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Entity Type: Domestic Chinese-Language Media

Philippine Chinese Daily

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The Philippine Chinese Daily (菲律賓華報) was founded on September 27, 2007, and describes itself as a newspaper serving Chinese immigrants in the Philippines. The publication features sections on local news, financial updates, international news, Hong Kong and Macau affairs, and community activities, and claims to have co-published a Philippine edition with the People’s Daily overseas edition. Since 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and printing plant closures mandated by Philippine authorities, the newspaper suspended its print edition and shifted to distribution via WeChat.

United Daily News (Philippines)

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The United Daily News (聯合日報) is a Chinese-language broadsheet in the Philippines and traditionally a cornerstone of the Filipino-Chinese media landscape. Founded in 1973 by Cheng Kim Tiao, it was formed through the merger of two historic titles: the Kong Li Po (公理報), established in 1911, and the Great China Press (大中華日報), launched after World War II. Notably, it was the only Chinese-language daily authorized to operate during the nation’s martial law era. Historically aligned with pro-Taiwan perspectives, the paper provides essential coverage of local politics, business, and community heritage. Under the legendary leadership of Sy Yinchow (施穎洲), its long-serving editor-in-chief and the “dean of Chinese media,” the publication cemented its reputation for integrity. The paper announced in 2016 that it would cease publication, but later continued. Today, it remains a key voice within the Chinese diaspora community in Manila, offering traditional Chinese reporting alongside its English-language counterpart, United News.

CHInoyTV

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CHInoyTV (菲華電視台) is a long-running Philippine television program focused on news, culture, and community affairs of the Chinese Filipino (Chinoy) population. Launched in 2009, the program traces its origins to the series Chi and has since aired across multiple major networks, reflecting its broad reach and adaptability. Presented in English, Filipino, and Mandarin through a mix of original segments, dubbing, and subtitles, CHInoyTV positions itself as a platform connecting the Chinese Filipino community with wider Philippine society, highlighting identity, heritage, and contemporary social issues.

Chubun

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Chubun, a Japanese Chinese-language weekly publication, claims to be “Japan’s largest and most influential” Chinese-language newspaper since its September 1992 founding. According to its own “About Us” page, the outlet describes itself as maintaining an “overseas Chinese perspective” with focus on Sino-Japanese relations and Chinese community news, while covering international affairs, economics, and culture. The publication says it has “evolved from print to embrace digital media” and collaborates with Japanese mainstream outlets to “bridge cultural divides.” Chubun characterizes its readership as spanning “academics, business leaders, students, and Japanese learners of Chinese” and asserts it has established itself as a “vital communication channel between China and Japan,” claiming to be “frequently cited by media across Greater China.” The site design of Chubun is oddly old-fashioned, full of content components including, as of July 2025, a Covid-19 survey along the left-hand margin. Much of the featured content has clear affinities with official state media talking points. Featured videos like this one, posted to the publication’s YouTube account, advertise overseas Chinese association activities that seem aligned with the PRC government.

Harian InHua

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Harian Inhua (印華日報) is a Chinese-language newspaper serving Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese community, launched on October 17, 2014, by Indonesia Inhua Media Group (印度尼西亞印華傳媒集團). The outlet operates a print newspaper as well as the news website Harian Inhua Online, offering news coverage of Indonesia, China, and broader Asian affairs in Chinese and Indonesian languages. Yinhua TV provides video content, distributed through social media channels. Chairman Ye Lianli (葉聯禮) has described the newspaper in terms redolent of PRC state language as “a bridge for Indonesia-China friendship”  (印尼對華友好的橋樑). He has said the outlet is committed to promoting economic cooperation between Indonesia, ASEAN, and China. While the website features original content on Indonesian affairs, coverage of Taiwan and Hong Kong aligns with the Chinese Communist Party and state media positions.

