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Germany
From October 14 to 16, 2026, the state-run Global Times (環球時報), a tabloid published by the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily (人民日報), hosted the 17th Media Forum China-Germany (第十七屆中德媒體圓桌會) in the southwestern German city of Heidelberg. The forum has long been run in partnership with China Media Management Inc. (CMM-I傳媒諮詢有限公司), a Beijing-based media consulting firm. According to the Global Times, senior journalists, media executives and scholars from both countries discussed 10 topics, including China-Germany relations, global security, AI governan…
Tajikistan
The Union of Journalists of Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦記者聯盟) is Tajikistan’s oldest national journalists’ organization. It was established in 1959 at the first congress of journalists of what was then the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. The union describes itself as an independent, self-governing public organization. It brings together journalists’ unions from the country’s regions, cities and districts, with branches in the Khatlon, Sughd and Gorno-Badakhshan regions. Its Dushanbe office is at 16 Sadi Sherozi Avenue, the same building that houses the state news…
Tajikistan
On October 16, 2026, the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦記者聯盟) signed a cooperation agreement with the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, in Nanjing, according to Tajikistan’s state news agency Khovar, citing the union. The ACJA is an ostensible professional media association that works as a key part of China’s press control apparatus. In its own declarations
Brazil
On July 19, 2025, Brazil’s National Federation of Journalists, or FENAJ, the chief labor and professional organization representing journalist unions and media workers across the country, received a certificate recognizing it as an “International Home of Journalists” (國際記者之家) at the 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum in Ganzhou, in China’s Jiangxi province. The International Home of Journalists is an initiative of the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, an ostensible prof…
Cabo Verde
On October 17, 2026, the Association of Journalists of Cabo Verde, or AJOC, received an International Home of Journalists (國際記者之家) partnership certificate at the 2026 Belt and Road Journalists Forum in Nanjing, according to the Cabo Verdean outlet Mindel Insite. The International Home of Journalists is an initiative of the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, an ostensible professional media association that works as a key part of China’s press con…
Brazil, China
On August 31, 2024, the Brazilian Press Association (ABI), founded in 1908 and one of Brazil’s oldest press organizations, received a membership certificate for the International Home of Journalists (國際記者之家) at the 2024 Belt and Road Journalists Forum in Chongqing. According to a related announcement from the Brazilian association, ABI Director of Journalism Moacyr de Oliveira Filho accepted the certificate from He Ping (何平), president of the official All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, a Chinese Communist Party-led professional association tha…
Brazil
Founded on September 20, 1946, the National Federation of Journalists (巴西全國記者聯合會), or FENAJ, is Brazil’s national body of regional journalist trade unions, headquartered in Brasília. FENAJ does not enroll individual journalists directly. Its members are the state and municipal journalist unions, which numbered 31 in 2023, according to a FENAJ letter from that year. FENAJ defends the labor rights of journalists and is elected by direct vote of journalists nationwide. It is the…
China
The International Home of Journalists (國際記者之家) is a program through which the official All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, recruits foreign journalist associations, largely from the Global South, into a China-centered partnership network, with members in countries including Brazil, Cabo Verde, Zambia, Chile, Mongolia, Slovakia, and Tajikistan. The ACJA is an ostensible professional association that serves a key role in licensing journalists and implementing press control policies within the profession. The program presents itself as a “home base” for journalists worldwide. According t…
Cabo Verde
The Association of Journalists of Cabo Verde (佛得角記者協會), or AJOC, is Cabo Verde’s journalists’ union. It was founded on November 24, 1990 and is based in the Plateau district of the capital, Praia. Its full Portuguese name, Associação Sindical dos Jornalistas de Cabo Verde, identifies it as a union association. Its members work in the press, radio, television, news agencies and online media, and it advocates for journalists’ professional and social interests nationwide. AJOC is …
Peru
On November 5, 2024, the propaganda office of the Chongqing CCP Committee brought its “China: An Opportunity, Chongqing Brands” global promotion campaign to the Centro de la Amistad Peruano China in Lima. The Western China International Communication Organization (西部國際傳播中心), or WCICO, Chongqing’s international communication center for external propaganda (外宣), organized the event under the guidance of the Chongqing municipal government’s information office, with support from the Centro. The venue was
