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Qingdao Binhai University Signs Cooperation Agreement With Russia’s Dragon Newspaper
On April 7, 2026, the International Civil Diplomacy Research Center (國際民間外交研究中心) at Qingdao Binhai University, a private university in Shandong province, signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Russian outlet Dragon Newspaper, according to a press release from the university. The agreement, signed during a visit by Dragon Newspaper president Li Shuangjie (李雙傑), covers cultural exchange, academic research, and youth employment services aimed at what the university called strengthening “people-to-people bonds” (民心相通) between China and Russia. Dragon Newspaper has documented institutional ties to China News Service, which established a “strategic partnership” with the paper in 2012, and whose corporate structure, according to Chinese business registry records, wholly owns the company registered as operator of the paper’s website. The university’s executive vice president, Han Xiaomeng (韓曉萌), said the school maintains partnerships with more than 140 universities and research institutions across 40 countries and Taiwan and has hosted more than 2,300 international students. Both sides framed the agreement as part of the “China-Russia Education Year,” a bilateral framework promoting educational and cultural exchange.
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