[6] The paper itself became controversial for printing reports about events in mainland China, which had been translated from western news agencies but which were nevertheless red-tagged as "pro-communist.

[7][6] The paper, temporarily managed by friends of the family, continued publishing until the issuance of Proclamation № 1081 on September 21, 1972, which placed the Philippines under martial law and all media outlets, including the Commercial News, were shut down by the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.

[8] Since the Philippines was already under martial law when they were released from jail, Rizal and Quinitin Yuyitung temporarily moved to North America.

[1] The editorial policy of the Chinese Commercial News revolves around a ten-point mission of the newspaper as elaborated upon by Yu Yi Tung in 1922:[4] In the 1960s, the Commercial News advocated for the assimilation of Chinese Filipinos into the wider Filipino community and Philippine recognition of the People's Republic of China.

This advocacy led to the clandestine arrest of both Quintin and Rizal Yuyitung and their deportation to Taiwan in 1970 by the anti-communist Marcos government.