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France
On June 17, 2026, UNESCO's Information for All Programme, the China Foundation for Human Rights Development (中国人权发展基金会), a nominally independent charity whose governing charter names the Communist Party's Central Propaganda Department as its supervising authority, and Communication University of China (中国传媒大学) jointly held a symposium on accessible information and cultural rights at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The event corresponded with China's release of i…
France
On June 16, 2026, a Communication University of China (中国传媒大学) delegation led by deputy Party secretary Zheng Peng (郑鹏) signed a cooperation memorandum with ISCOM (Institut Supérieur de Communication), a private communication and advertising school in Paris marking its 40th anniversary this year. The agreement was signed with Caroline Grassaud, who became director of ISCOM Paris in 2023. According to the C…
Spain
On September 9, 2019, officials from Zhejiang Media Group (浙江廣播電視集團), a state-owned Chinese broadcaster, and Barcelona's publicly owned broadcaster Betevé signed a cooperation agreement under which Zhejiang's broadcaster would supply documentaries to Betevé while Betevé would provide Spanish-produced content to Zhejiang television. The agreement, titled "Beautiful Zhejiang, Vibrant Barcelona," was signed in Barcelona and also involved the Barcelona Chinese Education Foundation (巴塞羅那中文教育基金會), known in Spanish as "Any Nou Xinès amb Barcelona," which
Denmark
On May 29, 2026, Wang Xuefeng (王雪峰), China’s ambassador to Denmark, published an op-ed in the Copenhagen Post, Denmark's English media outlet, responding to the question of whether Europe lost its economic momentum as China's trade surplus with the EU last year rose to nearly USD 300 billion. Wang argued that “the reality is not as it seems,” and that “the evolution of the China…
Italy
On July 14, 2015, Li Ruiyu (李瑞宇), then China's ambassador to Italy, met with Alessandro Pica, then general manager of Italian news agency AGI (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia), according to a release from the embassy. Li used standard Chinese trade-diplomacy language, describing closer China-Italy ties as a way to pair China's manufacturing cost advantage with Italy's design and technology…
Belgium
On June 19, 2026, a Communication University of China (中国传媒大学) delegation led by deputy Party secretary Zheng Peng (郑鹏) met with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (布鲁塞尔自由大学), or VUB, the Dutch-speaking of Brussels's two public universities, to discuss expanding academic ties. The delegation met with Karin Vanderkerken, VUB's vice-rector for internationalization and a professor of biomedical sciences who previously oversaw the university's research infrastructure as vi…
Hungary
On June 24, 2011, Budapest's classical-music radio station Klasszik Radio halted its regular programming and aired Chinese state-produced content timed precisely to the arrival of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶), the first visit to Hungary by a Chinese premier in 24 years, investigative Hungarian outlet Direkt36 reported. Former senior editor Viktor Hankó said the order originated directly from China Radio International (中國國際廣播電台), or CRI, the
Finland
GBTimes Oy (環球時代傳媒有限公司) is a Tampere-based Finnish media company producing China-related radio, print, and online content for European audiences. According to its own About Us page, the outlet was founded as Radio86 in 2004 and has "gradually worked to become the web's most extensive China-related information base," publishing news, travel, politics, food, history, and entertainment content in 11 languages, including English, Finnish, Swedish, and Chinese. GBTimes was formally registered as a Finnish company in 2007. In 2015, independent rese…
France
ISCOM, or the Institut Supérieur de Communication, is a private French institution that trains students for careers in communications and advertising, with eight campuses across France. According to ISCOM's own description of the school, it combines academic coursework with practical, hands-on training built on ongoing partnerships with industry professionals. Caroline Grassaud has directed the school's Paris campus since 2023. In June 2026, Grassaud signed a cooperation agreement with the Communication University of China (中国传媒大学), arranging a student exchange tied to the Chinese university's School of Advertising and Brand Communication. ISCOM is ma…
Belgium
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (布鲁塞尔自由大学), or VUB, is a Dutch-speaking public research university in Brussels, Belgium. According to the university's own account of its history, it traces its roots to the Free University of Brussels, founded in 1834 by lawyer Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen as a secular alternative to church-run higher education, which split along linguistic lines in 1969 into VUB and the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles. VUB became a fully independent institution in 1970. The university enrolls roughly 22,000 students across eight faculties and campuses in Etterbeek, Jette, Anderlecht, and Pajottegem. VUB previously hosted a Con…
