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China International Publishing Center

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China International Publishing Center, or CIPC, is one of 22 brands operating under the China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團), focusing on translating, editing, and publishing the CCP’s documents to promote and align with “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” to overseas audiences. The center also organizes programs facilitating international communication, including high-level visits and events inviting foreign media workers to China, framed around the directive to “tell the stories of China in the new era well.”

Millî Gazete

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Millî Gazete (“National Newspaper”) is a Turkish-language daily newspaper first published on January 12, 1973, in Istanbul’s Cağaloğlu district, according to the paper’s own account of its founding (archive pending — see note above). The paper has identified itself with Millî Görüş (“National View”), an Islamist political movement whose flagship parties were twice dissolved by Turkey’s courts — the National Salvation Party, banned in 1981, and the Welfare Party, banned in 1998 — both led by Necmettin Erbakan. Millî Gazete is published by Yeni Neşriyat A.Ş., with Ömer Yüksel Özek listed as its license holder and general manager and Mustafa Kurdaş as editor-in-chief. The paper is headquartered in the Sefaköy area of Istanbul’s Küçükçekmece district. In July 2026, the paper’s editorial department head, Ercan Salkaya, was among the foreign media figures hosted on a state-organized seminar in Xinjiang, where he was quoted praising the pace of the region’s industrial development.

European Chinese News

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 European Chinese News (歐洲華人報) is a Milan-based, Chinese-language weekly that publishes every Monday. As of July 2026, the outlet was led by chairwoman Angela Zhou (周小燕), a Wenzhou-born entrepreneur whose wider conglomerate, Milan Huaxia Group (米蘭華夏集團), also spans restaurants, a winery, and fashion ventures. The paper, founded in 2004, covers a broad range of topics, such as international news, China news, Italy-Europe news, sports, lifestyle, tech, Chinese-community updates, local news, and military affairs, the majority of which are direct republishings of China News Service’s articles. It also publishes a weekly “Tibet Special Edition” (西藏專版) produced by the Tibet branch of the official China News Service (中國新聞社), the news wire under the United Front Work Department of the CCP. In 2026, the paper served as the local (Italian) organizer of the European Chinese Media Forum (歐洲華文傳媒論壇) in Milan, an event run by the European Chinese Media Association. The paper also holds a social media presence with a Facebook page. 

Government of the Republic of Kenya

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Kenya, an East African republic, holds regular multiparty elections, but the monitoring organization Freedom House reports that pervasive corruption and brutality by security forces remain serious problems despite a vibrant media and civil-society sector. Kenya established diplomatic relations with China in 1963, and the two governments elevated ties to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto to Beijing in April 2025. State-to-state media cooperation dates back decades. In 2023, Xinhua News Agency invited the government-run Kenya News Agency (KNA) to cooperate in countering what both sides characterized as Western “fake news.” A release from KNA said the sides would “spearhead countering fake news and propaganda by reporting facts based on research to build a true image of the two nations that were victims of western colonial masters.” Kenya and China also pledged renewed news-exchange agreements ahead of Ruto’s 2025 state visit. Kenya became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.

Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

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The Republic of Tajikistan is a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. China and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations on January 4, 1992, and the relationship has been upgraded over time, reaching a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s 2024 state visit to the capital city of Dushanbe. Media cooperation between the two governments has included a 2024 event in which China Media Group and Tajikistan’s state-run Khovar News Agency and TV Sinamo jointly staged a program-exhibition event in Dushanbe. CMG President Shen Haixiong describing the programming as deepening “the emotional bond between the two countries.” In July 2026, Tajikistan became a founding member of the China-proposed World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.

Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

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The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, initially named the Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance, was established by the People’s Commissariat of Finance, the Soviet Union’s financial governing body, in 1918. The university is wholly state-owned, with the Government of the Russian Federation as its sole founder, and its rector is appointed by direct government decree rather than through an independent academic process. The university has evolved into a research and academic complex with eight faculties across 27 campuses. In 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China, the university signed a cooperation agreement with China Media Group outlining collaboration on culture, research, and mass communication, including the co-production of news and short videos.

Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil

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Brazil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, is South America’s largest state, governed under a constitution promulgated in 1988. China and Brazil established diplomatic relations on August 15, 1974, and Brazil became the first Latin American country to enter a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Beijing. Media ties run through Brazil’s state broadcaster: Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) signed a content-sharing agreement with China Media Group in 2019, and in April 2023, EBC and Xinhua signed a separate agreement to exchange text and images at no cost, part of a broader package signed during President Lula’s state visit to Beijing. In July 2026, Brazil became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.

Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

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The Kyrgyz Republic, a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, adopted a parliamentary system after revolutions in 2005 and 2010, but has concentrated power in the presidency since 2021 under Sadyr Japarov, whose government Freedom House says has used courts and extralegal pressure against critics. Relations with China were elevated to a “comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era” in 2025. Media cooperation has been formalized through direct state-agency ties: during a June 2025 summit in Astana, Kyrgyzstan’s Kabar state news agency and China’s Xinhua signed cooperation agreements, alongside publishing-house partnerships. A Media Cooperation Forum followed in Bishkek in 2026, at which Kyrgyz officials and Chinese state-media representatives called for coordinated messaging ahead of an SCO summit. Kyrgyzstan became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.

Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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Venezuela, renamed the “Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela” from the previous “Republic of Venezuela” under its 1999 constitution following a power grab by the newly elected President Hugo Chávez, has cultivated one of Latin America’s closest political relationships with Beijing, elevated to an “all-weather strategic partnership” in 2023. Following a US military operation on January 3, 2026, that captured President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was installed as interim president. Venezuelan state broadcaster VTV and the Caracas-based network TeleSUR have aired content from Chinese state-media through a series of high-level exchanges. In October 2024, Venezuela’s communication minister signed a cooperation memorandum linking VTV and TeleSUR with Russia’s TV BRICS network, and researchers have separately documented that TeleSUR republishes Xinhua and CGTN material, at times presenting it as original reporting. Venezuela became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.