'The East Asian Lloyd'; OAL) was a German language newspaper published in Shanghai, China.

Winston, the author of "Chinese Finance Under the Republic," described the newspaper, which was managed by trained scholars, as the "chief organ of the German interests in the Far East" and that the newspaper "deserves to rank with the better class of European or American journals devoted to commerce and finance.

The editors of the Der Ostasiatische Lloyd started the Deutsche Zeitung für China to cope with the demand.

[7] There was an unrelated publication that was originally named the Deutsche Shanghai Zeitung and later renamed Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.

[8] It was renamed and reorganized in January 1936 so it could benefit from the reputation of the previous Der Ostasiatische Lloyd.