Hungary
Klasszik Rádió is a private commercial station that began broadcasting classical music in Budapest on December 1, 2009, and airs different types of classical music content alongside Hungarian and English-language news. In December 2010, the station partnered with GBTimes, a Finnish-registered but Chinese-owned distributor tied to China Radio International (CRI), selling part of its airtime. On June 24, 2011, it halted regular programming to air Chinese state-produced content timed precisely to the arrival of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶), the first visit to …
China
The China Foundation for Human Rights Development (中国人权发展基金会), or CFHRD, is a Beijing-based charity founded on August 15, 1994, that describes itself as a nongovernmental public foundation. Its own founding charter states that its supervising authority is "the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (Information Office of the State Council)," according to CMP's own research. CFHRD funds the China Society for Human Rights Studies, Beijing's primary ve…
Denmark
The Copenhagen Post is an English-language newspaper in Denmark, providing daily newsletters and online news. Founded in 1997, the post is today published by The Post ApS. The Post receives subsidies to support its work from the Agency for Culture and Palaces (Mediestøtte) under the government, and its operation is regulated under the Danish Media Liability Act.…
Denmark
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Denmark is China's chief diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Denmark, located in Copenhagen. China and Denmark established diplomatic relations on January 9, 1950, making Denmark the second country to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China following its establishment on October 1, 1949. China is Denmark's largest Asian trading partner, with around 50…
China
Zhejiang Media Group (浙江廣播電視集團) was founded on November 8, 2001, through the merger of Zhejiang Radio Station and Zhejiang Television. The group is directly under the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and provincial government. The group operates 18 broadcast channels, including Zhejiang Satellite TV (浙江衛視) and Zhejiang Voice (浙江之聲), alongside new-media platforms China Blue News (中國藍新聞) and Z-Vision (Z視介). The group claims, without explanation, that it ranks "in the front nationwide" (位居全國前列) and notes in an online introduction that it has averaged "one Zhejiang story per day" on CCTV's news program Xinwen Lianbo (新聞聯播).…
Spain
Betevé (formerly Barcelona Televisió) is Barcelona's municipal public broadcaster, launched on November 3, 1994 by merging ten district television stations. Its day-to-day management is handled by the Barcelona City Council, which acts as its shareholders' assembly. The broadcaster produces its own programming, from newscasts to documentaries, debate shows, and entertainment. It broadcasts primarily in Catalan, a policy in place since the channel's founding.…
Spain
Barcelona City Council (Ajuntament de Barcelona) is the local government that administers the city and oversees urban planning, mobility, housing, and public services. The council is led by a mayor, supported by deputy mayors and councilors who form the Government Commission, the body that runs day-to-day decisions.…
Mozambique
On April 21, 2026, China’s state agency, Xinhua, signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), Mozambique's government-funded national public broadcaster, during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo's state visit to Beijing. According to Xinhua, the agreement covers the exchange of news content and personnel visits between the two outlets. The agreement was included on the official outcomes list of President Chapo's state visit to Beijing.…
Estonia
In November 2025, Guo Xiaomei (郭曉梅), China's ambassador to Estonia, gave an interview to the Baltic Times on China-EU relations, trade, and Taiwan. Guo pushed back against the European Commission's de-risking strategy, a policy articulated in 2023 aimed at reducing the EU's critical dependencies on China, claiming that halting cooperation would endanger the relationship. “In our view, failure to cooperate is…
Mozambique
On April 21, 2026, Xinhua News Agency, China's state news agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mozambique's Gabinete de Informação (莫桑比克國家新聞辦公室), whose functions include government information release and coordination between government departments and media. The signing took place during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo's state visit to China and was listed on the official outcomes of the visit. According to Xinhua, the MOU aimed to strengthen news communication cooperation and jointly develop a high…
