The "Xinminguo Bao" (the New Republic) of Victoria, a daily newspaper first published in 1912, was the first pro-1911 Revolution newspaper published in Canada. It was published after Sun Yat-sen ordered its creation; members of the Tongmenghui Victoria office took the "Jijishe" ("Striking Oar Society"), a newsletter published on an irregular basis, and converted it into the "Xinminguo Bao". "Jijishe" was previously published by the organization of the same name; that organization had collapsed in 1909.