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Entity Type: Domestic Chinese-Language Media

Harian Nusantara

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Established on October 10, 2000, in Surabaya, East Java, the Harian Nusantara describes itself as one of Indonesia’s prominent Chinese-language newspapers with widespread circulation and significant influence. With 20-24 pages daily, the publication reaches readers throughout Indonesia, particularly in eastern regions, with content also circulated to Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China. Its editorial focus is primarily on Indonesian affairs, with “domestic news” covering Indonesian rather than PRC current events, and dedicated “Chinese community” sections on Chinese community activities within Indonesia. However, the paper publishes extensive coverage of China-related news, acknowledging that news from China occupies the majority of their international coverage as readers’ “ancestral homeland,” including systematic, comprehensive reporting through dedicated China sections. Since 2011, it has collaborated with China Radio International (中國國際廣播電台) to select “Top 10 Southeast Asian News” stories. The paper operates correspondents throughout Indonesia and maintains reporting bureaus in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, indicating institutional ties that facilitate regular coverage of mainland China developments and Indonesian diaspora activities there.

China Greece Times

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The China Greece Times (中希时报), established in January 2005 by Zhejiang trader Wu Hailong (吳海龍) along with Jiangsu native Wang Peng (汪鹏), is a weekly Chinese community newspaper in Athens with a circulation of 3,000 free copies distributed primarily in Athens’ Chinatown area. The bilingual publication includes 24 Chinese pages and 8 Greek pages, serving Greece’s overseas Chinese community and local Greek readers. The newspaper maintains content-sharing agreements with Chinese state media outlets, including People’s Daily and Xinhua News Agency, as documented in the outlet’s own timeline showing formal partnerships established in 2005 with Xinhua and 2009 with People’s Daily. Such arrangements are part of broader Chinese state media efforts that have involved providing free content to international publications. But there are clear indications that the China Greece Times is in fact a front for the Chinese government. The paper, which operates the site China-Greece Online (希中網), claims support from the Chinese Embassy in Greece. But its dedicated news app, launched sometime after 2020, provides a contact e-mail from the official China News Service (CNS), the newswire directly under the CCP’s United Front Work Department. Wang Peng is also the chairman of the Greece-China Alliance for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (希臘中國和平統一促進會), an organization linked to the UFWD. The publication has expanded its Greek-language content since 2015, which the outlet describes as aimed at “showing Greek society a constantly changing China.”

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, the largely nonviolent popular uprising in the Philippines in February 1986 that ousted President Ferdinand Marcos after 20 years of authoritarian rule. It covers Philippine news, economic affairs, and Filipino-Chinese community life alongside a dedicated “China News” (中國新聞) section that draws heavily on Chinese state media content. The paper lists among its key partners the China News Service, or CNS (中國新聞社), a state news agency under the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), as well as CNS-linked ChinaQW (中國僑網) and Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文匯報). The mobile app for the Chinese Commercial News on Google Play uses a support email on the chinanews.com.cn domain, the official CNS website. The paper’s website also republishes CNS wire content. In August 2022, the Chinese Embassy in Manila confirmed that the paper was among 15 media outlets whose representatives met CCP International Liaison Department (中共中央對外聯絡部) head Liu Jianchao (劉建超), who called on media to “strengthen exchange and cooperation” (加強交流合作) to advance bilateral relations.

Jian Hua Daily

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The Jian Hua Daily (柬華日報) is the official newspaper of the Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia (柬華理事總會), founded in August 2000 by Huang Huanming (黄明炤). Based in the Federation’s headquarters building in Phnom Penh, the publication publishes content primarily in Chinese while also offering Khmer-language coverage. Over the years, the Jianhua Daily developed digital platforms, including a website launched in 2007, a mobile app, and a social media presence on WeChat and Facebook. The paper presents itself as the “voice of the Chinese community” with a stated mission of “serving the Chinese community, spreading Chinese culture, and promoting Cambodian-Chinese friendship” (服务华社、传播中华文化、促进柬中友好)—language that closely mirrors Chinese state media’s standard formulations for overseas Chinese publications.

