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Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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The Committee for Safeguarding National Security (維護國家安全委員會) is a Hong Kong government body established on July 3, 2020, under Article 12 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, tasked with primary responsibility for national security affairs in the territory. It is chaired by the Chief Executive and includes the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, Secretary for Justice, Secretary for Security, Commissioner of Police, and heads of the Immigration and Customs departments. Under Article 15 of the law, a National Security Adviser appointed by China’s central government attends committee meetings; that role has been held by the director of the Central People’s Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong. According to the Department of Justice’s summary of the law, the committee’s work is not subject to oversight by any other Hong Kong institution, its proceedings are not disclosed publicly, and its decisions are not subject to judicial review, on the grounds that national security is a matter reserved to China’s central authorities. The committee has commissioned national security-themed media content, including RTHK’s Bauhinia in Bloom and the annual National Security Education Day program.

Government Public Relations Department Thailand

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Thailand’s Public Relations Department (泰國民聯廳), or PRD, is Thailand’s national information and communication agency, operating under the Prime Minister’s Office. It traces its origin to the Publicity Division, established May 3, 1933, roughly a year after Thailand’s transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy, created to build public understanding of parliamentary democracy under the new system. It took its current name on March 8, 1952. PRD operates Thailand’s state broadcaster, the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT2HD), an English-language international channel, NBT World, and Radio Thailand’s World Service, which broadcasts in six languages including English, Mandarin, and Japanese. PRD also issues press credentials to domestic and foreign journalists. Its Foreign Affairs Office describes its role as conducting international communications “to create a favorable image of the country,” and PRD holds membership in the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, and other regional media bodies, alongside roles in ASEAN and UNESCO cultural and information programs. PRD has signed memoranda of understanding on broadcasting, news exchange, and mass communication with foreign media organizations including China’s Xinhua News Agency, the People’s Daily, and China Media Group.

Thailand Office of the Prime Minister

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The Office of the Prime Minister (สำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี) is the central cabinet-level department of the Thai government responsible for coordinating the executive branch under the prime minister, headquartered at Government House in Bangkok’s Dusit district. Its administrative secretariat component, the Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister (สำนักงานปลัดสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี), was established in 1960 under the Prime Minister’s Office Organization Act (No. 7) B.E. 2503, absorbing functions previously held by the Department of Territorial Inspection. The US Library of Congress describes OPM as “the Central Government agency in Thailand coordinating all the executive branch agencies under the Prime Minister.” Thailand’s Public Relations Department (泰國民聯廳), the state body responsible for domestic and international government communications, operates under OPM’s authority.

Government of the Republic of Kenya

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Kenya, an East African republic, holds regular multiparty elections, but the monitoring organization Freedom House reports that pervasive corruption and brutality by security forces remain serious problems despite a vibrant media and civil-society sector. Kenya established diplomatic relations with China in 1963, and the two governments elevated ties to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto to Beijing in April 2025. State-to-state media cooperation dates back decades. In 2023, Xinhua News Agency invited the government-run Kenya News Agency (KNA) to cooperate in countering what both sides characterized as Western “fake news.” A release from KNA said the sides would “spearhead countering fake news and propaganda by reporting facts based on research to build a true image of the two nations that were victims of western colonial masters.” Kenya and China also pledged renewed news-exchange agreements ahead of Ruto’s 2025 state visit. Kenya became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.

Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

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The Republic of Tajikistan is a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. China and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations on January 4, 1992, and the relationship has been upgraded over time, reaching a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s 2024 state visit to the capital city of Dushanbe. Media cooperation between the two governments has included a 2024 event in which China Media Group and Tajikistan’s state-run Khovar News Agency and TV Sinamo jointly staged a program-exhibition event in Dushanbe. CMG President Shen Haixiong describing the programming as deepening “the emotional bond between the two countries.” In July 2026, Tajikistan became a founding member of the China-proposed World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.

Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil

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Brazil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, is South America’s largest state, governed under a constitution promulgated in 1988. China and Brazil established diplomatic relations on August 15, 1974, and Brazil became the first Latin American country to enter a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Beijing. Media ties run through Brazil’s state broadcaster: Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) signed a content-sharing agreement with China Media Group in 2019, and in April 2023, EBC and Xinhua signed a separate agreement to exchange text and images at no cost, part of a broader package signed during President Lula’s state visit to Beijing. In July 2026, Brazil became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.

Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

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The Kyrgyz Republic, a Central Asian state that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, adopted a parliamentary system after revolutions in 2005 and 2010, but has concentrated power in the presidency since 2021 under Sadyr Japarov, whose government Freedom House says has used courts and extralegal pressure against critics. Relations with China were elevated to a “comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era” in 2025. Media cooperation has been formalized through direct state-agency ties: during a June 2025 summit in Astana, Kyrgyzstan’s Kabar state news agency and China’s Xinhua signed cooperation agreements, alongside publishing-house partnerships. A Media Cooperation Forum followed in Bishkek in 2026, at which Kyrgyz officials and Chinese state-media representatives called for coordinated messaging ahead of an SCO summit. Kyrgyzstan became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.

Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

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Venezuela, renamed the “Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela” from the previous “Republic of Venezuela” under its 1999 constitution following a power grab by the newly elected President Hugo Chávez, has cultivated one of Latin America’s closest political relationships with Beijing, elevated to an “all-weather strategic partnership” in 2023. Following a US military operation on January 3, 2026, that captured President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was installed as interim president. Venezuelan state broadcaster VTV and the Caracas-based network TeleSUR have aired content from Chinese state-media through a series of high-level exchanges. In October 2024, Venezuela’s communication minister signed a cooperation memorandum linking VTV and TeleSUR with Russia’s TV BRICS network, and researchers have separately documented that TeleSUR republishes Xinhua and CGTN material, at times presenting it as original reporting. Venezuela became a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July 2026.

Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho

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Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy landlocked within South Africa, gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. China and Lesotho restored diplomatic relations in 1993, and cooperation has since spanned infrastructure, health and media. In November 2013, China’s press and broadcast regulator and Lesotho National Broadcasting Services signed a license agreement. More recently, Lesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister Limpho Tau signed WAICO’s founding agreement on Lesotho’s behalf in July 2026, describing Lesotho as “very honored” to become a founding member and citing the need to “safeguard the common rights and interests of the Global South countries,” according to Xinhua.