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The Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province is the government agency responsible for overseeing cultural affairs and tourism development across southern Guangdong Province. It operates under the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and serves as the primary authority for shaping cultural policy, preserving heritage, and promoting tourism, both domestically and internationally. It has been actively engaged on international communication, partnering with the province’s international comm…
Argentina
Telefe is a Buenos Aires-based broadcast network founded in 1961 that is owned by the American media conglomerate Paramount Global. The channel produces Spanish-language programming, including telenovelas, news, and entertainment shows. Telefe also operates Telefe Internacional, a pay TV channel distributed to more than eight million subscribers in more than 20 countries. The network also offers streaming content through its digital platform, Mi Telefe. …
China
The Economic Daily (經濟日報), founded in January 1983, is a Chinese state-owned financial and business newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨中央委員會). According to its official website, the publication operates under direct Party supervision to communicate official economic policy and narratives. The newspaper focuses on economic development, financial markets, and industrial policy, serving as a key platform for disseminating the Party's economic directives and per…
Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Ministry of Media is the government body responsible for overseeing media policy, regulation, and development in Saudi Arabia. The ministry promotes the kingdom's media sector as part of Vision 2030, positioning Saudi Arabia as a regional media hub. The ministry organizes major events including the annual Saudi Media Forum and has prioritized artificial intelligence integration in media production. However, the ministry functions as what critics have characterized as the
China
Xinhua News Agency, established on November 7, 1931, as the Red China News Agency in Ruijin, Jiangxi province, is China's official state news agency operating as a ministry-level institution under the State Council. The agency adopted its current name in January 1937 while headquartered in Yan'an, Shaanxi. Its headquarters is located near Zhongnanhai in Beijing, with the current president and Party Secretary Fu Hua (傅華), who was appointed in…
Iceland
Established in 2009 by editor Einar Th. Thorsteinsson, Icelandic Times (冰岛时代) is a multi-lingual magazine covering tourism, culture, and business that maintains distinct institutional ties to Chinese state media. Since 2014, the magazine has produced a Chinese-language edition printed in China and distributed through thousands of Chinese travel agencies, with editorial content frequently amplifying PRC official narratives including features on the "Belt and Road" initiative and exclusive interviews with Chinese ambassadors. The outlet has collaborated directly with Xinhua…
Ukraine
Uryadovy Kuryer, or "Government Courier," is the official newspaper of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers, published since October 1990. A state-owned enterprise publishing in Ukrainian five times weekly, it serves as the primary outlet for government decrees, laws, and presidential activities. Initially edited by Mykhailo Soroka and now by Sergii Braga (Сергій Брага), the paper is consistently ranked among Ukraine's top three newspapers. As an official government publication, it publishes legally binding texts including Cabinet resolutions and parliamentary laws. The paper, according to the description on its website, is relied upon by …
Tajikistan
Khovar News Agency, officially known as the National Information Agency of Tajikistan, was established on December 31, 1925, during the period of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The agency functions as Tajikistan's state news agency, publishing content in Tajik, Russian, English, Arabic, and Persian languages. On April 30, 2004, a governmental decree designated Khovar as the central state information body with official authorization to collect and distribute information about the president, Supreme Assembly, and government activities. The agency a…
China
The ASEAN-China Center (中國—東盟中心) is the sole intergovernmental organization between ASEAN and China, established in November 2011 during the 14th ASEAN-China Summit and headquartered in Beijing. Operating as a one-stop information and activities hub, the Center promotes cooperation in trade, investment, education, culture, and tourism through four operational divisions: General Affairs and Coordination, Trade and Investment, Education Culture and Tourism, and Information and Public Relations. Key functions include facilitating business partnerships, coordinating cultural and educational exchanges, conducting market research, supporting small and medium enterprises, managing a permanent ex…
Cyprus
The Union of Cyprus Journalists (Ένωση Συντακτών Κύπρου), or UCJ, is Cyprus' independent trade union association for journalists, established on April 8, 1959. The organization aims to safeguard press freedom, defend journalists' rights and independence, improve employment conditions — including a call in 2024 for decent salaries and better working conditions — and enhance professional standards. UCJ is a member o…
China
DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company based in Hangzhou that develops large language models. Founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng (梁文鋒), who also co-founded and leads the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer (幻方), the company gained prominence in January 2025 with the release of its DeepSeek-R1 model. The company made headlines for developing AI models comparable to industry leaders like OpenAI's GPT-4o but at a fraction of the cost—claiming to have trained its V3 model for just $6 million compared to GPT-4's estimated $100 million. This cost efficiency, achieved partly in response to US restrictio…
