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Entity Type: Domestic Non-Chinese Language Media

El Mercurio

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El Mercurio is one of Chile’s oldest newspapers, with its Valparaíso edition founded on September 12, 1827, by Pedro Félix Vicuña, and its Santiago edition established on June 1, 1900, by Agustín Edwards Mac Clure. During the early 1970s, the CIA poured funds into this “staunchly right-wing” publication to undermine Salvador Allende’s government, with President Nixon personally authorizing $700,000 in covert support in September 1971. According to declassified documents, the newspaper played “a significant role in setting the stage for the military coup” that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power in September 1973. The Valparaíso building was set on fire by demonstrators during the 2019 Chilean protests.

TV 2 Direkte

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TV 2 Direkte is a Norwegian broadcast television station based in Bergen that began operations in September 1992, becoming the first commercial free-to-air TV channel in Norway. The same year it became a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union, the alliance of public service media organisations broadcasting within the EU. Since 2012, TV 2 has been under the ownership of Egmont Group, a Danish media company.

NewsVoice

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NewsVoice is a Swedish news website based in Stockholm, founded in 2011. The outlet describes itself as an independent news monitoring channel covering politics, economy, healthcare, science, technology, and culture. In April 2025, NewsVoice announced a partnership with China Daily (中國日報), an English-language newspaper published by the Information Office of China’s State Council, which is effectively the same institution as the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department. The agreement enabled content sharing and provided NewsVoice opportunities to publish in China Daily‘s online edition while reciprocating with the translation of China Daily articles into Swedish. In March 2025, NewsVoice also announced a partnership with TV BRICS (金磚國家電視), a Russia-based media network established in 2017 following the BRICS summit in Xiamen. NewsVoice has also taken part in meetings with representatives from the CCP-backed Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (中國人民爭取和平與裁軍協會), arranged in Sweden by the Schiller Institute, a German-based political and economic think tank that has dialogued closely with China and voiced support for the regime and the Belt and Road Initiative. 

The Island Sun

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The Island Sun is a privately owned daily newspaper based in the Solomon Islands that launched its first issue on October 6, 2006. Operating from its headquarters in Honiara, the newspaper provides coverage across politics, sports, trade, and economic affairs in the Pacific island nation. The publication’s editorial approach to China-related content has been notably positive in tone and framing — including straight and uncritical coverage affirming China’s position on Taiwan. At the same time, Island Sun ceased reporting on Taiwan-related developments in 2021, followed by the discontinuation of Hong Kong coverage in 2022. These editorial decisions occurred within the broader context of evolving China-Solomon Islands relations, including practical support such as the August 27, 2021, donation of computer equipment from the People’s Republic of China Embassy in Honiara during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Narodnaya Gazeta

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Narodnaya Gazeta (Народная газета) is the state-run newspaper of the Republic of Tajikistan, published weekly in Russian. Founded in 1925 as Sovetsky Tajikistan (Советский Таджикистан), it adopted its current name following Tajikistan’s independence in 1991. The newspaper covers general news, government policy, foreign policy, economics, and national development initiatives. The outlet should not be confused with the Russian-language Narodnaya Gazeta based in Belarus, which has close ties with the Russian regime of Vladimir Putin.

Magyar Nemzet

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Magyar Nemzet was founded in August 1938 by Sándor Pethő as a conservative daily broadsheet newspaper. The paper survived World War II and communist rule, becoming Hungary’s leading conservative publication. Businessman Lajos Simicska purchased the paper in 2000 and used it to support Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party with favorable coverage funded by state advertising contracts. After Simicska’s public fallout with Orbán in 2015, the government cut state funding and the paper became critical of the regime. Simicska closed Magyar Nemzet in April 2018 after Fidesz’s election victory, citing financial problems. The government relaunched the brand in February 2019 as a pro-government publication under the state-aligned KESMA media conglomerate, completing Orbán’s capture of Hungary’s most prestigious conservative newspaper. The relaunched version features a dedicated section promoting Orbán’s policies and activities.

The Straits Times

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The Straits Times is Singapore’s flagship English-language daily newspaper, established on 15 July 1845 by Armenian businessman Catchick Moses. Originally titled The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce, it became a daily in 1858 and is regarded as Singapore’s newspaper of record with the country’s most extensive circulation. Under Editor-in-Chief Wong Wei Kong (黃偉光), the publication maintains 16 international bureaus providing comprehensive coverage of Asian and global news alongside local affairs. The Straits Times launched its website on 1 January 1994, becoming among the first newspapers worldwide to establish an online presence. The newspaper operates five main sections covering news, home affairs, sports, finance, and lifestyle content, while producing specialized educational editions for Singapore schools. Following a 2021 restructuring, it is now owned by SPH Media Trust.

Kabul News TV

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Kabul News TV was a Pashto-language television channel based in Afghanistan that operated for approximately one decade before halting operations in November 2022. The channel had broadcast “on a national level and beyond,” according to TOLOnews, which reported that economic challenges were the primary reason for its closure. Hafizullah Barakzai, head of the Council of Afghanistan’s Journalists, stated that “economic challenges” led to the channel’s collapse, reflecting broader difficulties facing Afghan media following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. The channel continues operations only through social media platforms. Its closure occurred amid Afghanistan’s media crisis, with the National Journalists Union reporting that approximately 280 media organizations halted operations in the year following the former government’s fall, leaving around 70 percent of journalists unemployed.

Tea FM

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Tea FM is an East Malaysian Chinese and English-language radio station jointly that began broadcasting in Kuching on August 1, 2015, and in Kota Kinabalu on August 8, 2015, before being officially launched on November 28, 2015, by Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem. Tea FM is Sarawak’s first Mandarin Chinese and English local private radio station, with content described by the owners as 60% Chinese and 40% English, targeting listeners aged 20 to 40. The station broadcasts on 102.7 FM in Kuching and 102.8 FM in Kota Kinabalu, operating as a 24-hour service from Crown Towers at Jalan Padungan, Kuching.