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Entity Type: Domestic Media with PRC Party-State Involvement

China-Arab TV

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China-Arab TV is a Dubai-based Arabic satellite television network founded in 2014 by Chinese entrepreneurs Liu Haitao (刘海涛) and Liu Haijiang (刘海江) possibly with Emirati royal backing. Initially focused on promoting Chinese products in the Middle East, the network was acquired in 2016 by Hong Kong-listed V1 Group (now Crazy Sports) under CEO Zhang Lijun (张力军), who has extensive ties to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through his role as chairman of the China APEC Development Council. Despite consistent financial losses, China-Arab TV maintains strategic partnerships with major Chinese state media organizations including China Media Group, CCTV, and Xinhua News Agency, positioning itself as a key platform for China’s external propaganda efforts in the Arab world. Investigations show that the media group has close ties to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

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.

Global CAMG Media

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Global CAMG Media Group was an Australian-based media conglomerate that served as the Asia-Pacific arm of China Radio International’s covert global broadcasting network. According to a Reuters investigation, the Melbourne-based company had ownership stakes in or supplied programming to at least eight radio stations across the region. The company was 60 percent owned by Guoguang Century Media Consultancy, which was wholly owned by a subsidiary of China’s state-run China Radio International. Led by Tommy Jiang, CAMG operated numerous Chinese-language radio stations and publications across Australia, broadcasting pro-China programming while hiding Beijing’s control of the company.

China Weekly (Egypt)

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Established in 2012 as the sole Chinese-founded publication in the Middle East with official registration under Egypt’s General News Authority, China Weekly Egypt publishes in both Chinese and Arabic. The newspaper focuses on Chinese politics, economics, culture, and sports while featuring a special section on “Chinese in Egypt.” Led by director Ma Qiang (马强) since its founding, the publication produced a “Friendship Special Edition” during Xi Jinping’s 2016 Egypt visit. The newspaper appears connected to China News Service (CNS)—an official state news wire under the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party—based on content analysis and frequent cross-posting to CNS websites. Despite initially achieving financial break-even and expanding to Sudan and Jordan, Ma Qiang told the CCP’s official People’s Daily in 2013, political turmoil in Egypt dramatically reduced the Chinese population from 50,000 to 8,000, challenging the paper’s survival. Ma led the Egypt media delegation to China in October 2024, where he received the PRC flag during a formal welcome ceremony attended by top propaganda officials and CNS leader Tang Weijie (唐伟杰).