philadelphia, which prints in Vietnamese and Chinese New Tang Dynasty, a broadcaster affiliated with Falun Gong Sing Tao Daily, an independently run paper owned by the Hong Kong-based Sing Tao Corporation World Journal, an independently run paper owned by Taiwan-based United Daily News Enlarge this image toggle caption Tsering Bista/NPR Tsering Bista/NPR Because Sino Monthly is home grown, it serves as a record of New Jersey's Chinese community says Tao Yang, a librarian at Rutgers University. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tsering Bista/NPR Tsering Bista/NPR "We have to keep pace with the world," Lee says.