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Chinese Embassy in Lithuania

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The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Lithuania (中华人民共和国驻立陶宛共和国大使馆) was established following the restoration of diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania in September 1991, after Lithuania regained independence from the Soviet Union. Located in Vilnius, the embassy served as Beijing’s primary diplomatic mission for bilateral relations, consular services, trade promotion, and cultural exchanges between the two nations. Since 2021, operations have been severely disrupted following Lithuania’s decision to host the Taiwanese Representative Office (台湾代表处) using Taiwan’s name rather than Taipei. Beijing downgraded ties and renamed its mission a Chargé d’Affaires Office (临时代办处), which Lithuania refuses to recognize. As of June 2025, no Chinese diplomats remain accredited in Lithuania after three staff expelled.

Lietuvos Rytas

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Lietuvos Rytas is Lithuania’s largest daily newspaper by circulation and readership, established January 1, 1990, replacing the Soviet-era publication Komjaunimo Tiesa (Youth Truth). The name translates to “Morning of Lithuania.” Headquartered in Vilnius, the newspaper claims to serve as Lithuania’s leading source of national and international news, with a circulation of 17,000 on weekdays and 55,000 on Saturdays according to 2023 figures. The publication maintains correspondent bureaus in Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, Rome, and Moscow, and operates with approximately 80 staff members. Lietuvos Rytas publishes magazines including Stilius and Stilius Plius, and sponsors Lithuania’s annual Woman of the Year awards. The newspaper has operated its own printing facilities since 1994 and launched its online presence at lrytas.lt in 1997, maintaining both print and digital operations throughout Lithuania’s media landscape.

Chinese Embassy in Tanzania

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The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Tanzania is China’s chief diplomatic mission to the United Republic of Tanzania, located in Dar es Salaam. The mission’s origins trace to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Tanzania on April 26, 1964, when the newly formed United Republic of Tanzania (created from the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar) extended diplomatic ties with Beijing, making Tanzania among the earliest African nations to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China during the Cold War era. The embassy is currently located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with China also maintaining a consulate-general in Zanzibar.

Minsk News Agency

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The Minsk News Agency (明斯克新聞社), or Minsk-Novosti, is a Belarusian media organization headquartered in Minsk, claiming to provide news and information services. Online archives suggest the agency has operated since around February 2009. Key personnel include Andrei Krivosheev, who serves as general director and describes himself as a political and social observer, author and presenter of television projects for Belarusian State TV and Radio Company. The organization positions itself as a news agency operating within Belarus’s media landscape and has engaged in international partnerships, including cooperation agreements with Chinese provincial media organizations such as Gansu Province’s communication center. Krivosheev has been identified by Polish security services as actively supporting the Lukashenko regime and is included on international sanctions lists, with Polish authorities citing his activities as posing security risks due to his support for the current Belarusian government amid regional conflicts. The agency operates within the broader framework of Belarus’s state-controlled media environment, where independent journalism faces significant restrictions.

Propaganda Office of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the CCP

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The Propaganda Office of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中共甘肅省委宣傳部) serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the provincial party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Gansu Province, including the mouthpiece newspaper Gansu Daily (甘肅日報). It coordinates party ideological work throughout the province while simultaneously operating under multiple official names, allowing it to exercise comprehensive control over news, publishing, and cultural production. The department functions as the central enforcer of the party’s media discipline, ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political orientation in line with central and provincial level directives. 

Gansu International Communication Center

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The Gansu International Communication Center (甘肅國際傳播中心) is a media organization established on August 29, 2022, directly under the supervision of the Propaganda Office of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the CCP (中共甘肅省委宣傳部) — and sponsored by the Gansu Daily Media Group (甘肅日報報業集團). The ICC is part of a national strategy under Xi Jinping since 2018, accelerating from 2021, to enhance China’s global communication strategy by leveraging local and regional media assets. GICC’s overseas media accounts include the Facebook accounts “Gansu Flavor,” “Gansu Focus” and possibly also “HiGansu,” as well as the X account “Explore Gansu.”

Parlamentní Listy

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Parlamentní Listy (议会报) is a Czech online news and commentary portal established in 2008, operated since 2023 by NAŠE MÉDIA a.s. and headquartered in Prague. The publication positions itself as a discussion, news and commentary platform but has been described by critics as a disinformation medium with no institutional connection to the Czech Parliament despite its name. According to organizational listings, leadership has included Jan Holoubek as director and Marek Bláha as editor-in-chief. The platform claims to provide elected representatives with individual profiles to publish views without editorial intervention and describes its journalistic section as supplementary. Critics have accused the publication of spreading pro-Russian propaganda and manipulative content, while supporters describe it as providing alternative perspectives in contrast to mainstream media coverage.

Nase Pravda

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Naše Pravda (我们的真相) is a weekly publication that replaced the left-wing daily newspaper Haló Noviny, which operated from 1991 to 2022. According to available information, the publication positions itself as a party weekly that presents primarily the views of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (捷克和摩拉维亚共产党), or KSČM), and organizations and individuals close to the party. The weekly claims to serve as a successor publication continuing coverage for readers previously served by Haló Noviny. The publication operates as what it describes as a purely party weekly focusing on presenting political perspectives aligned with the KSČM and associated organizations.

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

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The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) (捷克和摩拉维亚共产党) is a communist party established on March 31, 1990, and headquartered in Prague that claims to represent communist ideology in the Czech Republic with a membership of 16,000 as of 2024. According to organizational listings, leadership has included Kateřina Konečná as chairwoman and Milan Krajča as deputy leader. The party positions itself as one of the few former ruling parties in post-Communist Central Eastern Europe to retain the Communist title in its name and describes its ideology as communism and anti-capitalism. The organization has engaged with various political coalitions, provided parliamentary support to Andrej Babiš’ Second Cabinet until April 2021, and published the newspaper Haló Noviny until 2013. The party claims to follow the slogan “With the people for the people” and maintains observer status with the Party of the European Left.