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ACJA Leads Chinese and Greek Reporters to Piraeus Port

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On May 21, 2026, the official All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, a Chinese Communist Party-led professional association that serves a key role in implementing press control policies, organized a joint reporting visit by more than 20 Chinese and Greek journalists to the port of Piraeus. The visit was reported by South, the external propaganda brand of Guangdong’s South International Communication Center (南方國際傳播中心), part of the provincial Nanfang Media Group (南方報業傳媒集團), which sent its own representative on the trip. The port is operated by a subsidiary of China’s state-owned shipping giant COSCO Shipping (中國遠洋海運集團), and Chinese officials promote it as a flagship Belt and Road Initiative project. Su Xudong, president of the Piraeus Port Authority, and other executives briefed the delegation on the port’s development, its plans for cruise tourism, and its green and digital transformation. South reported that the visit enhanced “international understanding” of the port as a showcase of China-Greece cooperation. The visit took place alongside the China–Greece Media Think Tank Dialogue Roundtable in Athens, which the ACJA co-hosted that day with the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens. Greek participants in the roundtable included the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency and the public broadcaster ERT. Two days earlier, the ACJA’s International Department had held a similar roundtable in Madrid.

ACJA and Chinese Embassy Host Rwandan Journalists

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From June 21 to 28, 2026, the official All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, a Chinese Communist Party-led professional association that serves a key role in implementing press control policies, and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Rwanda hosted an African media delegation in China. The delegation included staff of Rwanda’s Kigali Today Ltd., according to a first-person account by Antoinette Mutoni, published by Kigali Today’s English-language outlet KT Press and republished by the Belt and Road Journalists Network. Mutoni described the trip as “a living testament” to a long-standing partnership between Kigali Today and the Chinese embassy. The ACJA’s “Home of Journalists” program presented the trip as giving reporters from Ethiopia and Rwanda close access to China’s tech industry. The delegation toured technology firms in Shanghai, including Alibaba Group and STAR Vision Space Technology, before continuing to Zhejiang and Sichuan. On June 24, the journalists took part in a China-Africa Media Roundtable. Mutoni wrote that she came away convinced of journalists’ role in reinforcing China-Africa friendship. The account as republished retains a stray line describing the text as a cleaner, more polished version of the author’s original, an apparent leftover editing note.

Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia Meets with Nouvelles d’Europe

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On March 23, 2026, Zhong Cheng (鍾誠), president of the Nouvelles d’Europe Culture and Media Group and publisher of Nouvelles d’Europe (歐洲時報), visited the Chinese Embassy in Slovakia, where he was received by Ambassador Cai Ge (蔡革). Embassy Counselor Wang Xiaojian (王小劍), Political Section Director Liu Tiantian (劉甜甜), and Xuan Xuan (宣絢), general manager of Nouvelles d’Europe‘s Central and Eastern Europe bureau, also took part. The meeting was reported by Nouvelles d’Europe, a French-based newspaper with ties to the state-run China News Service and the CCP’s United Front Work Department. Cai said Sino-Slovak relations, elevated to a strategic partnership in November 2024, had entered “a new stage of vigorous development” (蓬勃發展的新階段), and said closer ties help build a more “objective and rational” (客觀理性) view of China within the EU. As evidence, Cai cited Confucius Institutes now hosted at Slovak universities, a Chinese-language program at Comenius University Bratislava, and a bilingual secondary school in the Banská Bystrica region. Zhong said Nouvelles d’Europe had expanded from a newspaper into a platform spanning media, culture, and Chinese-language education across multiple countries and languages, and described his outlet as a pioneer in exporting Chinese short-form video dramas abroad. He said the paper’s mission is to “tell China’s story well” (講好中國故事) overseas, a phrase closely associated with CCP guidance for state media. The two also discussed the broader European media and political landscape, according to the report.

Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Addresses China-EU Trade in Copenhagen Post

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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-EU trade landscape is a natural consequence of globalization and industrial upgrading.” Wang suggested that criticism of the imbalance overlooked what he called “mutual benefit.” Wang also listed the “multi-structural factors” that he said led to the trade imbalance, including the EU’s policy adjustments in response to the energy landscape following the Ukraine crisis, and controls on exports of technology products. The ambassador underscored what China has seen as “discriminatory and exclusionary” legal amendments that he said are “undermining” EU-China trade relations. He called for the EU to “embrace China” to create a “win-win partnership” rather than making it a “zero-sum” game — this being a framing used consistently by China to characterize its global trade relationships as broadly beneficial. During the first quarter of 2026, the EU’s trade deficit with China reached its highest level since 2022.