ChinaTown

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ChinaTown, established in Mauritius on July 23, 2005, is a Chinese-language daily newspaper that describes itself as “a patriotic newspaper that loves the motherland—the People’s Republic of China” with a mission to “promote Chinese culture and report on modern China’s development.” The paper publishes eight A3-format pages daily, with its first page covering China’s major policies and “anti-independence, pro-unification” content. Pages 4-5 feature English and French content, while page 8 covers local news, including China-Mauritius relations and Chinese embassy activities. The outlet maintains close relationships with the Chinese Embassy and PRC government contacts, consistently mirroring Chinese Communist Party positions.

Macau Daily News

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Macau Daily News (澳門日報), founded in 1958, is a Chinese-language daily newspaper based in Macao that describes itself as “patriotic and Macau-loving media” relying on the “motherland,” referring to the People’s Republic of China. The newspaper covers local Macao news, Greater Bay Area(GBA) developments — referring to the Chinese government’s plan to integrate Hong Kong and Macau with the Pearl River Delta region — and mainland China affairs. Reporting tends to emphasize positive coverage of government policies, economic development, and cooperation between Macao and China. It has presence across multiple social media platforms, including Weibo, Facebook, Instagram, and WeChat, extending its reach to both mainland and international Chinese-speaking audiences. The outlet receives substantial funding from both the Macao SAR Government and through advertising contracts and direct subsidies. The publication maintains cooperative ties with PRC state media, including China News Service (中國新聞社), which operates under the CCP’s United Front Work Department. Macau Daily News shares the CNS mission to “tell China’s story and rally people’s hearts at home and abroad” (講好中國故事，凝聚海內外民心). The publication received visits from senior Communist Party officials, including United Front Work Department Vice Minister Tan Tianxing (譚天星), in May 2018. The officials thanked the outlet for its role in propaganda work.  Current president Lu Bo (陸波) serves as a National People’s Congress representative and maintains close ties with the Party leadership. Founder Li Chengjun (李成俊) served as an editor for a pro-Communist unit during World War II, handling anti-Japanese propaganda.

Chinese Commercial News

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The Chinese Commercial News was established in October 1919 as the “Overseas Chinese Commercial News” (華僑商報), a monthly newsletter of the Manila Chinese Chamber of Commerce under editor Yu Yi Tung (于以同), before becoming a daily newspaper in April 1922. The daily broadsheet, headquartered in Manila’s Binondo district, publishes in multiple languages, including Chinese, English, Hokkien (閩南語), and Filipino. During World War II, publisher Yu Yi Tung refused Japanese demands to use the paper as a propaganda organ and paid with his life, leading to closure and confiscation until the paper resumed publication on April 15, 1945. The newspaper was again closed during martial law from September 21, 1972, until resuming on June 12, 1986, after the People Power Revolution. Suggesting a possibly close connection with networks linked to the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), the paper lists first and foremost among its partners at the footer of its website the official China News Service (CNS), a news wire under the UFWD; ChinaQW, a site directed at overseas Chinese that is also under the UFWD umbrella, and Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文匯報), run by the central government’s Liaison Office in the territory. The Chinese Commercial News maintains an online presence through shangbao.com.ph and a WeChat account.

ASEAN Top News

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ASEAN Top News (東協頭條), established in Phnom Penh in August 2018, is a digital news agency that received approval from Cambodia’s Ministry of Information to operate. The organization describes itself as a “digital network news agency” focused on “disseminating comprehensive information about the ten ASEAN countries and China, and promoting exchanges and cooperation between the ten ASEAN countries and China.” Founded by “senior media professionals from ASEAN countries and China,” the agency launched its official website on September 2, 2018, providing news in Chinese, English, and Khmer languages. The organization claims to uphold “independence, objectivity, neutrality, and professionalism” in its news philosophy and plans to establish bureaus across ASEAN capitals including Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Naypyitaw, Vientiane, and Bandar Seri Begawan, as well as Beijing and Nanning, operating within Cambodia’s increasingly restricted media environment where independent outlets face government censorship.