Xi Jinping: A Year in the Headlines
China’s leader maintained a commanding lead in the headlines of the CCP’s flagship People’s Daily in 2025, despite a substantial decline over the past year. What do these mixed signals mean?
La República Signs Cooperation Deal with People’s Daily
In September 2023, marking the 35th anniversary of China-Uruguay diplomatic relations, Uruguayan newspaper La República established cooperative relations with the People’s Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. China selected La República to develop a special publication on bilateral diplomatic relations, and the newspaper had a journalist training in Beijing at the time, publisher Juan Blanco stated in a September 11, 2023 People’s Daily interview. Blanco praised the Belt and Road News Network — operated by People’s Daily and hosted on its name servers — for providing “first-hand information from a truthful, reliable source issued from the origin.” Blanco said the newspaper expected “more cooperation with Chinese media.” The cooperation preceded Uruguay’s November 2023 state visit to China where President Lacalle Pou signed a Belt and Road cooperation plan. Blanco emphasized that ideological differences should not hinder cooperation, stating “people unite by other concepts” and media relationships form “the first encounter” of information exchange. The newspaper publishes China-related content nearly daily. Blanco participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.
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