United News

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Led by publisher and editor-in-chief Ji Yuping (季毓萍) and operating from Budapest’s Chinatown, United News Hungary (匈牙利聯合報) was founded in April 1999 as a Chinese-language weekly newspaper distributed within Hungary and neighboring countries. The publication positions itself as providing “fair and objective reporting” – though it maintains close ties to official Chinese media organizations. In 2007, United Daily became one of the first eight overseas media partners of People’s Daily Overseas Edition (人民日報海外版), serving as the only Hungarian partner in this arrangement. The publication also has a partnership with China News Service (中國新聞社), or CNS, which has established overseas cooperation programs with Chinese-language media globally since 2007. CNS is operated by the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee, charged with overseas influence-related work. United Daily  maintains a social media presence on WeChat,

Sing Sian Yer Pao

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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.

Indonesia Shang Bao

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Indonesia Shang Bao (印度尼西亞商報) is a Mandarin-language daily newspaper published in Jakarta, Indonesia, covering business, finance, politics, and international news. Founded on April 17, 2000, it was the first Chinese-language daily established in Indonesia following the collapse of President Suharto’s New Order government in May 1998. Under Suharto, who ruled from 1967 until his resignation that year, all Chinese-language education and private media were banned, making the paper’s founding a marker of the post-authoritarian reform era. The paper was previously part of the Bisnis Indonesia Group, which launched it through a subsidiary, PT Aksara Warta Mandarin, before subsequently divesting its majority stake; its current ownership structure is not publicly confirmed. The paper publishes at least 20 pages daily. According to the World Chinese Media Cooperation Alliance (世界華文媒體合作聯盟) member directory, it also publishes The GEO Time, an Indonesian-language weekly magazine, and has since 2013 reproduced content from Beijing’s Life Times (生命時報) on health and medical topics. In May 2026, a new media operations director of the paper participated in the 2026 Overseas Chinese-Language Media Jiangxi Tour (2026海外華文媒體江西行), a state-organized reporting tour in Jiangxi Province, China.

Kia Hua Tong Nguan

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Kia Hua Tong Nguan (京華中原聯合日報) is a Chinese-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand, and one of the few surviving Chinese-language print titles in the country. The paper was founded on July 16, 1984, through the merger of two earlier Bangkok-based Chinese-language dailies, Kia Hua (京華日報) and Chung Yuan (中原日報), with Chung Yuan ceasing publication on July 15, 1984, and folding into Kia Hua. The paper’s predecessor, Kia Hua, was founded in 1957 and was at the time the only Chinese-language newspaper in Thailand licensed by the government. The paper is published under the Thai corporate name Sirinakorn, as confirmed by a 2015 Bangkok Post profile of a journalist who worked at “Chinese newspaper Sirinakorn (Jinghua Ribao),” the predecessor title (also confirmed with this source). It publishes 28 pages daily across sections covering news, international affairs, community news, business, stock markets, entertainment, health, and education, and has historically served the ethnic Chinese community in Thailand. In May 2026, an international edition editor of the paper participated in the 2026 Overseas Chinese-Language Media Jiangxi Tour (2026海外華文媒體江西行), a state-organized reporting tour in Jiangxi Province, China.

Lianhe Zaobao

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Lianhe Zaobao (聯合早報) is Singapore’s flagship Chinese-language daily newspaper, formed in March 1983 through the merger of Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商報) and Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報), two of Singapore’s oldest Chinese newspapers dating to the 1920s. The newspaper was initially published by Singapore News and Publications Limited before becoming part of Singapore Press Holdings in 1984. Currently published by SPH Media Trust, the newspaper maintains a daily circulation of approximately 136,900 print and digital copies as of 2021. Lianhe Zaobao became the first Chinese newspaper to go online in 1995 and the first foreign Chinese-language newspaper authorized for public distribution in China in 1993. In 2019, the newspaper launched ThinkChina (思想中國), an English-language digital magazine focused on China-related content and analysis.