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Le Figaro

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Le Figaro is France’s oldest daily newspaper, founded in 1826. The publication provides comprehensive coverage of French and international news, politics, economics, culture, sports, and lifestyle content, maintaining what is widely characterized as a center-right editorial stance. Le Figaro operates in both print and digital formats and features investigative reporting, opinion columns, cultural criticism, and business analysis, making it one of France’s most influential media outlets. Over the past two decades, it has expanded into a multimedia group encompassing print, digital, television, and radio platforms. The newspaper was acquired by Groupe Dassault in 2004.

Canal 4

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Canal 4 (烏拉圭第四頻道) is a commercial television station based in Montevideo, Uruguay, established on April 23, 1961 by María Elvira Salvo and her son Hugo. Owned by Grupo Monte Carlo, it is Uruguay’s second-oldest television channel, operating terrestrial broadcast and a subscription-based international streaming service launched in 2020. The station broadcasts news programming, international series, and sports content, and has expanded its reach through regional channels across Uruguay. Producer Matías Garre participated in China Media Group’s December 2025 Silk Road Television Community Summit in Yangjiang, marking the station’s engagement with Chinese state media initiatives targeting Latin American broadcasters for content partnerships and international cooperation frameworks.

Lilium Distribution

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Lilium Distribution is an Italian independent television distribution company established in 2004. The firm distributes fiction, documentaries, factual entertainment, TV series, and animation across multiple platforms in both domestic and international markets — working particularly with Italian documentary producers. The company also provides dubbing services by partnering with external studios, overseeing adaptation and voice selection, and making content adjustments to meet specific broadcaster requirements. Among the company’s China-related documentaries for distribution is [Empire Builders: China](https://www.liliumdistribution.it/schedaeng.aspx?id=7960)_. 

Handelsblatt

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Handelsblatt is a German daily business and financial newspaper founded in 1946 and published by the Düsseldorf-based Handelsblatt Media Group. The publication covers business, economics, and financial markets, with particular focus on German industry and international trade. Handelsblatt maintains correspondents in major financial centers, including Shanghai and Beijing. The newspaper has featured contributions from political leaders, including former Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, before his 2024 visit to Germany, and in February 2025 from the Chinese ambassador to Germany. 

Handelsblatt Media Group

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The Handelsblatt Media Group is a German media company based in Düsseldorf, founded in 1946 as part of DvH Medien. Specializing in business and financial journalism, the group publishes the business daily newspaper Handelsblatt and the weekly magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Beyond its publications, the company offers marketing, corporate content, and strategic communications services.

DvH Medien GmbH

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Founded in 2009, DvH Medien GmbH is a media holding group owned by media entrepreneur Dieter von Holtzbrinck, one of several heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire who was also director of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. until its takeover in July 2007 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The company oversees three media groups: Handelsblatt Media Group, Tagesspiegel Publishing Group, and Die Zeit Publishing Group. The group’s publications include the business newspaper Handelsblatt, the daily Der Tagesspiegel, and the weekly DIE ZEIT. 

Vijesti

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Vijesti is a Montenegrin daily newspaper founded in 1997 and based in Podgorica. Identifying itself with the label “independent daily” (nezavisni dnevnik), the paper is owned by its four founders (59 percent), the Austrian media company Styria Medien AG (25 percent), and the US-based Media Development Investment Fund (16 percent). Vijesti maintains a centre to centre-left editorial stance with pro-European and anti-corruption positions. The newspaper has a print circulation of approximately 2,900 and receives over 6 million online visits monthly. In May 2018, Vijesti investigative reporter Olivera Lakić was shot outside her home in Podgorica while covering crime and corruption stories.

Styria Medien AG

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Styria Media Group, or Styria Medien AG, is one of Austria’s largest media companies, founded in 1869 and headquartered in Graz. The company emerged from the Catholic Press Association in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau and remains 98.33 percent owned by the Catholic Media Association Private Foundation (Katholischer Medien Verein Privatstiftung). Styria operates internationally with significant holdings in Slovenia and Croatia, employing approximately 2,500 people who generated combined market revenue of 420 million EUR in 2023. The company’s portfolio spans daily and weekly newspapers (including the flagship Kleine Zeitung), magazines, book publishers, radio stations, and digital marketplaces. Styria positions itself as a forward-looking, independent media group guided by its purpose to provide guidance, build trust, and foster community.

Malaysia China Insight

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Malaysia China Insight (馬中透視) is a Malaysian media platform established in 2013 that focuses on Malaysia-China business news through multiple channels including a trilingual news app, a newspaper, a bilingual English-Chinese magazine, and KenaliTV, a video channel offering content in Malay and English. Based in the capital of Kuala Lumpur, the platform provides news coverage in English, simplified Chinese, and Bahasa Malaysia, positioning itself as a platform for bilateral business information between Malaysia and China.