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China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with National Media Group (國家媒體集團), which Chinese state media described as owning multiple major Russian media outlets and handling external-facing information dissemination. According to Xinhua, the agreement covers the exchange of news and information products and mutual visits by pers…
China, Russia
Between May 20 and 22, 2026, timed to Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, RT and China Media Group's CCTV jointly premiered a three-episode documentary titled The Last Strike (最後一擊), known in Russian as Последний удар, about the Soviet Union's August 1945 Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation against Japan's Kwantung Army in the closing days of World War II. According to CCTV, the documentary was produced to "promote a correct view of World War II history and safeguard international fairness and justice," framing the operation as a case of Soviet-Chinese "coordinated combat" that helped end the war, and des…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, National Media Group (國家媒體集團) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, agreed to expand cooperation on coverage of events related to Russia, China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a China- and Russia-led regional grouping. The two sides also agreed to establish a direct communication mechanism between their editors-in-chief to coordinate coverage of what …
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency and Gazprom-Media Holding (俄羅斯天然氣傳媒控股股份公司), one of Russia's largest media conglomerates spanning television, radio, print and digital platforms, signed a memorandum on vocational and professional training for media personnel. The agreement provides for a systematic exchange of experience between journalists, editors and media specialists from the two countries, including joint educational programs, seminars, internships and mutual participation in conferences. Gazp…
China
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum with Russia's state news agency TASS (塔斯社) agreeing to hold a series of activities marking the 70th anniversary of their cooperative relationship. The agreement was one of four documents signed between Xinhua and Russian media that day, all included among the official list of outcome documents from the
China
On July 16, 2026, representatives of 29 countries, including China, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Brazil, signed an agreement in Shanghai establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (世界人工智能合作組織), or WAICO, an intergovernmental body headquartered in Shanghai. According to the agreement, WAICO commits members to a "people-centered approach" to AI governance, language drawn from Chinese leader Xi Jinping's Global AI Governance Initiative, unveiled in October 2023, which frames Beijing as a champion of developing nations against Weste…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) president Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) and All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (全俄國家電視廣播公司) director general Oleg Dobrodeyev signed an agreement to deepen cooperation on documentaries and feature reporting, witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin. According to Chinese state media, the agreement covers news coverage, program production, content exchange, joint events and personnel exchange between the two broadcasters, part of a wider package of Russia-China agreements signed that day spanning science, education, fi…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum with Rossiya Segodnya (今日俄羅斯國際通訊社), Russia's principal state multimedia news agency for foreign audiences, agreeing to jointly hold the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Expert Forum. According to Xinhua's account of the agreement,…
China, Russia
On November 3, 2025, during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's visit to China, MTS Media, the Russian entertainment holding that operates the KION streaming platform and later rebranded as ON Media, and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement provided for an exchange of expertise and best media practices between the two companies, and for the joint development of special projects dedicated to strengthening Russian-Chinese cooperation and "
China, Russia
On May 8, 2025, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia, which coincided with Moscow's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum on deepening cooperation, according to the Kremlin's official list of documents signed and adopted that day. The agreement was one of 28 such documents, which also included two joint statements on strategic partnership and global stability, and a cluster of other Russia-China media memoranda signed the same day involving National Media Gro…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, National Media Group (國家媒體集團) signed a cooperation agreement with China Daily (中國日報), the CCP's English-language state newspaper. According to National Media Group, the agreement provides for the exchange of news content and exclusive materials, along with editorial coordination on promoting shared coverage topics. The two sides also agreed to jointly promote the English-language edition of Izvestia, a National Media Group-owne…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum of cooperation covering three areas. In mass communication, the agreement provides for joint production of news reports, thematic programs, and short videos, along with the exchange of related materials. In science, it cove…
Kenya
Kenya, an East African republic, holds regular multiparty elections, but the monitoring organization Freedom House reports that pervasive corruption and brutality by security forces remain serious problems despite a vibrant media and civil-society sector. Kenya established diplomatic relations with China in 1963, and the two governments elevated ties to a "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership" during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto to Beijing in April 2025. State-to-state…
Tajikistan
The Republic of Tajikistan is a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. China and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations on January 4, 1992, and the relationship has been upgraded over time, reaching a "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership" during Chinese leader
Russia
The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, initially named the Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance, was established by the People's Commissariat of Finance, the Soviet Union's financial governing body, in 1918. The university is wholly state-owned, with the Government of the Russian Federation as its sole founder, and its rector is appointed by direct government decree rather than through an independent academic process. The university has evolved into a research and academic complex with eight faculties across 27 campuses. In 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China, the university
Brazil
Brazil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, is South America's largest state, governed under a constitution promulgated in 1988. China and Brazil established diplomatic relations on August 15, 1974, and Brazil became the first Latin American country to enter a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with Beijing. Media ties run through Brazil's state broadcaster: Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) signed a…
Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz Republic, a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, adopted a parliamentary system after revolutions in 2005 and 2010, but has concentrated power in the presidency since 2021 under Sadyr Japarov, whose government Freedom House says has used courts and extralegal pressure against critics. Relations with China were elevated to a "comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era" in 2025. Media cooperation has been formalized through direct state-agency ties: during a June 2025 summit in Astana, Kyrgyzstan's Kabar state news agency and China's Xinhua
Venezuela
Venezuela, renamed the "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" from the previous "Republic of Venezuela" under its 1999 constitution following a power grab by the newly elected President Hugo Chávez, has cultivated one of Latin America's closest political relationships with Beijing, elevated to an "all-weather strategic partnership" in 2023. Following a
Lesotho
Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy landlocked within South Africa, gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. China and Lesotho restored diplomatic relations in 1993, and cooperation has since spanned infrastructure, health and media. In November 2013, China's press and broadcast regulator and Lesotho National Broadcasting Services signed a license agreement. More recently, Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister Limpho Tau signed WAICO's founding agreement on Lesotho's b…
Russia
Rossiya Segodnya (今日俄羅斯國際通訊社) is a Russian state media group established after Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on December 9, 2013, ordering the liquidation of the state news agency RIA Novosti and the state broadcaster Voice of Russia and folding their staff and assets into the new entity. RIA Novosti itself traced its lineage to the Soviet Information Bureau, founded in 1941, though Rossiya Segodnya was created as a distinct entity by the 2013 decree, not a c…
