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Entity Type: Domestic State-Affiliated Media

Lao Cai Newspaper and Radio-Television Station

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Lao Cai Newspaper (Báo Lào Cai) was established in March 2025 through the merger of the provincial newspaper and radio-television station, becoming operational April 1, 2025. The merged organization operates as a public service unit under the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee with 173 staff across nine departments including news, politics, economics, ethnic minorities, and digital content development. According to a 2023 media profile, the station provides comprehensive coverage across television, radio, and digital platforms to Lao Cai’s approximately 700,000 residents. The newspaper serves as “the mouthpiece of the Party Committee, government and people of Lao Cai ethnic groups” and “an information bridge between the Party, government and local people,” covering China-Vietnam relations, cross-border trade, and ethnic minority affairs in this northern border province.

TASS

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TASS is Russia’s state-owned news agency, established in 1904 and wholly controlled by the Russian government as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise. The agency “claims” to publish “nearly 3,000 news items daily in six languages” and operate 70 offices in Russia and 59 branches globally. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, TASS was suspended from the European Alliance of News Agencies for “not being able to provide unbiased news,” and Getty Images terminated its partnership for editorial policy violations. TASS has been identified as a source of disinformation in Russian influence operations, spreading false claims about Ukrainian President Zelenskyy fleeing Kyiv and unsubstantiated allegations about Ukraine developing a nuclear “dirty bomb.” The agency frequently acts as a propaganda instrument for the Kremlin.

Belarus Today

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Belarus Today (СБ. Беларусь сегодня) is a state-run media enterprise and publishing house established on August 2, 1927, and headquartered in Belarus. The outlet controls multiple media entities including print, radio, television, and online publications. The organization was previously known as Rabochy until 1937, then Soviet Belarus until 2018, when it was renamed to Soviet Belarus — Belarus Today, with ownership under the Presidential Administration of Belarus. The organization positions itself as a media holding that merged four major publications in 2013 and has engaged with international archival projects, including digitizing Belarusian partisan records with the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus. According to media monitoring research, the publication was classified as having “few publications containing explicit pro-Russian propaganda messages” with content characterized as “neutral and secure” regarding Belarus-Russia relations.

Telewizja Polska

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Telewizja Polska (TVP) is Poland’s state broadcaster, founded in 1952 as the country’s oldest and largest television network. Operating multiple channels including TVP1, TVP2, and news channel TVP Info, the broadcaster functions as a public service entity owned by the Polish State Treasury. TVP has faced persistent accusations of political bias across different governments. After the right-wing Law and Justice party’s 2015 victory, European media characterized TVP as a “propaganda arm” of the government. Following the opposition’s 2023 electoral victory, Poland’s culture minister dismissed TVP’s leadership and initiated restructuring, placing the organization in liquidation. The broadcaster maintains international partnerships and operates channels targeting Polish diaspora communities, including TVP Polonia and regional services like TVP Wilno for Poles in Lithuania.

Ningbo Radio and Television Group (NBGD)

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The Ningbo Radio and Television Group (寧波廣播電視集團) was established on March 28, 2003, as a directly affiliated unit of the Ningbo Municipal Government. The media group operates radio and television stations, manages program transmission and coverage networks, and conducts advertising and other business operations. The group produces news, cultural programming, and service content across traditional broadcasting platforms and digital media channels. According to its official website, the organization’s stated mission is to “publicize the Party’s line, principles, and policies” and “serve the overall work of the Party and government” (宣傳黨的路線、方針、政策;為黨和政府工作大局服務), reflecting its role as a state media outlet responsible for propagating official messaging.

Ningbo Daily Press Group

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The Ningbo Daily Press Group (寧波日報報業集團) was established in June 2002 with approval from the State Press and Publication Administration, becoming one of China’s first 39 authorized newspaper groups in a wave of industry restructuring of the media. As a bureau-level institution directly subordinate to the Ningbo Municipal CCP Committee, the group emphasizes that it operates under “enterprise management” — meaning that it runs as a profit-making business — while remaining firmly under Party control and “guidance.” The group owns three newspapers, including the Ningbo Daily (寧波日報), the official mouthpiece of the local Party leadership, as well as three periodicals and magazines. Beyond print media, it operates China Ningbo Net (中國寧波網), a government news portal. The group also operates businesses in printing, advertising, AI, big data, and publishing.  

Ningbo International Communication Center

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The Ningbo International Communication Center (寧波國際傳播中心) was established on May 8, 2024, as a joint initiative by the Ningbo Daily Press Group (寧波日報報業集團) and the Ningbo Radio and Television Group (寧波廣播電視集團). ICCs coordinate external propaganda and shape international narratives about Chinese cities and regions, part of efforts that have accelerated since 2022 to “innovate” foreign-directed propaganda under a province-focused strategy.  Ningbo’s ICC aims to position the city as a model of “Chinese-style modernization” and leverage its historical role in Sino-foreign exchanges.  The center’s creation followed Xi Jinping’s 2023 inspection tour of Zhejiang Province, during which he tasked the province with “actively exploring the construction of modern Chinese civilization” (在建設中華民族現代文明上積極探索). The center launched a “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand” plan in 2024 that includes organizing 100 photography exhibitions at overseas factories of Ningbo enterprises, selecting 100 industry ambassadors, and deploying thousands of journalists to provide international communication services for local companies.

Central and Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia Communication Center

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The Central and Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia Communication Center (中國外文局中東歐與中南亞傳播中心), also known as China Pictorial Publishing House (人民畫報社), was established in 2021 as a division of the China International Communication Group (中国外文出版发行事业局), or CICG, a group directly under the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department. Registered as a state institution in Beijing, the center was formed through the integration of [China Pictorial](http://www.rmhb.com.cn/ad/201612/t20161227800084181.html) (人民畫報), a magazine founded in July 1950 as one of China’s earliest large-format pictorial magazines. The center publishes multilingual periodicals, including its flagship China Pictorial and China-India Dialogue_, and produces multimedia content in Chinese, English, Russian, and other languages. The center’s establishment reflects Beijing’s strategic focus on Belt and Road Initiative regions. Its mission is to promote Xi Jinping’s flagship policies, conduct international communication across political, economic, diplomatic, and technological fields, and counter what Chinese officials call “Western media bias.“

Associated Press Of Pakistan

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The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) is Pakistan’s state-run national news agency, founded in 1947 following the country’s independence. The agency provides news content in English, Urdu, and seven regional languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Sindhi, Saraiki, Pashto, and many others. Operating from its headquarters in Islamabad, APP maintains nine bureaus, seven stations, and foreign correspondents in Washington, London, New Delhi, and Beijing, with approximately 400 editorial staff. The agency functions under the administrative control of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and was converted into a corporate entity in 2002. However, it remains firmly controlled by the state, with editorial directives centrally managed and no legislative safeguards for editorial independence.