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Entity Type: Domestic Media with PRC Party-State Involvement

Chinese Times

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Chinese Times is the only Chinese-language print newspaper in Laos. Officially launched in 2018 at the first Belt and Road Forum for Laos-China Cooperation, the paper’s coverage includes Laos news, economics, culture, tourism, education, and updates on China-Laos collaboration and the local Chinese population. The paper has only a spotty presence online, but maintains a Facebook account with more than 22 thousand followers. Most of the content available on the Facebook account comes from Chinese party-state media, including China News Service and Xinhua News Agency’s GlobaLink service.

Chinese American Post

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The Chinese American Post (中美郵報) is a Chinese-language weekly newspaper founded on July 4, 1994, in Denver, Colorado, by Chinese scholar Tu Xinshi (屠新時). According to Chinese sources, it is “the only Chinese weekly newspaper founded by Chinese scholars” in the American Midwest. The paper serves Chinese communities across the region, covering news about China, local community affairs, and Chinese culture, as well as visa services and advertisements from moving companies. Chinese media claim the newspaper has gained “international recognition as an overseas Chinese media outlet with a good reputation.” It has received official acknowledgment from several Chinese government entities, including the State Council’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (國僑辦), the Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (中國外交部新聞司), the official China News Service (中新社) — under the United Front Work Department of the CCP — and the People’s Daily Overseas Edition (人民日報海外版). During a visit to Colorado in December 2010, Shenzhen municipal overseas Chinese affairs officials met with Tu, praising his work in promoting Chinese culture and discussing potential cooperation opportunities. In February 2017, Tu Xinshi signed a partnership agreement with Huaren Toutiao (華人頭條), a digital platform targeting overseas Chinese communities. The collaboration aimed to expand the newspaper’s audience, particularly on social media.

Home and Abroad News Press

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Home and Abroad News Press is a Hong Kong-based news and publishing institution established on March 8, 2001, with approval from the Hong Kong SAR government. It is currently operating under Home and Abroad News Press (Hong Kong) Company Limited (中外新聞社(香港)有限公司), incorporated on July 6, 2011, one of several Hong Kong corporate vehicles of a similar name under which the agency has operated. It publishes Zhongwai News magazine and operates the Zhongwai News Network. Its correspondent network spans 49 countries and regions, with branch offices in more than ten countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. In 2006, the agency claimed designation as a “mainstream outlet for external propaganda” (对外宣传主流媒体) by three organizations describing themselves as UN-affiliated bodies, though independent verification of those bodies’ UN status has not been established. “External propaganda,” or waixuan (外宣), is a term used in official CCP discourse to refer to the role of state media in communicating the agendas of the Party-state. The agency received approval to report from Taiwan in 2010 and established a Beijing bureau in 2011 with authorization from the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.

Association of Overseas Chinese Media in Europe

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The Association of Overseas Chinese Media in Europe is a Chinese-language media industry organization established in October 1997, led by the Chinese government-linked Europe Times (Ouzhou Shibao). The association was originally named European Chinese Press Association before adopting its current name. The association is registered in Paris, France, with its permanent secretariat housed at Europe Times. The association has over 60 member organizations distributed across France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Poland. Member organizations encompass newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations, websites, and publishing houses. The association holds biennial conferences rotating among member countries. Association President Zhang Xiaobei (張曉貝) participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.

Geoecohub

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Economic Center Network, operating digitally as Geoecohub, is a Georgian news website with editor-in-chief Liana Jorjoliani. Jorjoliani has maintained a sustained focus on Chinese affairs since at least 2015, participating in China’s 2019 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists and covering the 20th National Congress of the CCP in October 2022 as a foreign correspondent in Beijing. In her 2022 coverage, Jorjoliani praised China’s anti-corruption efforts and environmental policies, stating “China shows zero tolerance in opposing corruption, which reflects the Chinese government’s strong sense of responsibility” — a highly uncritical and, many experts would argue, uninformed perception of related policies — and describing the Congress organization as “excellent” evidence of “China’s open attitude.” Her reporting, including the widespread use of state media content from Xinhua News Agency and China News Service, occurs within the context of Georgia’s 2023 Strategic Partnership with China, which elevated bilateral relations and committed Georgia to “strengthen coordination and collaboration” with Beijing on regional and international affairs. Research by Civic Idea has documented pro-China propaganda networks in Georgian media following the partnership’s signing. Geoecohub has prominently promoted clear propaganda from China, including 2025 reports from a Xinhua News Agency think tank that purport to “reveal the truth about external forces interfering in the South China Sea issue.” Jorjoliani participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation touring Chinese industrial sites.The registration information for the Geoecohub website provides a Russia-based e-mail contact, medea23@rambler.ru, that links to the Facebook account of “Lika Zhorzholiani,” apparently an alternate spelling for Liana Jorjoliani.

