CICG Asia-Pacific
The China International Communication Group Asia-Pacific serves as the Chinese central government’s primary multilingual media platform targeting the Asia-Pacific region. Operating under the China International Communications Group, which was established in October 1949, the organization publishes prestigious journals in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English and Esperanto, including People’s China (人民中國), launched in January 1950, and Beijing Review (北京周報), founded in March 1958. The center operates multiple websites and social media accounts across languages while producing multimedia content promoting China’s image abroad. It sponsors cultural exchange initiatives like the Panda Cup essay contest for foreign youth, launched in 2014, which has expanded across Japan, South Korea, Thailand and other countries. With publications spanning traditional Chinese characters and multiple Asian languages, CICG Asia-Pacific represents a sophisticated arm of China’s international propaganda apparatus, functioning as an integrated communications platform owned and operated by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
