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El Salvador
The Government of El Salvador (薩爾瓦多政府) is a representative democratic republic established in its modern form following the independence from Spain in 1821 and the subsequent dissolution of the United Provinces of Central America in 1841. The current constitutional framework, adopted in 1983 during the Salvadoran Civil War, provides for a presidential system with three …
El Salvador
Noticiero El Salvador (薩爾瓦多新聞) is the flagship news program of the state-owned television network Canal 10, which officially debuted its current format on October 5, 2020. Operated under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, Canal 10 serves as the primary broadcast vehicle for government narratives, maintaining complete editorial alignment with executive policy.…
El Salvador
The Chinese Embassy in El Salvador was established following the normalization of diplomatic relations on August 21, 2018, when State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) and Salvadoran Foreign Minister Carlos Castaneda signed a joint communiqué in Beijing, with El Salvador simultaneously severing ties with Taiwan. El Salvador subsequently joined the Belt and Road Initiative, and President Nayib Bukele made his first state visit to China in 2019, signing a series of memoranda of understanding covering infras…
El Salvador
Diario El Salvador (薩爾瓦多日報) is a state-owned morning newspaper launched on October 19, 2020, under the administration of President Nayib Bukele.It is operated by El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V., a company owned by subsidiaries of the state electricity commission, Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL).The outlet was established to provide a government-aligned alternative to traditional private media, with a significant portion of its revenue derived from state …
El Salvador
Nuevas Ideas (新理念黨) is the dominant ruling political party of El Salvador, founded on October 25, 2017, by President Nayib Bukele. The party was officially registered on August 21, 2018, as a big tent movement established to dismantle the long-standing legislative duopoly of the right-wing ARENA and the left-wing FMLN. Under the leadership of party president Xavier Zablah Bukele, the organization has emerged as a force that has "
El Salvador
Perforadora Santa Bárbara S.A. de C.V. (聖巴巴拉鑽井公司), renamed Inversiones Santa Bárbara (ISB) in September 2021, is a Salvadoran state-owned subsidiary primarily engaged in the geothermal energy sector. It is a direct subsidiary of LaGeo, which is in turn owned by the state electricity commission, Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL). Although its official business focus involves the sale of machinery and spare parts for geothermal well drilling, the company serves as the 99 percent majority shareholder of El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V., the corporate entity behind the pro-government newspaper Diario El Salvador. Investigations
El Salvador
Founded on November 4, 1964 as an educational television initiative under the Ministry of Education, Canal 10 (第十頻道) is El Salvador's only state-owned television channel. Following President Nayib Bukele's assumption of office in 2019, the station was placed under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, shifting its primary function from educational content to serving as the government's main television platform. Operating within the Sistema Nacional de Medios Públicos (SINAMP), it produces "Noticias de El Salvador," its flagship news program
El Salvador
El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V. (國家日報股份有限公司) is a Salvadoran commercial corporation established on March 3, 2020, to serve as the legal and administrative vehicle for the state-run newspaper, Diario El Salvador. The company was incorporated by subsidiaries of the Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL), specifically Perforadora Santa Bárbara (99 percent shareholder) and the Compañía de Luz Eléctrica de Ahuachapán (1 percent shareholder). By utilizing a private corporate structure under …
Peru
On October 31, 2021, Chinese ambassador to Peru Liang Yu (梁宇) gave a live interview on Agenda Política, a talk show on the Peruvian cable news channel Canal N, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Peru — established on November 2, 1971. Liang stressed that Peru was "among the first" Latin American countries to establish ties with China. It was in fact the
China, El Salvador
In March 2026, the PRC invited a select group of Salvadoran journalists, primarily from state-aligned outlets, to cover the annual "Two Sessions" political event in Beijing. Such invitations generally include all-expenses-paid travel and "capacity building" workshops that emphasize the successes of the Chinese socialist model. By providing exclusive access to high-level political meetings, the PRC ensures that the resulting coverage in El Salvador mirrors the official Chinese perspective on sensitive topics like the "One China" principle and Chinese investments and infrastructure suppor…
El Salvador