Zhejiang Daily Press Group

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The Zhejiang Daily Press Group (浙江日報報業集團) was established on June 25, 2000. The group operates 26 publications and media outlets, including Zhejiang Daily (浙江日報), the official newspaper of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the commercial [Qianjiang Evening News](https://zjrb.zjol.com.cn/html/2026-01/20/node18.htm)_ (錢江晚報), and Red Flag Publishing House (紅旗出版社). It is charged with direct operation under propaganda office guidance of the Zhejiang International Communication Center (浙江省國際傳播中心), established in Hangzhou on May 31, 2024.

Nan Hai Media

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Nan Hai Culture and Media Group (澳大利亚南海文化传媒集团) is a Sydney-based media company founded in 2011 by CEO Li Bing (李冰). The company operates multiple platforms including WeSydney (Australia’s third most popular WeChat account), Citywalker magazine, and produces Chinese editions of Qantas magazine and Vogue Australia. According to a 2020 Australian Strategic Policy Institute report, Nan Hai has close ties to China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD). The company reportedly received funding from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (absorbed by UFWD in 2018) and maintains a partnership with China News Service, the UFWD’s media wing. Nan Hai shares office space at 541 Kent Street, Sydney, with Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises (Australia), a joint venture with a UFWD-controlled Hong Kong company. The company organizes the annual Sydney Chinese New Year Lantern Festival at Darling Harbour, jointly with the Australia-China Economics, Trade and Culture Association.

Zhejiang International Communication Center

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The Zhejiang International Communication Center (浙江省國際傳播中心) was established in Hangzhou on May 31, 2024, as the province’s response to a national strategy by Xi Jinping to enhance the country’s external propaganda and “discourse power” by leveraging the resources of provincial, city and even county-level media and propaganda offices. The center, which is under the guidance of the Zhejiang Provincial Propaganda Office, said during its launch ceremony that it aims to “full-heartedly tell the story of General Secretary Xi Jinping” (用心講好習近平總書記的故事) and showcase “China’s governance” (中國之治) through a “Zhejiang window” (浙江之窗). The center operates the “In Zhejiang” English-language news website covering news from the Zhejiang province, alongside television channels that organizers claim reach more than 50 million viewers across 200 countries and regions, and social media accounts totaling more than 8 million followers. The center is directly overseen by Zhejiang Daily Press Group (浙江日報報業集團) and has signed cooperation agreements with central state media, including the People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and China Daily, as well as Hong Kong and overseas outlets. Zhejiang has become home to 16 municipal-level international communication centers, five times the national average.  

Propeller TV

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Propeller TV (普羅派樂衛視) is an Anglo-Chinese television channel that launched in February 2006 on Sky’s satellite platform, delivering Chinese-related content on culture, lifestyle, and entertainment to UK English-speaking audiences. The channel was acquired in 2009 by Beijing-based marketing company Beijing Xijing Advertising Co., Ltd. (北京西京廣告有限公司), led by businessman Ye Maoxi (葉茂西), who said that he would use the station as a “propaganda platform” (宣傳平台) to “vigorously disseminate Chinese culture, etiquette, history, customs, economic development, product brands, and elite figures”  to stimulate European interest in China. Propeller TV has co-organized events with Chinese state entities, including a 2015 China-UK Film and TV Conference hosted by the State Council Information Office, the government body that is essentially the foreign arm of the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department.