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Activity Category: Media Engagement Activity

Chinese Consul General in Alexandria Publishes Article on China-Arab Media Cooperation

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On December 25, 2021, Chinese Consul General in Alexandria Zhao Liying (赵丽莹) published a signed article titled “Strengthening Media Exchange and Cooperation, Working Together to Build a China-Arab Community with a Shared Future for the New Era” (加强媒体交流合作 携手打造面向新时代的中阿命运共同体) on Egyptian media websites including Al-Ahram Al-Arabi (阿拉伯国民) and Platform News (平台新闻). The article touted the Fifth China-Arab Broadcasting and Television Cooperation Forum, which Zhao praised as a success. The forum was attended by Huang Kunming (黄坤明), member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and head of the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department, and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, both participating via video. The forum adopted a joint declaration announcing cooperation achievements including a co-production between Fujian Broadcasting Group’s Strait TV and Egypt National Television.

Chinese Ambassador Meets Boss of Turkuvaz Media Group

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On November 12, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Jiang Xuebin (姜学斌) met with Serhat Albayrak, president of Turkey’s Turquoise Media Group (綠鬆石媒體集團), to discuss China-Turkey relations and media cooperation. According to a statement from the Chinese embassy in Ankara, Jiang emphasized that media cooperation represents “an important component of China-Turkey relations” and “a vital channel for promoting people-to-people connectivity,” noting that the two sides have “enormous potential for cooperation.” The ambassador said China would use the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2026 as an opportunity to “strengthen exchanges and cooperation” with Turquoise Media Group to “foster mutual understanding and positive perception between the two peoples” and “create a favorable atmosphere for the development of bilateral relations.” Albayrak reportedly praised China’s modernization achievements and stated that Turquoise Media Group “attaches great importance to China’s core concerns” and “will never allow any force to undermine the development of China-Turkey relations,” calling this a “red line.” He pledged the group would continue its “pro-China friendly stance” and “actively promote exchanges and cooperation in news, publishing, humanities and other fields.”

Philippine Paper Runs Coverage Promoting PRC External Propaganda

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On August 26, 2025, the Chinese Commercial News (菲律賓商報), a Chinese-language outlet in the Philippines with close ties to PRC media and official entities, published extensive coverage of the 2025 Overseas Chinese Media Cooperation Organization Annual Conference held in Changsha, Hunan Province, where participants gathered to discuss how to “amplify China’s voice in international communication.” The article, originally published by Hong Kong’s Chinese government-run Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group (香港大公文匯傳媒集團), detailed how 84 overseas Chinese media outlets from 37 countries and regions attended under the theme “uniting across five continents and four seas to promote mutual understanding.” The conference was organized by the Hunan Provincial Propaganda Department and co-hosted by the Overseas Chinese Media Cooperation Organization (海外華文傳媒合作組織) and Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group. Li Dahong (李大宏), chairman of both the cooperation organization and Ta Kung Wen Wei, emphasized promoting the concept of “Datong” (大同) — a vision of universal harmony. The article reported that seven new media outlets joined the transnational Chinese-language media organization, which is operated by the PRC, bringing total membership to 130 outlets across five continents and 44 countries and regions.

Chinese Commercial News Signs Content Deal with Wen Wei Po

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On October 8, 2003, the Chinese Commercial News (菲律賓商報), a Chinese-language newspaper in the Philippines with close ties to PRC media and official entities, signed a cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文匯報), a newspaper operated by the Chinese government in the SAR, to publish a Philippines edition featuring content provided by the Hong Kong outlet. According to Wen Wei Po, the arrangement delivered “fresh content and lively page layouts” that were “widely praised,” with the newspaper’s “influence steadily rising” in the Philippine market. Wen Wei Po added that the deal positioned it to expand its reach across Southeast Asia through local Chinese-language media outlets. By 2008, Wen Wei Po reported that its overseas editions, including the Philippines version, had achieved a combined circulation exceeding 400,000 copies across more than a dozen international markets.

