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China, Hungary
From October 25 to October 31, 2024, a media delegation from Hungary visited the central Chinese region of Hubei. The visit, organized by the Chinese embassy in Hungary, brought together journalists from the online newspaper Magyar Hírlap and the English-language news portal Hungary Today, to tour the region's hotspots, from cultural exhibitions like the China Bridge Museum to industrial and tech facilities such as the Dongfeng Voyah auto plant. On October 27, the delegation met …
Portugal
On November 26, 2018, a seminar was held in Portugal’s capital of Lisbon drawing Chinese and Portuguese government officials together with media representatives from China, Portugal, and other Portuguese-speaking countries — including Brazil and Angola. The seminar, called the “Dialogue of Media Cooperation Between China and Portugal,” called for deepening cooperation and joint reporting of stories between the two countries, emphasizing the role of media in fostering stronger bilateral relations. In his speech to the event, Wang Xiaohui (王晓晖), executive deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department of the CCP, highlighted a long history of media c…
Angola
Founded after Angola gained independence in November 1975, Jornal de Angola is the country's only daily printed newspaper. State-operated through its publishing company Edições Novembro — formerly known as Empresa Gráfica de Angola — the outlet was nationalized in 1976 under Law No. 51/76. As reported by the BBC, the publication rarely publishes editorial content critical of the government. In 1992, early in his career, anti-corruption activist Rafael Marques de Morais w…
China
The Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨湖北省委員會) is the highest organ of CCP authority in Hubei Province. As with all provincial-level party committees in China, it sits above the provincial government in the political hierarchy. First established on May 20,1949, the committee oversees all party work in Hubei, controls key personnel appointments across government, media, and state enterprises, and implements directives from the CCP Central Committee. Hubei Daily (湖北日報), which began publication on July 1, 1949,
Hungary
The Friends of Hungary Foundation (Magyarország Barátai Alapítvány) is a Hungarian diaspora NGO established in 2011 by 13 founding members, including prominent Hungarian scientists, bankers, and cultural figures based across Europe, the US, and Singapore. Per its founding letter, the foundation exists to inform the international community about Hungary and Hungarians worldwide in a nonpartisan way while celebrating Hungarian achievements abroad. The letter states that the founders "considered it necessary to establish an organization that would value-consciously but impartially in…
Hungary
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Hungary (中華人民共和國駐匈牙利大使館) is China's chief diplomatic mission in the country, based in Budapest. China established diplomatic relations with Hungary on October 6, 1949. The embassy handles government-to-government relations, visas and consular services, trade and investment promotion, and public diplomacy outreach to Hungarian audiences. During President Xi Jinping's May 2024 state visit to Budapest, the embassy was the focus of a public controversy as a joint investigation by investigative journalism centers Direkt36 and VSquare found that the Chinese Embassy in Hungary
Brazil
Founded on April 7, 1908, the Brazilian Press Association (Associação Brasileira de Imprensa – ABI) is a non-governmental media organization established by journalist Gustavo de Lacerda on the principle, as noted on the group’s website, that journalism should not be driven solely by commercial interests and profit. Throughout its history, according to a federal government profile, ABI has defended journalists during periods of authoritarian rule in Brazil, including mediating the release of imprisoned journalists accused of subversion under both the Estado Novo regime and the 1964 military dict…
Hungary
Magyar Hírlap is a Hungarian daily newspaper founded in 1968 as a state publication based in Budapest. Privatized after Hungary's 1989 transition from communist rule, it became known for a liberal editorial stance until Swiss publisher Ringier acquired it in 2000. Hungary's Economic Competition Authority (GVH) later ruled that Ringier held an excessive share of the newspaper market, prompting a divestiture. Entrepreneur Gábor Széles purchased and relaunched Magyar Hírlap in 2005, after whic…
Hungary
Hungary Today is an English-language news portal based in Budapest, billing itself as the leading English-language news source for Hungary. The portal, active since 2011, covers politics, economy, culture, and sport. It is published by the Friends of Hungary Foundation (Magyarország Barátai Alapítvány), a Hungarian NGO founded in 2011 to strengthen ties between Hungary and Hungarians living abroad. The foundation relies on private donations, including from state-linked firms such as gas and oil company MOL Group.…
China
The Office of the Foreign Affairs Working Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP (中共湖北省委外事工作委員會辦公室) was established in 2018, when Beijing’s institutional reform promoted the formation of provincial-level foreign affairs leading groups within regional CCP committees. The office is responsible for handling visa paperwork, official visits, consular protection, outreach to international media, and promoting bilateral ties between Hong Kong and Macao through trade delegations, leadership exchanges, and youth initiatives. Since 2021, the co…
