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Filipino-Chinese Amity Club Runs Photo Event on WWII Victory

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

On July 14, 2025, the Filipino-Chinese Amity Club (菲華聯誼總會), a Philippines-based overseas Chinese organization with close ties to China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), hosted a photo exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the “World Anti-Fascist War” (世界反法西斯戰爭) — the official Chinese Communist Party framing of World War II — at the Philippine Cultural College (菲律賓僑中學院) in Manila. The event was co-organized by the Philippine Association of Descendants of the “Huazhi” (菲律賓「華支」後裔聯誼會), a group representing descendants of the Chinese anti-Japanese resistance in the Philippines, and was reported by China News Service (中國新聞網), an official PRC newswire under the UFWD. Club Chairman Cai Mingfeng (蔡明豐) told attendees that “countless forebears exchanged their lives for today’s dawn of peace,” and called on younger generations to “see the cruelty of war” through the 123 photographs on display. Li Xiangzhao (李向昭), chairman of the Huazhi descendants association, said the exhibition aimed to “take history as a mirror.” The event followed the same organizational template as a similar exhibition held the following month in Angeles City, also organized by the club.

Filipino-Chinese Amity Club Hosts Photo Exhibit with Angeles University Foundation

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

On August 18, 2025, the Filipino-Chinese Amity Club (菲華聯誼總會), a Philippines-based overseas Chinese organization with close ties to China’s United Front Work Department, co-hosted a photo exhibition at Angeles University Foundation (紅溪禮示大學) in Angeles City, together with the university’s Confucius Institute (孔子學院) and the Club’s Central Luzon branch (中呂宋分會). The exhibition commemorated the 80th anniversary of victory in the “World Anti-Fascist War and War of Resistance Against Japan” (世界反法西斯戰爭暨抗日戰爭) — the official Chinese Communist Party framing of World War II. More than 400 attendees included the mayor of Angeles City, university officials, representatives of Chinese enterprises in Central Luzon, and local students. The event was reported by People’s Daily Online (人民網). Speakers invoked shared Sino-Philippine wartime history and called on younger generations to “cherish the hard-won peace” (珍愛和平) — stock language in PRC commemorative diplomacy that consistently emphasizes China’s historical war narrative (emphasizing the CCP’s role to the exclusion of the Republic of China) while cultivating relationships with local Chinese elites.

Filipino-Chinese Amity Club Visits Embassy

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

On January 21, 2026, a delegation from the Filipino-Chinese Amity Club (菲華聯誼總會) visited the Chinese Embassy in Manila, meeting with People’s Republic of China Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan (井泉). The delegation, framed around cultural exchange was led by Club Chairman Cai Mingfeng (蔡明豐) and included multiple honorary chairmen and vice chairmen. Cai told the ambassador that the Club had spent its 52-year history “promoting friendship” between the Philippines and China and advancing bilateral trade and cultural exchange. Ambassador Jing “fully affirmed” the Club’s efforts toward Sino-Philippine friendship. Attendees pledged to “consolidate” ties, invoking a “thousand-year history” of traditional friendship and vowing to give the ties “vigorous new life” in the “new era” — a direct reference to Xi Jinping’s terminology for the period corresponding to his rule. The club, which is listed formally as a “patriotic organization” (愛國團體), invokes friendship in its very name — a term carrying specific political weight in CCP discourse, and essentially meaning the accommodation of China’s official lines and positions — and operates, by its own account, “under the strong support of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines.” Wu Zhongzhen (吳仲振), the club’s “permanent honorary chairman” (永遠名譽理事長), serves as publisher of The World News (菲律賓世界日報), which calls itself the Philippines’ largest Chinese-language daily. The paper is the direct institutional descendant of the Club’s own Lianyi Weekly (聯誼週刊).

Wuxi Daily

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Wuxi Daily (无锡日报) is the mouthpiece publication of the CCP Committee of the city of Wuxi, in China’s Jiangsu province. Founded on August 1, 1949, as Workers’ Life (工人生活), it became the official party organ in 1954 and adopted its current name in 1957. The newspaper suspended publication during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1979) before resuming operations. Now published by Wuxi Daily Media Group, the full-color broadsheet maintains the largest circulation among local news publications in the Wuxi region at 50,000 copies, with readership reaching 550,000-600,000 people. It covers Wuxi city and surrounding areas including Jiangyin and Yixing cities. The publication claimed in the late 2010s to have pioneered online newspaper services in Jiangsu province and has evolved into a multimedia platform encompassing print, digital, mobile, and audio-visual content.

The Busy Weekly

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Founded in 2009, “The Busy Weekly” was the only Chinese financial weekly in Malaysia. It is now closed.

Fijian Broadcasting Corporation

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

The Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) is Fiji’s national radio and television broadcaster, starting operations in 1935. The corporation operates six FM radio stations broadcasting in iTaukei, Hindustani, and English, with Radio Fiji One and Radio Fiji Two functioning as public service broadcast stations under a government contract. In November 2011, FBC launched Fiji’s first free-to-air television service from the national broadcaster. FBC is wholly government-owned with a board of directors appointed by its shareholders.

Spring News Television Network

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Spring News was a Thai digital television news channel founded in 2010 and owned by Spring News Television Ltd., a subsidiary of News Network Corporation PCL. The channel began test broadcasts on satellite television on March 5, 2010, with its official launch on December 15, 2010. Spring News won a digital television license for news and information content from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in 2013 and began digital terrestrial broadcasting on April 1, 2014, on channel 19. In November 2016, the channel signed a five-year partnership agreement with CNN International through Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific, becoming CNN’s first news affiliate partner in Asia. This partnership included content sharing, staff training, and the adoption of CNN-themed graphics beginning January 1, 2017. Spring News ceased television broadcasting on August 15, 2019, but continues operating as an online news platform under the Nation Group umbrella, maintaining its website and digital news services.

Parlamentní Listy

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

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.

China News Service

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

China News Service (中國新聞社), established in October 1952, is China’s second-largest state news agency after Xinhua. The agency has been under the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party since 2018, focusing on overseas Chinese communities and residents of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The agency maintains offices throughout mainland China and internationally, operating what it calls the “Global Chinese Media Cooperative Union” to redistribute state media content. In 2020, the U.S. State Department designated CNS as a “foreign mission.” According to the Media and Journalism Research Center, as of September 2024, CNS is classified as “State Controlled Media.” The agency expanded into film and television production, launched “China News Video” in 2007, and publishes several periodicals, including “China Newsweek” (中國新聞周刊).