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Home Voice Chinese Weekly

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Home Voice Chinese Weekly (乡音) claims to be New Zealand’s only Chinese-language newspaper serving Wellington and the southern North Island, founded in October 1998 by editor-publisher Kevin Zeng (曾凯文). Published weekly on Fridays with over 100 free distribution points across multiple cities including Palmerston North, New Plymouth, and Rotorua, the paper claims more than 16,000 readers weekly across print and digital platforms. Home Voice operates multimedia platforms including a website launched in 2004, online radio since 2013, and social media accounts on Facebook, X and WeChat. The publication maintains “long-term stable cooperative relationships” (长期稳定过的合作关系) with China’s Xinhua News Agency and China News Service, while stating its mission is serving overseas Chinese communities and “promoting New Zealand-China friendship.” The Home Voice Chinese Weekly site includes banner ads for several Chinese diplomatic missions in the region. The channel runs almost exclusively Chinese state media content on its social media channels.

Guangxi Daily

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Guangxi Daily serves as the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee (中國共產黨廣西壯族自治區委員會). Established on December 3, 1949, as the CCP Guangxi Provincial Committee’s organ, it relocated from Guilin to Nanning on January 22, 1950, following the province’s liberation. When Guangxi became an autonomous region on March 5, 1958, the newspaper became the regional party committee’s official organ. In December 2009, the Guangxi Daily Media Group (廣西日報傳媒集團) was established while maintaining the newspaper’s operations. The publication claims to be “the most authoritative and influential party committee organ newspaper in Guangxi” (廣西最具權威性和影響力的黨委機關報), guided by Marxist-Leninist principles, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Three Represents, Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping’s important speeches. With a daily circulation of 230,000 copies, since 2005, it has become one of China’s first provincial party newspapers to manage its own distribution.

Chinese Embassy in Senegal

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The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Senegal is China’s chief diplomatic mission to the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of The Gambia, located in Dakar. The mission’s origins trace to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Senegal on December 7, 1971, when Senegal recognized the People’s Republic of China, positioning it among the early West African nations to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China during the Cold War era. The embassy is currently located at Rue 18 Prolongée, Fann Residence in Dakar, Senegal. The embassy’s consular operations extend to The Gambia, where consular services, including visa processing, are administered through the Senegal office. The diplomatic team includes counsellors responsible for Political Affairs and Economic and Commercial Affairs, operating under China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部). For visa applications, the embassy operates a dedicated China Visa Application Center in Dakar that processes documentation for both countries. The embassy maintains official communication channels through its website and emergency consular hotline services for Chinese nationals in both countries, while actively engaging in public diplomacy and media diplomacy through networking with local media groups and hosting training programs and official visits.

Gremi Media SA

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Gremi Media SA is a Polish media company that positions itself as the country’s leading publisher in the area of business, finance and law, headquartered in Warsaw and claiming to operate the largest economic newsroom in Poland. Established as a media group, the company publishes daily newspapers including Rzeczpospolita and Gazeta Giełdy i Inwestorów “Parkiet,” along with their corresponding digital platforms rp.pl and parkiet.com. According to company materials, Gremi Media operates online television channels, organizes conferences and training programs, and provides legal services through its Kancelarie RP platform. The organization claims to focus on delivering specialized business and legal content to opinion leaders and decision makers, while positioning itself as a credible source for economic news and analysis across multiple media channels.

Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh

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The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh serves as China’s official diplomatic mission to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部). The embassy claims to be dedicated to promoting bilateral cooperation and providing services to Chinese nationals in Bangladesh. Since establishing diplomatic relations in 1975, the embassy emphasizes that China has become Bangladesh’s “largest trading partner” and highlights growing cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (一帶一路 ). The embassy maintains active engagement with Bangladeshi media and government officials.

Ministry of Information of Cambodia

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Cambodia’s Ministry of Information oversees media and information in Cambodia. Established in 1993 and led by Minister Neth Pheaktra, it operates from its headquarters at 62 Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh. The ministry comprises the General Department of Administration and Finance, the General Department of Information and Broadcasting, the Kampuchea News Agency, National Television of Kampuchea, and the National Radio of Kampuchea. Working alongside the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, it plays a key role in Cambodia’s internet governance, including the implementation of the National Internet Gateway established in February 2021. This centralized gateway system was designed to manage internet traffic, increase tax revenue, and monitor online content for national security and social order, though it has raised concerns from human rights organizations regarding potential restrictions on free speech.

Xinhua News Agency

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Xinhua News Agency, established on November 7, 1931, as the Red China News Agency in Ruijin, Jiangxi province, is China’s official state news agency operating as a ministry-level institution under the State Council. The agency adopted its current name in January 1937 while headquartered in Yan’an, Shaanxi. Its headquarters is located near Zhongnanhai in Beijing, with the current president and Party Secretary Fu Hua (傅華), who was appointed in June 2022. By 2021, Xinhua had 181 bureaus globally, though more recent sources indicate over 170 overseas bureaus as of 2024, and publishes in multiple languages. Xinhua serves as the country’s leading news agency within the CCP’s news control system. Xinhua official news releases, or tonggao (通稿), are regarded as the authoritative version of events such as political meetings and CCP policy statements — authoritative in the sense that leadership approves them. In press orders and bans from the Central Propaganda Department, media will be instructed to “use only Xinhua releases” on particular stories. Today, Xinhua functions as an important channel for China’s leadership to disseminate its preferred narrative globally.

Icelandic Times

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Established in 2009 by editor Einar Th. Thorsteinsson, Icelandic Times (冰岛时代) is a multi-lingual magazine covering tourism, culture, and business that maintains distinct institutional ties to Chinese state media. Since 2014, the magazine has produced a Chinese-language edition printed in China and distributed through thousands of Chinese travel agencies, with editorial content frequently amplifying PRC official narratives including features on the “Belt and Road” initiative and exclusive interviews with Chinese ambassadors. The outlet has collaborated directly with Xinhua News Agency on the publishing of Xinhua content, and on documentary projects. Describing itself as a “prominent magazine” on its Facebook account (though its website appears offline), the publication positions itself in Chinese as “the first Chinese-language periodical published in Iceland” covering “all information about Icelandic culture, history, and tourism.” Thorsteinsson’s personal writings on the website, viewed through archived pages, is largely about tourism and culture in Iceland. On June 13, 2019, the Icelandic Times received a visit from Chinese Ambassador Jin Zhijian “to discuss about future cooperation.” During the meeting, Thorsteinsson reportedly “expressed his satisfaction with the current cooperation with the Chinese Embassy, and expected more cooperation for the future.”

L’Action

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L’Action is the official newspaper of Cameroon’s ruling party, the Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC), also known as the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM). It is published by the Direction of Press Organs, Information and Propaganda (DOPIP) of the RDPC Central Committee. L’Action is published in Yaoundé and began publication in the 1990s, initially as a weekly publication. The Library of Congress notes some publishing irregularities, including periods when only one issue was published between July 1998 and January 1999. As the official party newspaper, L’Action serves as a vehicle for promoting RDPC/CPDM policies and activities, covering political developments, party meetings, and government initiatives from the ruling party’s perspective.