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China.com

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China.com is a comprehensive internet media platform operated by Beijing Huanet Zhixun Information Co., Ltd. (北京華網智訊信息有限公司), launched in May 1999 as one of China’s earliest portal websites. Its two shareholders are Ningbo Yurui Investment Co., Ltd. (宁波宇瑞投资有限公司), holding 75.0002 percent, and Guoguang Huanqiu Media Holdings Co., Ltd. (国广环球传媒控股有限公司), holding 24.9998 percent. In July 1999 it became the first China concept stock listed on NASDAQ, followed by a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Growth Enterprise Market in 2000. Following a dispute over a Valuation Adjustment Mechanism, it was delisted from NASDAQ in 2011 and acquired by Guoguang Huanqiu Media Holdings in 2013. After a revamp in 2021, the platform established 23 multilingual sites across 24 languages, reaching 1.63 million overseas users. Its channels cover news, military affairs, and finance. 

Home and Abroad News Press

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Home and Abroad News Press is a Hong Kong-based news and publishing institution established on March 8, 2001, with approval from the Hong Kong SAR government. It is currently operating under Home and Abroad News Press (Hong Kong) Company Limited (中外新聞社(香港)有限公司), incorporated on July 6, 2011, one of several Hong Kong corporate vehicles of a similar name under which the agency has operated. It publishes Zhongwai News magazine and operates the Zhongwai News Network. Its correspondent network spans 49 countries and regions, with branch offices in more than ten countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. In 2006, the agency claimed designation as a “mainstream outlet for external propaganda” (对外宣传主流媒体) by three organizations describing themselves as UN-affiliated bodies, though independent verification of those bodies’ UN status has not been established. “External propaganda,” or waixuan (外宣), is a term used in official CCP discourse to refer to the role of state media in communicating the agendas of the Party-state. The agency received approval to report from Taiwan in 2010 and established a Beijing bureau in 2011 with authorization from the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.

Russian Cultural Center

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The Russian Cultural Center in Beijing (北京俄羅斯文化中心) is an overseas representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia’s Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, operating under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Founded in 2010 following a Russian-Chinese intergovernmental agreement on the mutual opening of cultural centers, the center officially opened on September 28, 2010, with then-President Dmitry Medvedev as its first visitor. In September 2025, the center celebrated its 15th anniversary at a new location. Its stated mission is to promote Russian language, culture, and education in China. Rossotrudnichestvo was placed under EU sanctions in July 2022 for running what the bloc described as a network of “agents of influence” spreading Kremlin narratives; in January 2023, Berlin prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into its German representative office, Russky Dom, over potential violations of sanctions law. Tatiana Urzhumtseva serves as director.

London Tech Week Partners with Nouvelles d’Europe

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In August 2025, London Tech Week announced a partnership with Nouvelles d’Europe (歐洲時報), designating the Chinese-language newspaper, which is linked to China’s United Front Work Department, as the sole Chinese-language media partner for its 2026 edition. According to Nouvelles d’Europe, the arrangement aims to facilitate exchanges between Chinese enterprises, entrepreneurs, and investors with UK and global markets, and will provide bilingual Chinese-English content alongside dedicated national exhibition spaces for Chinese enterprises at the event. The 2026 edition is also set to launch what the outlet describes as an “Asia-Europe Innovation Corridor” centered on China, to promote cooperation among enterprises, investors, and policymakers.

MailOnline and People’s Daily Sign Content-Sharing Agreement

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In April 2016, the British online newspaper MailOnline entered into a content-sharing arrangement with the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Under the deal, the two outlets agreed to exchange approximately 40 articles per week, covering current affairs, travel, and lifestyle, as well as content from both the Chinese and English editions of the Global Times (環球時報), a tabloid newspaper under the People’s Daily. Articles published under the agreement carried a disclosure banner identifying their origin. MailOnline publisher Martin Clarke, confirming the arrangement to The Guardian, said “there is no cash involved” and made the odd suggestion that the Party-run mouthpiece, which is generally full of highly specialized Chinese political discourse, would help the outlet “better understand the country’s social and political structures.” 

London Tech Week

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London Tech Week is an annual technology festival co-founded in 2014 by Founders Forum LLP, in partnership with Informa Festivals. Held each June in London, the festival brings together entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, and innovators from across the world for conferences, showcases, workshops, and networking events spanning the full technology ecosystem. The London Tech Week brand is owned by Informa Ltd. Its annual programme addresses emerging themes across the technology sector, including applied AI, enterprise resilience, deeptech, and quantum computing.

Rothermere Continuation Holdings Ltd

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Rothermere Continuation Holdings Ltd (RCHL) is a holding company established in October 2025. RCHL oversees a portfolio of major British newspapers and media titles, including the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, and Metro. The offshore company, based in Bermuda, is controlled by Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere — a royal appointment below an earl and above a baron.

MailOnline

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MailOnline is the digital news platform of the Daily Mail, a British tabloid founded in 1896. Launched in 2003, it functions as a high-volume, continuous news website covering breaking news, politics, entertainment, celebrity, and lifestyle content. Though managed separately from the print edition, it shares content with the Daily Mail and its sister paper, Mail on Sunday.  

Informa

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Informa is a multinational information services corporation founded in December 1998 and headquartered in London. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it operates across academic publishing, specialist markets, and global events. Its subsidiaries include academic publishing companies such as Routledge and Taylor & Francis Group.