Skip to main content

Entity Type: Domestic Chinese-Language Media

Chinese Melbourne Daily

The Chinese Melbourne Daily is marketed as “the leading Chinese newspaper in Melbourne,” serving the local Chinese-Australian community with news and information. Published by the Chinese News and Media Group (1688传媒集团), the newspaper is part of a comprehensive media portfolio that includes traditional publications, property magazines, and digital platforms. As a free publication, it provides advertisers with direct access to Melbourne’s growing Chinese community while offering readers local and international news, community information, and cultural content in Chinese language. The Chinese Melbourne Daily operates within an integrated media ecosystem that includes sister publications like the Daily Chinese Herald (澳洲日報) and digital outlets such as 1688.com.au.

Sinovision

Founded in 1990, SinoVision distributes television programs to Chinese-language viewers in the Greater New York area. The outlet describes its positioning as “facing local audiences, and getting close to mainstream society.” SinoVision launched its 24-hour digital news channel in 2011. It also operates the news website SinoVisionNet. The network is linked to the PRC and its official China News Service, under the auspices of the United Front Work Department of the CCP, through the Hong Kong-based Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises Limited (HK).

Tea FM

Tea FM is an East Malaysian Chinese and English-language radio station jointly that began broadcasting in Kuching on August 1, 2015, and in Kota Kinabalu on August 8, 2015, before being officially launched on November 28, 2015, by Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem. Tea FM is Sarawak’s first Mandarin Chinese and English local private radio station, with content described by the owners as 60% Chinese and 40% English, targeting listeners aged 20 to 40. The station broadcasts on 102.7 FM in Kuching and 102.8 FM in Kota Kinabalu, operating as a 24-hour service from Crown Towers at Jalan Padungan, Kuching.

Chinese Newspaper in Romania

Chinese Newspaper in Romania was founded in 1999 as Romania’s oldest Chinese-language publication under the Romania Huayang Media Group (羅馬尼亞華揚傳媒集團). This weekly newspaper, published every Friday, covers Romanian local news, culture, Chinese news, economics, society, military observations, international news, and health topics. The publication claims to be “Romania’s largest Chinese-language publication” with “high visibility and influence in Romania’s Chinese community and mainstream society.” The newspaper maintains collaborations with Chinese publications including People’s Daily Overseas Edition (人民日報海外版), Tianjin Evening News (天津晚報), and Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (香港文匯報), while also operating digital platforms including the China-Europe Communication Network (中歐通訊網), a WeChat public account, and the Romania Chinese Headlines (羅馬尼亞華人頭條).

Sydney Chinese Daily

The Sydney Chinese Daily is published by the Chinese News and Media Group, which describes itself as “the largest 100% Australian Owned and Independent Chinese Media Company.” The group’s flagship publication, the Daily Chinese Herald (澳洲日報), was established in 1986, with the company operating a portfolio that includes Chinese Melbourne Daily and Queensland Chinese Daily. The company’s website states that the Sydney Chinese Daily is “Sydney’s most influential and widely-read Chinese language publications” and “the first and only free daily newspaper to cover Sydney based local news.”

The Busy Weekly

Founded in 2009, “The Busy Weekly” was the only Chinese financial weekly in Malaysia. It is now closed.

58 Lao

58 Lao was established in 2012 in Vientiane, Laos’ capital, as one of the country’s first Chinese-language media platforms. According to academic research presented at the Tenth World Chinese Media Forum, the platform claimed to have become “one of the most influential Chinese-language media in Laos” by 2019. The network operates as part of Laos Future Media Co., Ltd., with technological support from Shenzhen Wangce Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳网策科技有限公司). The platform’s mission involves serving the Chinese community in Laos by delivering news, policy updates, business information, and lifestyle content through WeChat and print media. The company claims to be “currently the only Chinese information classification and publishing platform that has obtained filing permits from both China and Laos.”

All About Macau Media

All About Macau, also known as AAMacau, is a Macau-based independent media outlet that began in August 2010 as a weekly feature in Sonpou News (訊報). The publication formally established itself as an independent entity in 2012, launching its website AAMacau.com, followed by its first print monthly magazine in May 2013. The outlet covers current news, social issues, cultural arts, interviews and environmental topics through investigative reporting on controversial social issues. In 2023, amid what Reporters Without Borders described as increased pressure on journalists following expanded national security laws, All About Macau transitioned to a subscription and donation-based funding model. The outlet operates digital and print platforms with social media presence, aiming to create a “quality public discourse space” and promote diverse civic engagement in Macau.

Sing Sian Yer Pao

The Sing Sian Yer Pao, also known as The Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News, is a Chinese-language newspaper based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded on June 23, 1950. Originally published in traditional Chinese characters, it switched to simplified Chinese after 2010. In November 2013, the newspaper formed a partnership with China’s Southern Media Group. As of February 2016, the paper was priced at 5 baht in Bangkok and 6 baht elsewhere in Thailand. The newspaper operates from its headquarters on Silom Road in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district, continuing its long tradition of serving Thailand’s Chinese-language readers.