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Activity Type: Bilateral Media Cooperation

Italia News Online Partners with China Media Group

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In May 2021, Italia News Online, a magazine owned by Atlanis srl, announced a content distribution agreement with China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), China’s state broadcaster under direct control of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department. The deal allows Italia News Online to distribute Italian-language productions from CGTN (中國環球電視網), CMG’s international English-language news channel, through its website and social media channels. According to the announcement, the content focuses on promoting cultural and socio-economic exchanges between Italy and China. 

Chinese and Russian Media Expand Cooperation Plans for 2026

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The 18th meeting of the Media Cooperation Subcommission under the China-Russia Humanitarian Cooperation Committee (中俄人文合作委员会) convened virtually on October 20, 2025, with more than 40 representatives from both nations. News of the meeting was first reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (俄罗斯报) a newspaper published by the Russian government. The session was co-chaired by Dong Xin (董昕), the vice director of China’s National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局), or NRTA, a ministry-level agency under the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department that oversees radio and television enterprises, and by Bella Cherkesova, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Digital Development. Chinese participants included representatives from the Central Propaganda Department, People’s Daily (人民日报), Xinhua News Agency (新华社), and China Media Group (中央广播电视总台). Russian attendees represented the Foreign Ministry, TASS (塔斯社), a Russian government news agency, and Russia Today (RT), Russia’s state-controlled international news television network. The meeting approved plans for more than 70 joint media projects.

China and Pakistan Cooperate on Fake News

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On July 10, 2025, Pakistan and China agreed to enhance bilateral media cooperation and develop joint broadcasting projects to combat fake news and disinformation, according to Radio Pakistan — though it was not clear how the sides viewed these concepts, or how they intended to respond. The agreement emerged from a Beijing meeting between Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and Cao Shumin (曹淑敏), a deputy minister of the Central Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CCP. Both officials emphasized creating a “joint narrative against fake news” and promoting technical training and institutional collaboration between their state broadcasters. The discussions included plans for cooperation between China’s national state-run broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV), and the national Pakistan Television (PTV), with Tarar highlighting how Pakistani state media entities were already promoting Chinese development stories, the Belt and Road Initiative, and bilateral cooperation to their respective audiences.