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Entity Type: Domestic Media with PRC Party-State Involvement

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.

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.

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.

Euro Chinese Daily

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Euro Chinese Daily (歐洲僑報), known in Romanian as Ziarul Chinezii in Lume, is a Chinese-language biweekly newspaper founded in June 2000 and based in Bucharest, Romania’s capital. Published in Chinese, English, and Romanian, the paper focuses on European economic and cultural news, with a particular emphasis on Romania, and claims to be the only Chinese-language newspaper held in Romania’s National Library. It distributes approximately 20,000 copies across Romania and some 20 surrounding European countries. A 2022 Freedom House report on Chinese media influence in Romania identified the paper as a member of the Global Chinese Media Cooperation Forum, a body overseen by China News Service (中國新聞社), a Chinese state media outlet — a connection the outlet’s own “About Us” page confirms. The paper was also among overseas Chinese media represented at the 2019 World Chinese Media Forum, jointly organized by the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and China News Service. According to its own account, the paper has covered multiple Chinese Communist Party congresses and has accompanied Chinese government delegations on official visits. The website bears an ICP registration, suggesting it is run by a China-based entity. The outlet’s own account describes repeated co-productions with China Central Television (中央廣播電視總台), consecutive invitations to cover China’s annual parliamentary sessions, and commendation from the Chinese Embassy in Romania — patterns typical of Beijing-aligned overseas Chinese media rather than independent outlets. Its 2019 World Chinese Media Forum submission, titled “The Importance and Communication Strategy of Telling China’s Story Well,” won a third-place prize, suggesting editorial alignment with core CCP propaganda directives. The outlet has active accounts on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and an ISSN registration (1582-1978) that confirms it is published in Romania as “Chinezii în lume.”

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.