Chinese Ambassador Meets Dagens Nyheter Editor-in-Chief

On April 25, 2022, Chinese Ambassador to Sweden Cui Aimin (崔愛民) met with Peter Wolodarski, Editor-in-Chief of Sweden’s daily Dagens Nyheter, according to the Chinese Embassy. Cui had arrived in Sweden in December 2021, succeeding Gui Congyou (桂從友), whose tenure was marked by repeated threats to Swedish journalists and calls from multiple parties for his expulsion. Cui offered to help Swedish media report on China in an “objective, impartial, and comprehensive manner” – language commonly used by Chinese officials to encourage coverage aligned with Beijing’s narratives. Wolodarski was quoted as saying Dagens Nyheter was “willing to maintain close communication with the Embassy.” Wolodarski, who is reported to have begun his career in journalism at the age of 12 as a cub reporter for a youth news outlet, became editor of the Dagens Nyheter in 2013. He is the son of Polish immigrants to Sweden in the 1960s.