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Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 was established on December 9, 2019, to organize, promote, and publicize sporting and cultural events for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The foundation operates under the provisions of the Olympic Charter, the International Olympic Committee’s Code of Ethics.
The China Association for Science and Technology (中國科學技術協會) describes itself as “the largest non-governmental organization of scientific and technological professionals in China,” though it explicitly “serves as a bridge that links the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese government to the country’s science and technology community.” Its sponsoring institution is the State Council of China, the central government. Founded in September 1958 through the merger of two scientific organizations, CAST maintains ties with millions of scientists and engineers through 210 national member societies. The organization is a constituent member of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. CAST operates overseas recruitment programs for technology transfer, including “offshore entrepreneurial bases” in multiple countries and partnerships with organizations like CAST-USA, a non-profit formed in the US in 1992. The organization co-organizes major government initiatives like the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, functioning as a state-directed vehicle for managing China’s scientific community and advancing party-state priorities in science and technology development.
The JoongAng Ilbo (중앙일보), meaning “Central Daily” (中央日報), is one of South Korea’s three largest newspapers and a newspaper of record founded on September 22, 1965, by Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul. Originally owned by Samsung until 1999, the Seoul-based daily pioneered horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist investigative reporting teams in Korean journalism. The paper publishes an English edition, Korea JoongAng Daily, and operates international editions across the Americas. As part of JoongAng Group, it owns broadcast station JTBC and cinema chain Megabox. Critics have classified the outlet as conservative, citing its editorial stance.
Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises Ltd (was created in 1980. The Hong Kong-based corporation also controls the Nouvelle d’Europe (European Times), a newspaper and online media conglomerate which is connected to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party and is core to the PRC’s media network building and external communication, particularly in Europe. According to Hong Kong registration documents sourced by the CMP research team, all five shareholders of the Hong Kong corporation have ties to the United Front Work Department or the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.
China Economic Information Service(中國經濟信息社), abbreviated as CEIS, is an economic information service enterprise under Xinhua News Agency (新華社). Established in October 1989 and restructured in April 2016, CEIS has become China’s most authoritative economic information service institution with the broadest service areas and most comprehensive information types. With information collection points covering 180 countries and regions and branches in 30 Chinese provinces, CEIS claimed it “serves over 130,000 institutional users and 39 million individual users globally.” The company built several national platforms, including Xinhua Finance, Xinhua Silk Road, Xinhua Credit, and Xinhua Index, while operating national projects such as the National Integrated Government Service Platform. CEIS positioned itself as the “national economic information flagship” (國家級經濟資訊旗艦) offering services in consulting, data processing, information integration, and system maintenance.
East West Media Group PLC identifies itself as Bangladesh’s largest media house and operates as a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group LTD, a property and manufacturing conglomerate run by businessman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan. Since its 2009 founding, the media house has built a portfolio including Bangladesh’s two most widely circulated Bangla newspapers — Bangladesh Pratidin and Kaler Kantho — the English-language Daily Sun, and the bilingual portal banglanews24.com. In August 2025, the Daily Sun engaged with China’s official Xinhua News Agency to form a “Global South Media News Network,” publish research reports, and deepen cooperation through platforms including the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum.
The Financial Express is an English-language daily newspaper established in 1993 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and describes itself as the “First Financial Daily in Bangladesh.” Owned by International Publications Limited, the publication was Bangladesh’s second-largest English-language newspaper as of 2021, focusing primarily on business and economic issues including international economic news. Founding editor AHM Moazzem Hossain, a Bangladeshi journalist, led the publication until his death in 2018, with the newspaper experiencing significant losses during the COVID-19 pandemic when news editor Abdullah M Hasan and executive editor Shahiduzzaman Khan both died from the virus in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The publication has received recognition through the Japan-based Developing Asia Journalism Awards.
Helsingin Sanomat (赫尔辛基日报), abbreviated HS and colloquially known as Hesari, is Finland’s largest subscription newspaper and the Nordic region’s most circulated daily publication, established in 1889 as Päivälehti and operating under its current name since 1905. Headquartered in Helsinki and owned by Sanoma media group, the newspaper claims to serve as Finland’s newspaper of record. The publication positions itself as politically independent and non-aligned since 1932, having previously served as the organ of the Young Finnish Party.
58cam.com (柬单网) was established in 2014 by Guangzhou Cambodian Information Technology Co., Ltd. (广州市柬单网信息科技有限公司). The platform was created by Liu Hongfei (刘洪飞). It claims to serve Chinese residents in Cambodia through multiple channels. The platform offers a wide range of Chinese news content from PRC media, with limited content from state media sources, and also aggregates news from local Cambodian sources. It also includes sections for mutual assistance among Chinese nationals, job recruitment, house rentals, second-hand transactions, and business yellow pages.