Kyrgyzstan
On May 27, 2026, during the 2026 China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation Forum (2026中吉媒體合作論壇) in Bishkek, China's Global Times (環球時報), the state-owned tabloid published under the Chinese Communist Party's People's Daily (人民日報), signed a cooperation agreement with Kyrgyzstan's Russian-language daily Slovo Kyrgyzstana. The terms of the agreement were not made public. However, Global TimesquotedSlovo Kyrgyzstana editor-in-chief Elena Zholobova a…
Canada
In April 2023, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Canadian Chinese News Agency (加拿大中華新聞社), one of 16 overseas Chinese-language media outlets that signed similar agreements with the center that month covering news coverage, joint events, and information sharing, according to Xuchang Net, a website operated by the CCP-run Xuchang Daily (許昌日報社) in the prefectural Henan city of Xuchang. The Canadian Chinese News Agency, which operates the portal site ChinaNews.org, was
Kyrgyzstan
On May 27, 2026, the People's Daily (人民日報), the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, and Kyrgyzstan's Kyrgyz Tuusu Publishing House co-hosted the 2026 China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation Forum in Bishkek, with Global Times also involved in organizing the event. According to Global Times, roughly 100 officials, media figures, and business representatives from both countries attended. People's Daily deputy editor-in-chief Cui Shixin (崔士鑫) linked the forum to the S…
Henan International Communication Center Signs Cooperation Agreement With Argentina’s Huaren Toutiao
Argentina
In April 2023, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Argentina's Huaren Toutiao (阿根廷華人頭條), one of 16 overseas Chinese-language media outlets that signed similar agreements with the center that month covering news coverage, joint events, and information sharing, according to Xuchang Net, a website operated by the CCP-run Xuchang Daily (許昌日報社) in the prefectural Henan city of Xuchang. Argentina's Huaren Toutiao is a local edition of the broader Huaren Toutiao (華人頭條) network,
Italy
On July 21, 2026, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a cooperation agreement with Micromedia Communication Italy (意大利微視傳媒) in Milan, with discussions covering the overseas expansion of Chinese enterprises and prospects for Henan-Italy cooperation, according to Dahe Daily. The Henan center, established in June 2023 under the guidance of the propaganda office of the Henan CCP Provincial Committee and operated by the Henan Daily Press Group, had by November 2024 signed strategic cooperation ag…
Kyrgyzstan
Beginning in 2015, privately owned Kyrgyz broadcaster Dolon TV received Chinese government subsidies through 2018 under a designation in China's "National Cultural Export Key Project" catalogue, according to an OSCE Academy in Bishkek research report on Chinese information operations in Kyrgyzstan. Around the same period, Dolon TV secured free, exclusive rebroadcast rights to at least ten CCTV channels, according to China Index, an independent research project tracking PRC-linked media relationships, which also reports that Dolon TV produces original programming …
Kyrgyzstan
On May 28, 2026, a delegation from the People's Daily (人民日報), led by deputy editor-in-chief Cui Shixin (崔士鑫), visited Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek. Vice-Rector Nazarkul Ishekeyev called the People's Daily, which is published directly by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party as its chief "mouthpiece," "one of the oldest and most influential daily newspapers in the People's Republic of China." He added that the partnership would serve as "a bridge between the cultures and education…
Kyrgyzstan
On November 24, 2024, China and Kyrgyzstan unveiled the Ban-Mo Institute (班·墨學院) at Kyrgyz State Technical University in Bishkek, a vocational training institute jointly established by the Kyrgyzstan office of China Road and Bridge Corporation (中國路橋工程有限責任公司), Shandong's Taishan Vocational and Technical College (泰山職業技術學院), Shandong Caishang Education Technology Co. (山東財商教育科技有限公司), and Kyrgyz State Technical University. The event was reported by Xinhua News Agency's own Bishkek bureau chief correspondent, via Xinhua's Belt and Road information platform, which described the institute's purp…
Kyrgyzstan
On May 27, 2026, Global Times (環球時報) held a stop of its "Overseas China Week" series in Bishkek, launching a photo exhibition titled "Linked by Mountains and Rivers, Bound by Shared Hearts — China and Kyrgyzstan Hand-in-Hand for the Future" alongside the 2026 China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation Forum. Attendees included People's Daily deputy editor-in-chief Cui Shixin (崔士鑫), Kyrgyzstan's Deputy Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy Salkyn Sarnogoeva, Kyrgyz Tuusu Publishing House head Galina Baitekerek, and a Chinese embassy counselor. The exhi…
Kyrgyzstan
On November 30, 2023, Bishkek hosted the premiere of the documentary One Belt, One Road: Next to You, marking the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Kyrgyzstan's state news agency Kabar. Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Du Dewen (杜德文), Kyrgyz Transport and Communications Minister Tilek Tekebaev, and Kyrgyz Deputy Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy Chyngyz Esengul uulu attended. Du said the initiative had "evolved from a Chinese initiative into an international practice" over its first decade …
