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Entity Type: Domestic Media with PRC Party-State Involvement

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 Reuters, 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.

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.

Home Voice Chinese Weekly

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Home Voice Chinese Weekly (乡音) claims to be New Zealand’s only Chinese-language newspaper serving Wellington and the southern North Island, founded in October 1998 by editor-publisher Kevin Zeng (曾凯文). Published weekly on Fridays with over 100 free distribution points across multiple cities including Palmerston North, New Plymouth, and Rotorua, the paper claims more than 16,000 readers weekly across print and digital platforms. Home Voice operates multimedia platforms including a website launched in 2004, online radio since 2013, and social media accounts on Facebook, X and WeChat. The publication maintains “long-term stable cooperative relationships” (长期稳定过的合作关系) with China’s Xinhua News Agency and China News Service, while stating its mission is serving overseas Chinese communities and “promoting New Zealand-China friendship.” The Home Voice Chinese Weekly site includes banner ads for several Chinese diplomatic missions in the region. The channel runs almost exclusively Chinese state media content on its social media channels.

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).