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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

Xinhua and TASS Sign Cooperation Strategy Agreement

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On September 2, 2025, Russia’s TASS news agency and China’s state Xinhua News Agency signed a cooperation strategy for 2026–2030 in Beijing, on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China for the 25th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional intergovernmental organization founded in 2001 that groups China, Russia, and several Central and South Asian states. The agreement was signed by TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov and Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華). Under the agreement, the two agencies pledge to exchange multilingual news feeds, collaborate on AI in editorial work, and share photo and video content. Both agencies also agreed to cooperate within the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), a Russia-based body co-founded in 2025 by TASS. 

CMG and Naftemporiki Sign Memorandum of Understanding

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On October 30, 2023, Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group (CMG), signed a memorandum with Dimitris Melissanidis, owner of the financial newspaper Naftemporiki. The Chinese and Greek partners agreed, according to a release from CMP, to cooperate in international news reporting, finance, and joint production of economic news. The signing of the agreement happened on the sidelines of a CMG-hosted China-Greece Belt and Road Dialogue” (中國希臘”一帶一路”對話會) in Athens, marking the Belt and Road’s 10th anniversary. Former Greek president Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, and Chinese Ambassador to China Xiao Junzheng (肖軍正) also attended the ceremony.

Xinhua Signs Cooperation Agreement with Observatorio de la Política China

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On August 7, 2014, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency and the Observatorio de la Política China signed a cooperation agreement in Madrid, allowing both entities to exchange information and analysis and organize joint seminars. The ceremony was presided over by Zhu Bangzao (朱邦造), China’s ambassador to Spain. According to the Observatory, the agreement also supports the circulation of its publications on Chinese politics, including Jiexi Zhongguo (解析中國), a journal of analysis on China, the Taiwan Weekly political newsletter, and the Annual Report on Chinese Politics.

Want Want China Times Media Group Delegation Visits Beijing Daily Group

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Want Want Holdings (旺旺集團) and Want Want China Times Media Group (旺旺中時媒體集團) chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明) led a delegation to Beijing Daily Group (北京日報報業集團) on July 6, 2016, meeting with Beijing Daily Group president Fu Hua (傅華) and holding a joint working session. The two sides agreed to jointly organize the Second Cross-Strait Media Summit (第二屆兩岸媒體人北京峰會) in Beijing later that year, focusing on cross-strait youth exchange and industrial cooperation. Beijing CCP Committee Secretary and Politburo member Guo Jinlong (郭金龍) separately received the Want Want China Times delegation — including Tsai Eng-meng, former Taichung mayor and Want Want China Times Media Group vice chairman Hu Chih-chiang (胡志強), and Want Want Media Group president Tsai Shao-chung (蔡紹中) — and expressed the Beijing Municipal CCP Committee’s full support for cross-strait media cooperation, urging the two sides to develop the summit into the premier cross-strait media communication platform. At the session, Tsai Eng-meng said Want Want Group was considering establishing a cross-strait youth entrepreneurship and exchange park in Beijing. The visit was reported by Want News, a Want Want China Times subsidiary publication.

Want Want China Times Media Group and Beijing Daily Group Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

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Want Want China Times Media Group (旺旺中時媒體集團) and Beijing Daily Group (北京日報報業集團) signed a strategic cooperation agreement (戰略合作協議) in late 2014. The agreement established a framework for news exchange and media industry cooperation between the two groups, and provided the organizational basis for the annual Cross-Strait Media Summit (兩岸媒體人北京峰會), a joint media platform the two groups subsequently developed together. The existence of the agreement was reported by The News Lens in 2019, citing China Times coverage of subsequent summit activity.

SBS Australia Signs Deal With Chinese State Broadcaster

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SBS Australia struck an agreement with the CCP-run media conglomerate China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), or CMG, in March 2018, to broadcast news bulletins on its SBS World Watch channel, including 30-minute Mandarin-language bulletins from China Central Television (中国中央电视台, CCTV) and 15-minute English-language bulletins from CGTN (中国环球电视网), the broadcaster’s global arm. CMG operates under the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department with the mandate of “propagating the party’s theories, directions, principles and policies” and “telling China’s stories well.” SBS defended the arrangement by stating it clearly identified content sources and would monitor international news services to ensure compliance with its codes of practice, while providing balance through its own locally produced news and SBS Mandarin radio programming. SBS suspended the CGTN and CCTV broadcasts in March 2021 following complaints from Safeguard Defenders alleging the channels had broadcast forced confessions.

London Tech Week Partners with Nouvelles d’Europe

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In August 2025, London Tech Week announced a partnership with Nouvelles d’Europe (歐洲時報), designating the Chinese-language newspaper, which is linked to China’s United Front Work Department, as the sole Chinese-language media partner for its 2026 edition. According to Nouvelles d’Europe, the arrangement aims to facilitate exchanges between Chinese enterprises, entrepreneurs, and investors with UK and global markets, and will provide bilingual Chinese-English content alongside dedicated national exhibition spaces for Chinese enterprises at the event. The 2026 edition is also set to launch what the outlet describes as an “Asia-Europe Innovation Corridor” centered on China, to promote cooperation among enterprises, investors, and policymakers.

Chinese Vocational Workshop Launched in Ethiopia

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On February 5, 2026, Hunan Biological and Electromechanical Polytechnic College (湖南生物機電職業技術學院) signed a cooperation agreement with Gofa Industrial College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, establishing a “‘Chinese + Vocational Skills’ Yadis Workshop,” according to an announcement on the Chinese institution’s website. The partnership was explicitly framed as “actively responding to the Belt and Road Initiative” and advancing China’s vocational education model abroad. The Chinese representative emphasized “sharing China’s advanced experience” in agricultural technology and vocational methods. The agreement includes teacher exchanges and curriculum development aligned with Chinese technical standards, positioning such partnerships as development solutions for African countries and reflecting broader Chinese public diplomacy efforts to promote its development model in the region.

Chinese Ambassador Visits Icelandic Times Office

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On June 13, 2019, Chinese Ambassador Jin Zhijian (金智健) visited Icelandic Times and met with Editor-in-Chief Einar Thorsteinsson and senior staff to discuss future cooperation. Jin introduced China’s economic and social development and bilateral relations with Iceland, praising the magazine’s Chinese edition for providing tourism information that enhanced Chinese tourists’ understanding of Icelandic society, economy, and culture. The ambassador stated that “the Chinese Embassy was willing to strengthen cooperation with Icelandic Times and work together to promote further development of China-Iceland relations.” Thorsteinsson welcomed the ambassador and “expressed his satisfaction with the current cooperation with the Chinese Embassy, and expected more cooperation for the future.” Icelandic Times publishes in English, Icelandic, Chinese, German, and other languages, focusing on Icelandic tourism, culture, trade, and economy.