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Ministry of Culture of Serbia

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The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia (Ministarstvo kulture) serves as a state administration body established under Article 15 of the Law on Ministries (Official Gazette RS, No. 72/12 and 76/13). The ministry oversees cultural development, artistic creation, heritage protection of movable and immovable cultural assets, library and publishing activities, cinematographic and music-stage activities, endowments and foundations, and cooperation in cultural heritage protection for Serbian people in the region. Located at Vlajkovićeva 3 in Belgrade, the ministry occupies the first and second floors of the former Agrarian Bank building, constructed between 1932 and 1934 by architects Petar and Branko Krstić as one of Belgrade’s last interwar banking palaces. The ministry also manages access to EU pre-accession funds, donations, and development aid projects, while participating in regional cultural initiatives as determined by law.

International Poverty Reduction Center in China

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The International Poverty Reduction Center in China was established in May 2005 through a joint initiative between the Chinese government, United Nations Development Programme, and other international organizations. Originally operating as a direct subsidiary of China’s State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, the center now functions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs following government reorganization in 2021. The center serves as China’s primary platform for international poverty reduction cooperation, conducting research, training programs, and policy exchanges with developing countries. It operates under a dual institutional structure, functioning both as a Chinese government entity facilitating South-South cooperation and as an international organization promoting global poverty reduction efforts. The center has organized numerous international training programs and forums, hosting officials from over 100 countries to share China’s poverty alleviation experiences — a key theme of China’s public diplomacy and external propaganda — and to promote international development cooperation initiatives across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, in line with China’s positioning of itself as a Global South leader.

Xinhua News Agency National High-End Think Tank

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The Xinhua News Agency National High-End Think Tank (新华社国家高端智库), abbreviated as NCR, is the only media-focused institution among China’s national high-end think tanks. According to its organizational structure, it operates through six specialized centers focusing on areas including national strategy, world affairs, economic research, communication strategy, public policy, and public opinion. The think tank claims to conduct “forward-looking, strategic, and reserve research” on major domestic and international issues, with an emphasis on policy research. In 2019, it established the “Belt and Road” International Think Tank Cooperation Committee, which it says includes more than 130 think tanks from China and abroad. In February 2025, it released a report on civilizational exchange at a China-Japan dialogue in Tokyo, which claimed to offer “Chinese solutions” for deepening cultural understanding between nations. The organization appears to serve as both a research institution and what it calls an “international platform” for advancing Chinese policy perspectives through academic exchanges and global think tank networks.

China Press

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China Press (中國報) is a Malaysian Chinese-language daily newspaper founded on February 1, 1946, in Kuala Lumpur by Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik (李孝式), a prominent Malaysian Chinese businessman and politician who later became the country’s first Finance Minister. Lee established the newspaper to counter the communist influence of Min Sheng Pao, which was the only local Chinese newspaper at that time. The newspaper was suspended for thirty days in 1969 following its publication of a court news item during the May 13 racial incidents. After financial difficulties forced its closure in 1985, China Press relaunched in 1986 under Zhou Baozhen, and by 1988, its daily circulation had increased from 20,000 to 100,000, making it the fastest-growing newspaper in Malaysia.

Malaysian Ministry of Communications

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The Malaysian Ministry of Communications is a government ministry responsible for communications, media, and digital development, headquartered in the KKD Tower in Putrajaya. The ministry oversees key areas including digitalization, broadcasting, telecommunications, personal data protection, and content development. Its organizational structure includes a minister, deputy minister, and secretary-general, with three deputy secretary-general positions overseeing policy, operations, and management. The ministry supervises four federal departments including Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and the Department of Information Malaysia, along with eight federal agencies and government-linked companies such as Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and CyberSecurity Malaysia. These entities collectively manage Malaysia’s communications infrastructure, digital economy initiatives, and media industry development.

Classic Media China Internacional SAC

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Classic Media China Internacional, a company mentioned in Chinese state media reports but having only an online presence on Facebook, seems to operate in close alignment with Chinese state actors in distributing Chinese media content — mostly entertainment — across Latin American markets, particularly Peru. In November 2024, Classic Media China Internacional directly collaborated with the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局), Chongqing Municipal Propaganda Department (重庆市委宣传部), and Peru’s National Congress Cultural and Heritage Committee to launch the “China Time Slot” and “China Audio-Visual Exhibition Month” in Lima. There is no record of the company prior to 2023. The company’s generqal manager is Katherin Minna.

Xinmin Evening News

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The Xinmin Evening News, was established on September 9, 1929, in Nanjing as Xinmin Po (新民報) by three editors from Central News Agency: Chen Mingde (陳銘德), Wu Zhusi (吳竹似), and Liu Zhenghua (劉正華). After 1946, the newspaper expanded to Shanghai, where it launched its evening edition as Xinmin Evening News. Currently owned by Shanghai United Media Group (上海報業集團), the publication underwent significant transformation in 1958 when the evening edition was formally renamed from Xinmin Po Evening Edition to Xinmin Evening News. In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated the newspaper as a foreign mission of the Chinese government. On January 1, 2025, Xinmin Evening News was integrated with Liberation Daily (解放日報) and Wenhui Daily (文匯報) into the unified Shangguan News platform (上觀新聞), consolidating Shanghai’s three major newspapers under a shared digital framework.

Government of Serbia

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The Government of Serbia, headquartered at 11 Nemanjina Street in Belgrade, is the country’s executive branch, established in its current form on May 2, 2024, though tracing its origins to the Serbian Governing Council of 1805. The institution evolved through several iterations, including the People’s Government of Serbia in 1945, before taking its present form. The government comprises 32 ministries and operates under the leadership of a prime minister, who is nominated by the president and appointed by the National Assembly. According to Serbia’s constitution, the government determines policy, executes laws, adopts regulations, proposes legislation, and directs public administration. The organization maintains oversight responsibility to the National Assembly and is housed in the Government Building in Belgrade.

Lao People’s Revolutionary Party

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The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (老撾人民革命黨) emerged in 1955 from the remnants of the Indochinese Communist Party, leading a two-decade insurgency against the Royal Lao Government while supporting North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War. After seizing power in 1975, the party initially pursued Soviet-style central planning before embracing market reforms in the 1980s, influenced by changes in China and Vietnam. Operating under Leninist democratic centralism, the LPRP maintains its constitutional monopoly on power through a hierarchical structure topped by the National Congress, Central Committee, and Politburo. The party adheres to Marxism-Leninism and Kaysone Phomvihane Thought, having evolved from revolutionary communism toward pragmatic state capitalism by the 1990s as leaders concluded Laos required economic development before pursuing full socialism.