Chinese Ambassador to Italy Meets With AGI General Manager

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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 strengths, and called for joint development of “third-party markets” to achieve a “win-win, or even win-win-win” (雙贏乃至三贏) outcome — phrasing consistent with CCP economic-diplomacy discourse that frames Chinese-led ventures as benefiting not just China and its host country but the global economy more broadly. Li said AGI had long maintained good cooperative relations with Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, and China Radio International, according to the release. Pica said AGI, the only Italian wire service with a Chinese-language edition, aimed to be an active “promoter” (推動者) of China-Italy cooperation rather than just a “witness” (見證者), and said the agency had “close communication and collaboration” with Chinese “mainstream media” (中國主流媒體) on news exchange and joint reporting.

Ambassador Attends Ghana–China Friendship Association Meeting with Local Media

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Chinese Ambassador Tong Defa (童德發) attended a year-end media reception hosted by the Ghana–China Friendship Association (加納—中國友好協會) on December 10, 2025, according to an embassy notice. The event hosted approximately 40 participants, including Association Chairman Ambassador Anani-Isaac (戴安大使), friendship figures (友好人士) referring to non-governmental individuals who support Beijing’s interests, and local media representatives. Tong utilized the platform to signal messaging from the CCP’s Fourth Plenum (四中全會) and China’s zero-tariff measures toward Ghana, while noting outcomes from President Mahama’s (馬哈馬總統) recent visit to China. Speakers praised the “traditional friendship” (傳統友誼) between the nations—”friendship” in CCP official discourse generally entails the accommodating of China’s interests in relationships. Both sides emphasized sustaining bilateral cooperation and strategic media engagement moving forward.

Chinese Ambassador Meets with Senegal National Broadcasting Director

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Chinese Ambassador to Senegal Li Zhigang (李志剛) met with Senegal National Broadcasting Director Pape Alé Niang on January 7, 2026 to discuss China-Senegal media exchange and cooperation. Ambassador Li emphasized that China “highly values promoting China-Senegal and China-Africa civilizational exchange and mutual learning” ahead of the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges — an initiative between China and the African Union kicked off in January 2026 — and expressed willingness to cooperate with Senegal National Broadcasting on media coverage of major events including the Dakar Youth Olympic Games. Director Niang praised China’s contributions to Senegal’s development and stated willingness to “learn from China’s development experience” and “actively promote Senegal-China friendly cooperation.” The meeting represents China’s efforts to build media coordination with African state broadcasters as part of broader people-to-people exchange initiatives designed to strengthen “hearts connecting, emotions blending, and forces gathering.” The language of “civilizational exchange” reflects official CCP terminology positioning China as creator of “a new form of human civilization” that other countries should emulate, while “friendship” is a term the CCP uses to condition relationships on accommodating China’s core interests.

Chinese Embassy Hosts Zimbabwe China Film Festival

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The 2025 Zimbabwe-China Film Festival opened in Harare on August 5, attended by Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding (周鼎) and over 200 officials and diplomatic representatives. The festival, co-hosted by the Chinese Embassy, China’s National Film Administration, and Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Sport, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, featured four Chinese films, including Panda Plan, YOLO, The Captain, and Red Sea Operation. Ambassador Zhou emphasized that the festival demonstrated China’s “Global Civilization Initiative” and aimed to deepen cultural understanding during Zimbabwe’s 45th year of diplomatic relations with China. Deputy Director Luo Yang (羅楊) of China’s National Film Administration noted this year marks the 130th anniversary of world cinema and 120th of Chinese cinema, expressing hopes for expanded film industry cooperation. Zimbabwean Deputy Minister of Sport, Entertainment, Arts and Culture Jessaya welcomed the festival as supporting the country’s “Film Strategy 2025-2030,” while a representative from Zimbabwe’s Film Association praised the strengthened bilateral cultural exchange.

Chinese Embassy Hosts Media Symposium in Senegal

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On December 15, 2015, the Chinese Embassy in Senegal hosted a media symposium focusing on “The Role of Media in China-Senegal Cooperation.” Over 20 journalists from major Senegalese media outlets, including the national television station, state news agency, Future Media television, and official newspapers Le Soleil and Le Quotidien, along with Chinese news agencies such as Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International, and Economic Daily, attended the event. Ambassador Zhang Xun (張迅) highlighted achievements from the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (中非合作論壇) Johannesburg Summit, which took place December 4-5, 2015, describing it as opening “a new era of win-win cooperation and common development” between China and Africa. Participating journalists shared experiences from covering the summit and “highly praised” its outcomes. They agreed that China-Africa and China-Senegal media cooperation has “enormous potential and bright prospects,” emphasizing the importance of expanding communication channels to enhance mutual understanding and promote cooperative development.