Chinese Commercial News Runs Xinhua Report on Foreign Minister Wang Yi

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On March 8, 2025, the Chinese Commercial News (菲律賓商報), a Chinese-language newspaper based in Manila with close links to state-run media in the PRC, reposted an official report from China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency. The article relayed remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) made during a press conference on the sidelines of China’s “Two Sessions,” focusing on maritime disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The report adopted Xinhua’s original wording and framing without alteration, including criticism of the Philippines and references to the role of “external forces” (域外勢力) — a typical framing used by the Chinese Communist Party to blame tensions over its policies and actions on outside actors, including the United States.

Chinese Ambassador Meets With Head of Polish State Broadcaster

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In July 2018, Chinese Ambassador to Poland Liu Guangyuan (劉光源) met with Stanisław Stanecki, deputy director of Polish state broadcaster TVP (Telewizja Polska). Liu emphasized that Poland-China relations created opportunities for media cooperation, pledging embassy support for exchanges. Stanecki, representing Poland’s only public broadcaster and largest television network, highlighted TVP’s collaborations with Chinese media including Chengdu Television (成都电视台) and expressed interest in deepening partnerships. The two sides exchanged views on specific cooperation initiatives for future collaboration.

Tourism Australia and China Media Group Sign Deal

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Tourism Australia, the Australian government’s international tourism promotion agency, and China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台, CMG) signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding in July 2025 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, witnessed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The agreement, formalized by Tourism Australia’s Robin Mack and CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), established a framework for co-creating tourism content across CMG’s television, radio, digital, and social media platforms. The partnership aimed to enhance Australia’s brand recognition in China through culturally attuned storytelling, featuring Australia’s landscapes, multicultural communities, and lifestyle. The collaboration supported Tourism Australia’s “Come and Say G’day” campaign launch in China that August, during a period when Chinese visitor numbers reached 860,000 annually, generating $9.2 billion in tourism expenditure with 26 percent year-on-year growth.

2019 China Australia Journalist Exchange

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The 2019 China Australia Journalist Exchange brought five Australian journalists to Shanghai, Qingdao, and Beijing for industry field trips and meetings exploring clean energy technology, carbon emissions reduction, US-China trade tensions, and the Belt and Road initiative. Operated in collaboration with the Melbourne Press Club and supported by the Australian Embassy in Beijing, the program was led by Melbourne Press Club CEO Mark Baker, a former China correspondent. The five participants — Tom Dusevic (The Australian), James Fernyhough (The Australian Financial Review), Matilda Marozzi (ABC Radio Melbourne), Sarah Steger (The West Australian), and Madeleine Stuchbery (The Weekly Times) — produced reporting on climate finance, trade war impacts, electric vehicles, and port automation. The exchange, established in 2013 by the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre and the state-affiliated All-China Journalists Association (中华全国新闻工作者协会), aimed to improve newsroom capacity for covering bilateral relations.

Fairfax Media Signs Deal with China Daily

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China Daily (中国日报) and Fairfax Media signed a content distribution agreement in May 2016 to launch “China Watch” in Australia, marking China Daily’s entry into the Australian market. The agreement, announced at a ceremony attended by Liu Qibao (刘奇葆), head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department, established monthly publication of an eight-page English-language “China Watch” supplement in Fairfax Media’s Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and Financial Review newspapers. China Daily editor-in-chief Zhou Shuchun (周树春) described the partnership as extending China Daily’s influence across Oceania through Fairfax’s network of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand. “China Watch,” a multilingual China Daily publication reaching over 50 million readers globally, was already distributed with major newspapers including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, Le Figaro, and others across multiple countries. Announcing the deal, China Daily quoted Tim Dwyer, an associate professor at the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney, as saying: “The inclusion of China Watch publication is a really welcome development in the Australian media landscape. It introduces news diversity to Australian media audiences.” Published by China’s propaganda department (State Council information Office), China Daily is explicitly described in Party documents as a vehicle for “external propaganda” and “telling China’s story well.”