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El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V.

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V. (國家日報股份有限公司) is a Salvadoran commercial corporation established on March 3, 2020, to serve as the legal and administrative vehicle for the state-run newspaper, Diario El Salvador. The company was incorporated by subsidiaries of the Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL), specifically Perforadora Santa Bárbara (99 percent shareholder) and the Compañía de Luz Eléctrica de Ahuachapán (1 percent shareholder). By utilizing a private corporate structure under the umbrella of state-owned energy entities, the firm operates with the commercial flexibility of a private business while being sustained by public resources and government advertising contracts. It is headquartered within the CEL facilities in San Salvador and serves as the primary entity for formalizing international media partnerships, including content-sharing frameworks with the PRC’s Xinhua News Agency.

Chinese Ambassador Gives Live Interview to Peruvian Talk Show

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On October 31, 2021, Chinese ambassador to Peru Liang Yu (梁宇) gave a live interview on Agenda Política, a talk show on the Peruvian cable news channel Canal N, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Peru — established on November 2, 1971. Liang stressed that Peru was “among the first” Latin American countries to establish ties with China. It was in fact the third to do so, following Chile and Cuba. The interview featured standard CCP diplomatic framing. Liang described bilateral trade as accounting for 30 percent of Peru’s foreign trade, and characterized the two economies as having “complementary advantages” (經濟優勢互補) with “great potential for pragmatic cooperation” (務實合作大有可為) — language that presents what some have worried is Peru’s growing economic dependency on China as mutual opportunity.

China Hosts Salvadoran Journalists for “Two Sessions” Press Tour

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

In March 2026, the PRC invited a select group of Salvadoran journalists, primarily from state-aligned outlets, to cover the annual “Two Sessions” political event in Beijing. Such invitations generally include all-expenses-paid travel and “capacity building” workshops that emphasize the successes of the Chinese socialist model. By providing exclusive access to high-level political meetings, the PRC ensures that the resulting coverage in El Salvador mirrors the official Chinese perspective on sensitive topics like the “One China” principle and Chinese investments and infrastructure support that, some critics argue, serve geopolitical objectives that could be damaging to the country.

Xinhua and Diario El Salvador Launch Joint Media Compendium

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On September 27, 2024, the state-funded Diario El Salvador and China’s Xinhua News Agency formally presented a joint publication titled “Reportajes de encuentros: la relación China-El Salvador” (Encounter Reports: The China-El Salvador Relationship). A related promotion appeared on Diario El Salvador‘s Instagram account. The presentation took place at the editorial offices of Diario El Salvador and was attended by its editorial director, Luis Laínez. The compendium features reports from Salvadoran journalists who traveled to China, alongside Xinhua content translated for a local audience covering sectors like technology, electromobility, and infrastructure. The event coincided with the 75th anniversary of the PRC and the 6th anniversary of bilateral ties, serving as a formalization of content-sharing between the two state-aligned entities.

Chinese Ambassador Outlines Bilateral Successes in Diario El Salvador

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On April 29, 2021, the state-funded newspaper Diario El Salvador published an extensive interview with the Chinese Ambassador to El Salvador, Ou Jianhong (欧箭虹). In the interview, the ambassador characterized the bilateral relationship as having “consolidated” following President Nayib Bukele’s 2019 state visit to China. She utilized the platform to push several key PRC strategic narratives: dismissing concerns of “secret agreements” by emphasizing transparency, highlighting record-breaking Salvadoran sugar exports to China (up 105.7 percent in 2020), and framing China’s “vaccine diplomacy” and infrastructure gifts — including a new National Library and a new National Stadium — as “disinterested cooperation.” Notably, the Ambassador praised the Bukele administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as a “global example.” This placement is an example of how China uses state-aligned local media to validate a partner government’s domestic performance while simultaneously promoting the benefits of aligning with the PRC’s geopolitical and economic framework.

Tianjin University Faculty Push State Line in Congo Op-Ed

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On March 6, 2026, Sun Xiaohan (孫小涵), a faculty member at Tianjin University’s School of Foreign Languages (外國語學院) and Global South Institute (全球南方研究院), co-authored an op-ed with the institute’s executive director, Professor Wang Zhan (王戰), published in Forum des As — the Democratic Republic of Congo’s most widely circulated mainstream newspaper. The piece, titled “Consolidating the Forces of Global Good Governance, Strengthening the Foundations of Multilateralism,” argued for the importance of the “Group of Friends for Global Governance” (全球治理之友小組) — a China-initiated diplomatic grouping framed around multilateralism, world peace, and development — for global stability and development. The Tianjin University Global South Institute, which describes its mission as serving Chinese national strategy while cultivating internationally oriented talent, has positioned itself as a think tank focused on area studies and China’s external communications outreach across Global South countries.

China’s Mission to ASEAN Briefs Regional Media on Two Sessions

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On March 26, 2026, China’s Mission to ASEAN hosted a media and think tank salon in Jakarta themed “Sharing the New Opportunities of China’s High-Quality Development,” briefing nearly twenty regional media organizations and think tanks on the outcomes of China’s annual Two Sessions (全國兩會) — the joint plenary meetings of China’s national (largely ceremonial) legislature and its top political advisory body, held each spring in Beijing. Ambassador Wang Qing (王擎) presented an extended reading of the Government Work Report and the forthcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (十五五規劃綱要), emphasizing China’s commitment to “high-quality development “ (高質量發展) — a political slogan coined by Xi Jinping at the 19th Party Congress in 2017 to signal a shift away from high-speed, quantity-driven growth toward an innovation-driven, high-value model centered on technological self-reliance, industrial upgrading, and greener production. Wang also called on both sides to advance the “Five Major Homes” (五大家園) — a framework encoding Xi Jinping’s vision for China-ASEAN relations around peace, tranquility, prosperity, beauty, and friendship — and to uphold “Asian values,” defined in official discourse as peace, cooperation, openness, and inclusiveness, as a deliberate counterweight to Western liberal frameworks.

CCP and Nuevas Ideas Party Host Media and Think Tank Exchange

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On April 8, 2024, Liu Jianchao (劉建超), Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, met in Beijing with a high-level delegation from El Salvador’s ruling party, Nuevas Ideas, led by Vice President-elect Félix Ulloa. During the meeting, Liu emphasized that the CCP is willing to “promote exchanges and cooperation” between the counterpart departments of the two parties, specifically highlighting media and think tanks as key areas for collaboration. This engagement aimed to institutionalize the sharing of “experience in party building and state governance” to ensure the stable development of bilateral relations. The meeting official report by the International Department of the CCP underscores a strategic shift toward direct party-to-party coordination to align the communication apparatus of Nuevas Ideas with the ideological and media frameworks of the CCP.

Ambassador Zhang Yanhui Publishes Signed Article in Diario El Salvador

Written by Editors on March 28, 2026.

On January 15, 2026, the Chinese Ambassador to El Salvador, Zhang Yanhui (张艳辉), published a signed article in Diario El Salvador titled “China es un firme practicante del desarrollo verde global” (China is a firm practitioner of global green development). In the piece, Zhang promoted China’s commitment to “South-South cooperation” and the “community of shared future” between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The article outlined five specific programs—Solidarity, Development, Peoples, Civilizations, and Peace—intended to serve as a roadmap for deepening ties with El Salvador. This placement illustrates the “borrowed boat” strategy, using a high-circulation local outlet to disseminate official Chinese Communist Party policy documents directly to the Salvadoran public.