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Propaganda Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CCP

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

The Propaganda Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party serves as the primary ideological oversight body for the province, controlling all state media operations, including its flagship publication, Zhejiang Daily (浙江日報). Based in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, the department executes propaganda directives from both the central party headquarters and provincial leadership to ensure “correct” political messaging across all local media platforms. The department regulates information dissemination, shapes public discourse, orchestrates propaganda initiatives, and supervises cultural activities throughout Zhejiang Province — guaranteeing that all communication channels uniformly promote CCP doctrine and reinforce official policy positions.

China Media Management Inc

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

China Media Management Inc. (CMM-I傳媒諮詢有限公司), or CMM-I, is a Beijing-based entertainment content consulting and business development firm originally founded in 1997 by Anke Redl, a former producer with WDR/German TV who spent several decades in China, and Rowan Simons, who claims in his bio to have negotiated “the BBC’s first full co-production with CCTV.” CMM-I was reportedly established in Hong Kong in 1997 “as China’s first media information and event services company.” It registered its Beijing representative office on July 4, 2001, according to PRC business records. The company specializes in distribution and production support for international content owners entering the Chinese market across animation, drama, film, formats, and documentaries. CMM-I serves as a Chinese representative for major international television trade shows, including MIPCOM (an annual TV industry market in Cannes), the Asia Television Forum (Singapore’s regional TV market), and South by Southwest (a media and technology festival in Austin). The firm’s clients have included media companies such as the British BBC and ITV. According to the company’s website, co-founder Simons received the Special Contribution Award at the Sichuan TV Festival in 2012, hosted by the National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局) and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government. CMM-I is also a member of the UN SDG Media Compact, a United Nations alliance promoting the Sustainable Development Goals.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), founded in 1837, is one of Greece’s oldest universities, with eight schools and 33 faculties offering programs in medicine, law, sciences, humanities, and engineering. The university maintains 800 bilateral agreements with institutions in 63 countries, including partnerships with universities in Asia, particularly China. In September 2025, NKUA hosted an international conference on Greek-Chinese philosophical dialogue, a China-led initiative for cultural diplomacy between Greece and China. The event was attended by Li Xi (李希), a member of the CCP’s Politburo Standing Committee, signaling Beijing’s strong interest in strengthening ties with Greece. The conference strongly emphasized Greece and China as ancient Western and Eastern civilizations, in line with the CCP’s more recent deployment of civilization-related political discourse, including through its Global Civilization Initiative.

Nya Dagbladet

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Nya Dagbladet is a Swedish online daily newspaper founded in 2012. The outlet adheres to nationalist, science-skeptic, and non-partisan positions. It describes itself as humanist and ethnopluralist, and holds an anti-globalization stance. EXPO, a Swedish NGO that monitors right-wing organizations, considers Nya Dagbladet a right-wing extremist website that feeds conspiracy theories. The paper’s founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher is Markus Andersson, once a prominent figure in the now-dissolved right-wing extremist party Nationaldemokraterna (National Democrats). The outlet frequently publishes content promoting alternative cancer treatments, spreads anti-vaccine narratives and conspiracy theories, disseminates information about alleged health risks from mobile phone radiation, and promotes climate skepticism along with criticism of environmental policies. Other recurring themes include immigration issues, freedom of speech, and topics commonly criticized by the European far-right — including the policies of the European Union. When the Russia-Ukraine War broke out in February 2022, the paper also reported on a fabricated document circulating online and falsely attributed to the RAND Corporation, which spuriously claimed that the United States was driving the war in order to weaken Germany. In 2021, Nya Dagbladet applied to the Swedish Agency for the Media (Mediemyndigheten) for funding but was rejected. The paper published an article condemning the decision as politically motivated, and in retaliation, it joined forces with other alternative media outlets to publicly release personal information about the agency’s staff members, including their personal details, high school grades, and sexual orientation.

Europa Press

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Founded in 1953, Europa Press is one of Spain’s leading private news agencies. Initially established as a book distribution company by five monarchists, it transformed into a full news agency in 1966. The agency broadcasts news 24 hours a day, publishing approximately 3,000 articles per day. Under Antonio Herrero Losada’s leadership (1963-1989), Europa Press survived political pressure and gained prominence by providing the worldwide exclusive on dictator Francisco Franco’s death in 1975. The agency expanded territorially across Spain in the 1990s.

Belarus President Administration

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

The Belarus President Administration (Адміністрацыя Прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь) is a state administration body established on July 22, 1994. It supervises the implementation of presidential resolutions and oversees interaction between the President and legislative, executive, judicial bodies, local authorities, and mass media. The organization was created following constitutional reform and the first presidential election in Belarus, with Alexander Lukashenko serving as President since 1994. The administration provides analytical support to the President and drafts presidential decisions and legislation that is subsequently approved by the Parliament of Belarus, with numerous officials having been subject to sanctions by the United States and European Union following various presidential elections.

TV5MONDE

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

TV5MONDE is a French public television network broadcasting French-language programming across multiple channels to promote Francophone productions and the French language globally. According to its official website, the network is available in more than 40 countries with subtitles in seven languages, offering films, series, cultural content focusing on French gastronomy and fashion, documentaries, entertainment programs, and international news. The network is currently 51 percent owned by a consortium of state-owned public broadcasters, including France Télévisions, Radio-télévision Suisse, RTBF, CBC/Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, and ARTE France, with France Médias Monde holding the remaining ownership. In 2024, the network signed a memorandum of cooperation with CMG for the historical documentary of Sino-French ties titled “The Witnesses of 60 Years of History.”

Jiangxi International Communication Center

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

Launched in April 2024 under the guidance of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (江西省委宣傳部) and operated by Jiangxi Daily News (江西日報社), the Jiangxi International Communication Center aims to serve as the province’s “flagship media for external propaganda.” Officials claim it will leverage Jiangxi’s cultural resources—including rice cultivation, ceramics, traditional medicine, and opera—to create “international communication brand projects” like “Meet Jiangxi” (相約江西), which launched simultaneously with the center. Provincial propaganda chief Lu Xiaoqing (盧小青) instructed the center to “actively promote Xi Jinping Thought” and “tell the story of the Chinese Communist Party’s governance.” The center appointed “overseas promotion ambassadors” from seven countries while signing cooperation agreements with China’s Foreign Languages Bureau (中國外文局), described as “the national team for external propaganda.”

East Asian Civilization Research Center

Written by Editors on March 17, 2026.

The East Asian Civilization Research Center (东亚文明研究中心) at SWPS University, or CCAW, is an interdisciplinary research institute established in 2003 and headquartered in Warsaw, focusing on political, cultural, linguistic, and literary studies of Mainland China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. Founded by the late Professor Krzysztof Gawlikowski, the center evolved from an organizational unit into the Department of Asian Studies within the Faculty of Humanities in 2017-2018. The center participates in the European Union’s Horizon Europe “China Horizons” project examining contemporary Chinese society and culture, and operates a research platform on hermeneutics and translation of classical Chinese texts in collaboration with the University of Warsaw, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and Adam Mickiewicz University.