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Entity Type: Domestic Media with PRC Party-State Involvement

Home in Cyprus

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Home in Cyprus (塞島家園) is a Chinese-language media platform and information service operating in Cyprus that presents itself as an independent community resource for Chinese residents and investors, describing itself as “Cyprus’s most professional Chinese media,” “the most active Chinese information hub,” and “the largest and warmest Chinese community.” The platform claims to provide comprehensive information including Cyprus news, tourism services, financial and legal services, property information, and visa processing, positioning itself as a “shared mutual assistance platform” for Chinese people in Cyprus. However, an investigation by Lingua Sinica has determined that Home in Cyprus is linked to the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus and operates under the Chinese and Cypriots Friendship Promotion Association (中塞友好促進會), or CCFPA, which presents itself as a nongovernmental organization fostering business collaboration between China and Cyprus but functions as an embassy front organization. Home in Cyprus operates through the WeChat account “hcyprus” and is managed by Youlu Wuhan Business Co., Ltd. (優路武漢商務有限公司), a commercial services company established in 2013 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, whose business scope includes immigration intermediary services, study abroad consulting, and tourism services. A user agreement for the platform hosted on the CCFPA website indicates stringent registration and security requirements that suggest it may serve dual purposes as both an information service and surveillance tool used by the embassy to monitor the Chinese diaspora in Cyprus, consistent with United Front Work Department strategies for managing overseas Chinese communities.

Dr. Metastar

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Dr. Metastar (鹿見寰宇) is an Indonesia-based Chinese-language news and media platform operated by Zhang Weijia (章維佳), who serves as its president. The outlet describes itself as focused on China-Indonesia economic and trade news, financial information, and exhibition coverage, using the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a large Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, as an editorial framework for connecting Chinese and Indonesian business communities. Its website carries the odd tagline “From the Earth’s Surface to the Metaverse.” Content on the site is heavily drawn from China News Service (中國新聞社), or CNS, a Chinese state media outlet directly under the CCP’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), the party organ responsible for managing overseas Chinese communities and extending CCP influence abroad. Little original reporting is evident on the site, and its content on major social media platforms such as Instagram is also largely sourced from CNS, raising the possibility that Dr. Metastar functions primarily as a front site for CNS and the UFWD. The site’s China news section carried coverage framed around Beijing’s positions on Taiwan and cross-strait relations, as well as promotional video content produced jointly by CNS and the China Internet Development Foundation (中國互聯網發展基金會), a state-linked body operating under the guidance of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), China’s internet regulator and censorship authority. The videos featured foreigners praising life in China, a format commonly used in Chinese state soft power campaigns. The outlet participated in a June 2025 state-organized overseas Chinese media tour of Xinjiang, a far-western Chinese region under intense international scrutiny for the government’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority, under the banner “Chasing the Chinese Dream: Beautiful Xinjiang” (追夢中華·大美新疆). Zhang was also among the overseas Chinese media representatives appointed as a “Wu-Yue Culture Overseas Promotion Officer” at the May 2026 Lin’an event in China. Zhang also holds the position of deputy secretary-general of the General Association of Indonesian Chinese (印尼華裔總會), an overseas Chinese community organization, and has participated in state-organized tours of Chinese economic development zones, including a 2025 visit to Hainan’s Free Trade Zone, where she was quoted by China News Service praising the zone’s trade facilitation policies.

Finance Vision Australia

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Finance Vision Australia (財視澳洲), also known as Fortune Connects Australia, is a Sydney-based Australian Chinese-language media outlet founded in 2015 by Zhan Jinlong (詹金龍), a Shanghai-born media executive who studied in Japan before relocating to Australia. The outlet focuses on financial and investment news for the Chinese-speaking community in Australia, and has organized investment summits and business events aimed initially at helping Chinese companies expand overseas, and more recently at attracting foreign investment into China. Its website carries a Shanghai-based Chinese internet content provider registration number, suggesting ties to a mainland Chinese corporate entity, and its copyright is held by Australia Longyi Group Pty Ltd (澳洲龍一集團). The outlet’s friendship links include the Guangdong Provincial Overseas Chinese Federation (广東省僑聯), a body under the supervision of the Guangdong provincial United Front Work Department, a Chinese Communist Party organ tasked with managing overseas Chinese communities, as well as pro-Beijing outlets including Ta Kung Pao (大公報) and Wen Wei Po (文匯報). According to reporting by Wen Wei Po, Zhan described the outlet’s role as countering what he characterized as biased Western media coverage of China. The outlet has participated in multiple tours of Chinese industrial facilities organized for overseas Chinese media delegations, including a 2025 visit to Shaolin Bus Co. (少林客車) in Xingyang, a city in China’s central Henan Province, organized by the Ta Kung Wen Wei International Communication Center (大公文匯國際傳播中心), a body linked to the above-mentioned pair of pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong. Finance Vision Australia was also among the 30 overseas Chinese media outlets represented at the May 2026 Wu-Yue culture promotion event in Lin’an. Neither the outlet nor Zhan appears to maintain a significant independent online presence, and references to Finance Vision Australia online are almost entirely drawn from announcements for events related to the United Front Work Department-backed World Chinese Media Co-Operation Union.

Grupo Lucrea

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Grupo Lucrea (啟創集團), registered formally in Spanish as Lucrea Diseño S.L., is a Madrid-based Chinese-owned advertising, marketing, and event management company founded in 2018 and headquartered at Calle Embajadores 199, 28045, Madrid. The company describes itself as the only Chinese-run advertising firm in Spain with fully integrated online and offline advertising channels, and claims membership in AUTOCONTROL, Spain’s advertising self-regulation association. Its services include graphic design, social media management, outdoor advertising placement, and business event planning and execution. By its own account, the company had by 2019 established partnerships with more than 30 media and independent media platforms across Europe, serving over 200 client companies in Europe, the United States, Canada, and China. Past projects listed on its website include the 40th anniversary celebration of the Association of Chinese in Spain, a Confucius cultural exhibition, and the Spain and Portugal premiere of the Chinese film No More Bets (萬里歸途). According to Ouhua Media Group’s own account, Grupo Lucrea took a controlling stake in Ouhua Media Group (歐華傳媒集團) in late 2025.

Hunan Broadcasting System

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Hunan Broadcasting System (湖南廣播電視台) is a state-owned media conglomerate headquartered in Changsha, Hunan Province, operating under the Propaganda Office of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was established on June 28, 2010, through a restructuring of the former Hunan Radio, Film and Television Group. The group operates multiple television channels and radio frequencies, and its most prominent outlet, Hunan Television (湖南衛視), is widely regarded as China’s second-most-watched channel after CCTV-1. Its official streaming platform, Mango TV (芒果TV), was launched in 2006 and hosts original and licensed content. Among the group’s best-known productions was Happy Camp (快樂大本營), a long-running variety show that aired from 1997 until it ceased broadcasting in late 2021.

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.

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.

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.