On September 27, 2024, the state-funded Diario El Salvador and China’s Xinhua News Agency formally presented a joint publication titled "Reportajes de encuentros: la relación China-El Salvador" (Encounter Reports: The China-El Salvador Relationship). A related promotion appeared on Diario El Salvador's Instagram account. The presentation took place at the editorial offices of Diario El Salvador and was attended by its editorial director, Luis Laínez. The compendium features reports from Salvadoran journalists who traveled to China, alongside Xinhua content tra…
El Salvador
On April 29, 2021, the state-funded newspaper Diario El Salvador published an extensive interview with the Chinese Ambassador to El Salvador, Ou Jianhong (欧箭虹). In the interview, the ambassador characterized the bilateral relationship as having "consolidated" following President Nayib Bukele’s 2019 state visit to China. She utilized the platform to push several key PRC strategic narratives: dismissing concerns of "secret agreements" by emphasizing transparency, highlighting record-breaking Salvadoran sugar exports to China (up 105.7 percent in 2020), and fr…
Democratic Republic of Congo
On March 6, 2026, Sun Xiaohan (孫小涵), a faculty member at Tianjin University's School of Foreign Languages (外國語學院) and Global South Institute (全球南方研究院), co-authored an op-ed with the institute's executive director, Professor Wang Zhan (王戰), published in Forum des As — the Democratic Republic of Congo's most widely circulated mainstream newspaper. The piece, titled "Consolidating the Forces of Global Good Governance, Strengthening the Foundations of Multilateralism," argued for the…
Indonesia
On March 26, 2026, China's Mission to ASEAN hosted a media and think tank salon in Jakarta themed "Sharing the New Opportunities of China's High-Quality Development," briefing nearly twenty regional media organizations and think tanks on the outcomes of China's annual Two Sessions (全國兩會) — the joint plenary meetings of China's national (largely ceremonial) legislature and its top political advisory body, held each spring in Beijing. Ambassador Wang Qing (王擎) presented an extended reading of the Government Work Report and the forthcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (十五五規劃綱要), empha…
China, El Salvador
On April 8, 2024, Liu Jianchao (劉建超), Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, met in Beijing with a high-level delegation from El Salvador’s ruling party, Nuevas Ideas, led by Vice President-elect Félix Ulloa. During the meeting, Liu emphasized that the CCP is willing to "promote exchanges and cooperation" between the counterpart departments of the two parties, specifically highlighting media and think tanks as key areas for collaboration. This engagement aimed to institutionalize the sharing of "experience in party building and state governance" to ensure the stable developme…
El Salvador
On January 15, 2026, the Chinese Ambassador to El Salvador, Zhang Yanhui (张艳辉), published a signed article in Diario El Salvador titled "China es un firme practicante del desarrollo verde global" (China is a firm practitioner of global green development). In the piece, Zhang promoted China’s commitment to "South-South cooperation" and the "community of shared future" between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The article outlined five specific programs—Solidarity, Development, Peoples, Civilizations, and Peace—intended to serve as a roadmap for deepening ties with El Salvador. This placement illustrates the "borrowed boat" strategy, using a high-circulation…
China
Founded on September 29, 2024, the Tianjin University Global South Institute (天津大學全球南方研究院) is China's first university-based research center dedicated to Global South studies. Housed within the School of Foreign Languages and led by Executive Director Professor Wang Zhan (王戰), the institute operates as a state-oriented think tank explicitly tasked with serving Chinese national strategy and advancing Beijing's vision of a "community with a shared future for mankind." It maintains four research centers focused on Francophone co…
Peru
Canal N is a Peruvian pay-television news channel founded on July 4, 1999, and headquartered in Lima, as part of the El Comercio media group. It was Peru's first 24-hour cable news channel, with programming focused on current affairs and political coverage. The channel was created under journalist Gilberto Hume and was instrumental in the fall of President Alberto Fujimori, who ruled from 1990 to 2000 and was later
Indonesia
The Mission of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN is Beijing's dedicated diplomatic representation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (東南亞國家聯盟), headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dialogue relations began in 1991, when Foreign Minister Qian Qichen (錢其琛) attended the 24th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. In 2003, China acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, establishing a strategic partnership. It was the firs…
Indonesia
Founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration by the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, ASEAN is an eleven-member intergovernmental organization headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its founding was driven by Cold War-era concerns about communist expansion in Southeast Asia, though the declaration itself focused on accelerating regional economic, social, and cultural development. Membership expanded gradually — Brunei in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Laos and Myanmar in 1997, and Cambodia in 1999. Timor-Leste