Italy
On September 21, 2026, a delegation from the Anhui International Communication Center (安徽国际传播中) inaugurated the "Anhui ICC Europe station" (安徽国际传播中心欧洲站). Anhui News Online described the development as an “important step” in extending the center’s overseas reach and expanding its “circle of friends” (朋友圈), or willing partners, to amplify Chinese messaging in Europe. The delegation was hosted by the China Chamber of Commerce in Italy. The center aims to promote Anhui Province and will also provide communication support for Anhui firms entering European markets. Based in Milan and "radiating across Europe,…
China, Timor-Leste
On September 12, 2026, China’s Nanning International Communication Center (南寧國際傳播中心) hosted a roundtable event that brought together media representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Timor-Leste, along with scholars and students from Guangxi. The roundtable, themed “Coexistence and Integration: Forging a New Vision for China-ASEAN Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning,” was organized ahead of the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo, a major trade fair for Chinese and Southeast Asian businesses. Organizers…
Peru
In November 2024, Chongqing Jiazuo Media (重慶佳左影視文化傳媒有限公司) signed a “China Time Slot” agreement with Peru’s Willax Televisión to air Spanish-dubbed Chinese productions. The titles include the series Three-Body (三體), a Chinese adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem, the series Stand or Fall (閃耀的她), and the documentary Once Upon a Bite 2 (風味人間2). The launch was guided by the State Council Information Office (國務院新聞辦公室) and the National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局), or NRTA, the State Council’s ministry-level …
Peru
On November 5, 2024, the Western China International Communication Organization (西部國際傳播中心), or WCICO, opened a Lima liaison office for Bridging News (陸海財經), a communication brand of the Chongqing international communication center intended for global external propaganda (外宣). It was the second such office after Rome. The local partner was Classic Media China Internacional SAC (經典傳媒中國國際有限公司). The company describes itself as the branch of a Chinese company sup…
Italy
On September 1, 2024, the Western China International Communication Organization (西部國際傳播中心), or WCICO, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Rome 9 Sino-Italian Economic and Cultural Exchange Center. The agreement created the first overseas liaison office of Bridging News (陸海財經), one of WCICO’s core brands for what China’s leadership calls “external propaganda” (外宣). The center, also known as the Roma 9 Association, is
Nigeria
In October 2026, Xu Fan (徐帆), Director of Bilateral Relations and Commerce at the Chinese Consulate General in Lagos, met with Nigerian media executives to explain the “One China Principle” (一個中國原則), China’s claim that the People's Republic is the sole legitimate government of China of which Taiwan is an inalienable part. During the briefing, Xu expressed that China “did not object to Nigerian …
Malaysia
On July 30, 2026, the Chongqing-based Western China International Communication Organization (西部國際傳播中心), or WCICO — formerly the Chongqing International Communication Center (重慶國際傳播中心), China’s first provincial-level center for state-led external propaganda — unveiled the Kuala Lumpur bureau of Bridging News (陸海財經). Alongside iChongqing, Bridging News is a core WCICO brand for what China’s leadership call…
Italy
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Italy (義大利中國商會) is a Milan-based association representing Chinese companies operating in Italy. It describes itself as a “non-profit, non-governmental organization.” Originally opened in 2008 as the “Italian Association of Chinese Enterprises," it was officially renamed in 2021. According to its website, the chamber is “approved” (批准) by Italy’s Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy — the government body
China
Established in 2021, the Anhui International Communication Center (安徽国际传播中心) is a state-run hub for external communication in Anhui Province. According to its official department profile, the center runs the Anhui provincial government's English-language news website and produces multilingual news content disseminated through several external-facing social media accounts. The Anhui ICC is part of the Anhui New Media Group (安徽新媒体集团), which falls under the direction of the Anhui Provincial Par…
Nigeria
The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Lagos (中華人民共和國駐拉各斯總領事館) is a diplomatic mission under China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened in 2003. Beyond standard consular work, including issuing visas to Nigerians and handling passport affairs and travel documents for Chinese nationals, the office engages with Lagos state officials and Nigerian think tanks to promote Chinese policy positions. In October 2026, then-Director of Bilateral Relations and Commerce Xu Fan (徐帆)
