Nordic Chinese TIMES
Nordic Chinese Times was launched in 2009 by He Ru (何儒), a native of Guangxi who arrived in Sweden in 2006 and is now president of the Copenhagen-based Nordic-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (北欧中国商会). He Ru told China’s official state broadcaster CCTV in 2019 that after arriving in Sweden he realized that “it was hard to find news about China in the local media, and if there was news it was largely negative.” He launched the Nordic Chinese Times the next year, urging his colleagues, according to the CCTV report, to “stick to the principle of impartiality.” While there is no evidence that the outlet is operated or influenced directly by PRC entities, it has established official content cooperation with the CCP’s People’s Daily, and content from official state media, including Xinhua News Agency, is prevalent.
