Skip to main content

Entity Type: Domestic Chinese-Language Media

Oriental Daily News

Written by Editors on .

The Oriental Daily, founded on September 29, 2002, by Datuk Sri Lau Hui Kang under the KTS Group (啟德行企業集團), shifted to an online-only format on April 16, 2021, after 18 years of print publication. The news outlet claims to provide “neutral, timely, and credible” news coverage with both simplified and traditional Chinese character options. According to unspecified independent traffic monitoring reports, the website is among Malaysia’s most visited Chinese-language news sites, claiming approximately 50 million monthly page views and over 4.5 million unique visitors. The KTS Group also owns other media outlets, including Sin Hua Daily (詩華日報), established in 1952, The Borneo Post, Utusan Borneo, and TEA FM radio station. As of 2024, the outlet claims over 2 million Facebook followers and maintains a presence on multiple social media platforms.

Sin Chew Daily

Written by Editors on .

Sin Chew Daily, founded on January 15, 1929, claims to be Malaysia’s ” leading Chinese-language newspaper with a mission to preserve Chinese culture”. The paper suspended publication twice: 1942-1945 during Japanese occupation and 1987 when Malaysia revoked its license. Chairman Tiong Hiew King (張曉卿) secured its resumption on April 8, 1988. Headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Sin Chew Daily is now part of Media Chinese International Limited following a 2007 merger with Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Group. The company operates over 30 Chinese publications, including Ming Pao, Guang Ming Daily, and Asia Weekly. With 350,000 circulation (including digital) reaching 1.5 million daily readers, it’s Southeast Asia’s highest-circulation Chinese newspaper and the largest outside China. The paper has embraced digital transformation since 2000, celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2019 with integrated multimedia platforms.

TVBS

Written by Editors on .

TVBS is a Taiwanese cable television operator established in September 1993. Originally founded as a joint venture between Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (電視廣播有限公司) and Taiwan’s Era Group (年代集團), it became fully Taiwan-owned in March 2023 when consumer electronics manufacturer HTC Corporation acquired full ownership from its remaining stakeholders. The network currently operates five channels, including TVBS News, TVBS Entertainment, and the main TVBS channel.

Phnom Penh Media Network

Written by Editors on .

The Phnom Penh Media Network is a Cambodian Chinese-language news website operated by Phnom Penh Evening News Media Company and sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (柬埔寨中國商會). The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia opened its Phnom Penh office in March 2022, though the organization has existed for approximately 15 years with about 150 corporate members from mainland China. The organization claims it aims to serve as an “authoritative, comprehensive, and efficient” information channel about Cambodia’s political, economic, cultural, and sports developments, particularly for Chinese enterprises. The website features multiple sections including news, culture, education, sports, finance, tourism, health, and photography, with over 10 primary channels and dozens of subcategories. The company states it will leverage existing editorial resources to develop the website into “a window for the world to understand Cambodia and for Cambodia to understand the world.”

58cam.com

Written by Editors on .

58cam.com (柬单网) was established in 2014 by Guangzhou Cambodian Information Technology Co., Ltd. (广州市柬单网信息科技有限公司). The platform was created by Liu Hongfei (刘洪飞). It claims to serve Chinese residents in Cambodia through multiple channels. The platform offers a wide range of Chinese news content from PRC media, with limited content from state media sources, and also aggregates news from local Cambodian sources. It also includes sections for mutual assistance among Chinese nationals, job recruitment, house rentals, second-hand transactions, and business yellow pages. 

Fresh News

Written by Editors on .

Fresh News is a technology news website that started in 2012. It was founded by people with experience in news and IT. The site offers free mobile apps for Android and iPhone users that never expire. Fresh News shares video news on Facebook, where it has over 2.2 million followers. In November 2024, the company made a partnership deal with Guangxi International Communication Center, which is part of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda office in that province. The platform has also published articles written by Chinese government officials, including President Xi Jinping.

China Weekly

Written by Editors on .

China Weekly (中國週報) is a bilingual Chinese-Arabic newspaper established in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur Ma Qiang (馬強) in Egypt. The publication covers Chinese economics, politics, and culture for both Chinese and Egyptian audiences, maintaining cooperation with China News Service (中新社) since its inception. The paper regularly reposts content from CNS, which is operated by the United Front Work Department of the CCP. The newspaper and its publisher openly position themselves as serving to “tell China’s story well in both Chinese and Arabic languages” (用中阿雙語講好中國故事), a framing characteristic of Chinese state-linked overseas media, following Xi Jinping’s 2013 media speech on external propaganda. Ma Qiang has described his mission as presenting China’s image to the world from his position bridging Chinese and Egyptian communities. The newspaper represents part of China’s expanding media presence in the Middle East, particularly as part of the broader Belt and Road Initiative engagement with Arab nations.

Kansai Chinese Times

Written by Editors on .

The Kansai Chinese Times (關西華文時報) is a Chinese-language newspaper serving overseas Chinese communities in Japan, founded in August 2002 by Osaka-based Acacia Communications Co. Ltd (阿卡西亞通訊有限公司), or Akashia Komyunikēshonzu. Initially targeting the ethnic Chinese population in the Kansai region, the publication expanded its distribution nationwide and launched a website in 2017. Published in both Chinese and Japanese, the Kansai Chinese Times covers news and information about the local Chinese community, employment and educational opportunities, and Japan-China exchanges — as well as sections on Kansai news, services and lifestyle. The newspaper positions itself as serving as a “bridge” between China and Japan, framing characteristic of Chinese state-linked overseas media. The bridging theme is reinforced through several ongoing columns, including “Bridging Japan and China” (日中を翔る), a series of interviews with individuals who work between the two countries. According to the site’s “About Us” profile, it was recognized in 2018 as “one of the Top 100 Most Influential Chinese Media Worldwide” by the official China News Service (中國新聞社), an outlet under the United Front Work Department of the CCP, and Communication University of China (中國傳媒大學). The public activities of the outlet routinely have participation from Chinese diplomats in Osaka.

United News

Written by Editors on .

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,