117 years ago today, on October 19, 1908 (September 25, 1908 in the lunar calendar), the Japanese government banned Min Bao. Group photo of Minbao colleagues On October 19, 1908, Japanese Police Chief Saburo Kamei signed an order issued by Interior Minister Haruke Hirata, ordering "to stop its sale and promulgation" on the pretext that Minbao Bulletin and Minbao violated Japan's publishing regulations. On the evening of the 20th, the Tokyo Ox Road Police Department came forward and read the order to Zhang Taiyan, the chief writer of Min Bao. In fact, it was mainly because after the new cabinet of Kitaro came to power, it issued this order to express "goodwill" to the Qing government. Zhang Taiyan and others immediately lodged a tough protest with the Japanese authorities, pointing out that the six major principles of the "Min Bao Jian Zhang" had long been recognized by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Niudao Police Department told Zhang Taiyan: "This matter is about diplomacy, not the law." Zhang Taiyan denounced the dirty dealings between the Japanese authorities and the Qing government, and said that "it would rather be a piece of jade than a piece of rubble." Making the truth about the ban on Min Bao public, Zhang Taiyan published a "Report on the Suspension of Min Bao on the 24th" in the name of "the Communist Party of China," calling on people around the world to provide sympathy. At the same time, lawyers were hired to file a lawsuit in Japanese courts.