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Daily Sun Signs Xinhua Cooperation Agreement

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Bangladesh’s Daily Sun and Xinhua News Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 20, 2025, that the parties said was aimed at strengthening cooperation to amplify the voices of the Global South through joint communication initiatives. Under the MOU, the parties will jointly establish a Global South Media News Network, publish research reports, and deepen cooperation through platforms including the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum. According to the agreement, Xinhua will host the secretariat for the partnership program, coordinating engagement between partner institutions and organizing workshops, training programs, and high-level forums. The cooperation framework includes content sharing, joint publications, and resource integration, with both parties agreeing to maintain strict confidentiality regarding non-public information. The partnership connects Daily Sun to Xinhua’s broader Global South Joint Communication Partnership Program, which launched in July 2025 and includes nearly 700 partner organizations.

Daily Sun

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Established in 2010, the Daily Sun is a daily broadsheet and digital platform based in capital city of Dhaka. It offers coverage of national affairs, sports, and entertainment. The outlet publishes in the English and Bengali languages. It is operated by East West Media Group PLC, a Bangladeshi media conglomerate that runs at least seven outlets, including the online newspaper Banglanews24.com. East West is under Bashundhara Group LTD, a manufacturing and real estate conglomerate run by businessman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, whose family faced scrutiny in 2025 owing to its close relationship with the ousted former prime minister Sheik Hasina and allegations of land grabs and embezzlement.

China Media Group Co-hosts Event at UN Headquarters

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On August 13, 2025, the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations and the state-run China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) co-hosted a cultural exchange event at the United National Headquarters in New York to commemorate the the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War — China’s language for the end of World War II. In remarks to the event, called “Echoes of Peace,” Fu Cong (傅聰), the PRC’s permanent representative to the UN, said China was “proud to be the first country to sign the United Nations Charter,” a statement obscuring the fact that it was the Republic of China (ROC), the current government of Taiwan, that originally signed the Charter in 1945. Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group, delivered video remarks stating the event aimed to “promote the correct historical view of World War II.” According to Shen, the correct view meant recognizing “the united front against Japanese aggression advocated and established under the banner of the Chinese Communist Party.” The remarks highlighted a key propaganda aspect of 80th anniversary celebrations organized by China, which were meant to rewrite the history of China’s war of resistance to define the CCP’s role as primary — and the CCP, by extension, as a key founder of the UN system.

Honghe County Taiwan Affairs Office

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The Honghe County Taiwan Affairs Office (紅河縣台辦) is a county-level administrative agency responsible for implementing cross-strait policies within the local-level Honghe County in Yunnan Province. Established as part of the broader Taiwan Affairs Office network that was created in 1988 under the leadership of the CCP’s Central Committee and State Council, the local office manages all Taiwan-related policies, including personnel exchanges, seminars, and international visits. The office coordinates with the provincial-level TAO.

Capital FM

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98.4 Capital FM is a Kenyan urban music radio station established in 1996, shortly after the liberalization of Kenyan airwaves, becoming the second FM station after 101.9 Metro FM. Based in Two Rivers mall in Nairobi, the station operates on 98.4 MHz frequency with repeaters across Kenya including Western Kenya (93.0), Nakuru (98.5), Mombasa (98.4), Nyeri (98.5), and Meru (103.9). The station targets middle-class and upper-class audiences with programming that includes hip hop, R&B, rock, neo soul, jazz, and dance music. Capital FM gained international attention when President Barack Obama gave an exclusive one-on-one interview during his July 2015 visit to Kenya, one of only two such radio interviews during that trip. The station serves audiences through traditional broadcasting and online streaming.

Capital FM and China Daily Sign Partnership Agreement

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On August 11, 2025, Capital FM, a leading Kenyan media house with strong radio broadcasting and digital journalism presence, signed a content-sharing agreement with China Daily in Nairobi, Kenya. The partnership allows the Kenyan radio broadcaster to republish China Daily articles on its website and co-produce short videos for digital platforms. The agreement includes promoting content across the social media channels of both organizations. Capital FM Managing Director Symon Bargurei described the collaboration as “a milestone” in delivering “diverse, high-quality, and globally relevant content,” while China Daily Africa circulation manager Kennedy Mureithi said the partnership would “enhance the sharing of stories that matter to both nations.” The agreement was signed by Bargurei and China Daily Africa Bureau Director Wang Xiaodong (王晓东).

Taiwan Social Media Influencers Join Yunnan Tour

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On August 6-10, 2025, in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the Taiwan Affairs Office of Yunnan People’s Government (雲南省人民政府台灣事務辦公室) and the Honghe Prefectural Taiwan Affairs Office (紅河州台辦) hosted an official media visit that brought together 17 Taiwanese new media practitioners and 8 mainland journalists in what organizers described as promoting “cross-strait family bonds” (兩岸一家親). The event, “Hearts Connected Across the Strait, Yunnan-Taiwan Together” (第三屆”情牽兩岸·滇台同行”), included visits and cultural activities in several local counties. Official reports cited participants like “new media person” Wu Minwen (吳旻文), who appears nowhere in Taiwan’s media or social media landscape, claiming that the initiative helps “more people on the island understand Honghe.” Another participant cited, Li Xiangming (李湘銘), was quoted as saying that traditional foods they tasted were “cultural symbols carrying deep history.”

Taiwan Affairs Office of Yunnan People’s Government

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The Taiwan Affairs Office of Yunnan People’s Government (雲南省人民政府台灣事務辦公室) is a provincial government agency responsible for coordinating cross-strait exchanges and implementing propaganda activities in line with Chinese Communist Party objectives regarding Taiwan. Operating under the “one institution with two names” arrangement, it simultaneously functions as the CCP Yunnan Committee Taiwan Work Office (中共雲南省委台灣工作辦公室), with the party designation used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan. The office serves as Yunnan Province’s centralized management department for Taiwan-related affairs, reporting to both the provincial party committee and government while implementing guidelines set by the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, which is also the CCP Central Committee’s Taiwan Work Office. This organization has no relationship with Taiwan’s government and operates within the People’s Republic of China’s framework claiming Taiwan as a province, coordinating activities that advance Beijing’s “reunification” policies through cultural, economic, and media exchanges.

China Daily Runs Inserts in the Washington Post

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Beginning in November 2016, the Washington Post regularly ran the “China Watch” printed insert of China’s government-run China Daily in the pages of its newspaper, accepting advertising payments from China Daily USA in return. The paid supplements were designed to look like news articles, but were vehicles for pro-China propaganda. According to filings by China Daily with the US Justice Department, the Washington Post accepted 4.6 million dollars for the inserts between 2016 and April 2020.