China
The Chongqing Daily News Group was established on October 18, 2001, as the official media arm of the Chongqing Municipal Communist Party Committee. Its flagship publication, Chongqing Daily (重慶日報), was founded on August 5, 1952, with then-party leader Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) personally calligraphing the masthead and providing an inscription during his tenure as Southwest Bureau Secretary. The group claims to have expanded from three newspapers before Chongqing's designation as a centrally-administered municipality to a conglomerate encompassing 15 newspapers, 3 magazines, 1…
Denmark
The Danish Film Institute, established in 1972, is Denmark's national agency for supporting and promoting film and cinema culture. Located in Gothersgade in central Copenhagen, this cultural cornerstone—also known as Filmhuset ("the film house")—operates under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The institute focuses on three main areas: production and development of films, distribution and communication of film culture, and archives and museum activities. Its public facilities include a comprehensive library with 55,000 books and Cinemateket, Denmark's national film museum, featuring three cinemas showcasing classics and quality films. …
Singapore
Lianhe Zaobao (聯合早報) is Singapore's flagship Chinese-language daily newspaper, formed in March 1983 through the merger of Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商報) and Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報), two of Singapore's oldest Chinese newspapers dating to the 1920s. The newspaper was initially published by Singapore News and Publications Limited before becoming part of Singapore Press Holdings in 1984. Currently published by SPH Media Trust, the newspaper maintains a daily circulation of approximately 136,900 print and digital copies as of 2021. Lianhe Zaobao became the first Chinese newspaper to go online in 1995 and the first f…
Indonesia
The Jakarta Post is an English-language daily newspaper in Indonesia, founded in 1983 by four Indonesian media groups — the online daily newspaper Suara Karya, the national newspaper Kompas, the weekly magazine Tempo, and the evening daily Sinar Harapan — under the auspices of then-Information Minister Ali Murtopo and politician Jusuf Wanandi. The newspaper expressed its aim at the time as creating a credible English-language publica…
Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) is Bulgaria's national radio broadcaster, founded on March 30, 1930 by a group of engineers and intellectuals, before being nationalized on January 25, 1935. The broadcaster operates two nationwide channels — Horizont, which offers news and music, and Hristo Botev, focused on culture and the arts—alongside nine regional channels and Radio Bulgaria. BNR is governed by a five-member Management Board appointed by the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), Bulgaria's media regulatory authority, …
France, Switzerland
On October 23, 2023, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee signed a cooperation memorandum in Paris regarding broadcasting the Olympics and related media promotion programs. The agreement outlined CMG's role as a host broadcaster, deploying over 2,000 personnel to produce international broadcast signals for gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, and sport climbing using "5G+4K/8K+AI" technology. CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), and Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet signed the memorandum. The agreement also covered promotional programming and "telling the …
Cambodia
Cambodia's Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) is a government body established in 2009, attached to the Office of the Council of Ministers. Originally known as the "Economic, Social and Cultural Observatory" (OBSESC) from 1996, it was transformed into its current form by Royal Decree in February 2009. The Council monitors economic, social, and cultural developments, researches challenges, reviews draft legislation related to these sectors, and provides recommendations to the Royal Government. The General Secretariat, established by Sub-Decree No. 44 in March 2009, handles daily operations and is headed by a Secretary-Gene…
China
The China-Africa Friendly Economic and Trade Development Foundation (中非友善經貿發展基金會) was established in September 2014 in Beijing as China's first foundation specifically focused on economic and trade development between China and African countries. Operating under the supervision of the China-Africa Friendship Leadership Group of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全國政協中非友善領導小組), the foundation describes itself as a non-governmental organization with the stated mission to "help small and medium enterprises go abroad, strengthen China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, fund China-Africa science and technology trade projects, and …
Malaysia
Lianhe Ribao (聯合日報) is a Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper that was formed on January 1, 2004, through the merger of Miri Daily News (美里日報), founded in 1957, and Zhong Hua Ribao (中華日報), established in 1945. The newspaper primarily serves East Malaysia, with circulation concentrated in Sarawak and extending to neighboring Brunei Darussalam. According to industry data, the newspaper's circulation increased from 40,947 copies in 2004 to 50,729 copies by 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing Chinese newspapers in East Malaysia. Lianhe Ribao focuses particularly on local news coverage from we…
