Cina in Italia
Based in Rome, Cina in Italia magazine, which launched in 2001 as Life (生活), has since 2025 openly identified itself as the “Italian edition of China Newsweek.” China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊), which in the commercial press heyday of the 2000s was known for producing examples of strong journalism, is published under the China News Service (CNS), which since 2018 has been controlled by the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese Communist Party — which coordinates China’s overseas influence operations. Cina in Italia continues to present itself as a cultural bridge between China and Italy. The magazine expanded to digital platforms in 2013 and opened an event space called Roma 9 in Rome’s S. Lorenzo district in 2018, while also becoming a publishing house for bilingual books.