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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.“

Lao National Television

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Lao National Television (ລາວ ໂທລະພາບແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ) is a state television broadcaster under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos. The station began broadcasting in 1983 and manages two national channels, LNTV1 and LNTV3, plus several regional outlets. The broadcaster has relied on significant foreign support, including support from Vietnam Television, which enabled the launch of Vietnamese-language news programming in September 2015. More significantly, the Chinese government funded LNTV Channel 3’s transition to high-definition broadcasting, completed in September 2019. Official statements framed the upgrade as “an important contribution to enhancing cooperation between Laos and China.”

Senegalese News Agency

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The Senegalese News Agency, or APS, serves as Senegal’s official state news agency, established by government order in 1959. 59-054 as a public establishment with industrial and commercial character. The agency changed status to a “national company” in 2019. Currently led by Director General Momar Diong (莫馬爾·迪翁), who was appointed in October 2024, replacing former director Thierno Ahmadou Sy. APS operates from its headquarters at Avenue 5, No. 1 in Dakar. Following its 1972 reform, the agency inherited Regional Information Centers to expand national coverage through regional bureaus. Its website, launched in 1998, was among Senegal’s top 20 most visited portals as of 2010 according to International Communication Office rankings. The agency’s mission involves collecting, processing, and disseminating official state information through multiple platforms while representing Senegal’s governmental perspective.

Malaysian National News Agency

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The Malaysian National News Agency, or Bernama, is Malaysia’s official government news agency established under the Bernama Act 1967 and commenced operations on May 20, 1968. Operating as an autonomous statutory body under the Ministry of Communications, Bernama provides real-time news and information services in multiple languages including Malay, English, Chinese, Tamil, Spanish, and Arabic. Bernama maintains branches in every Malaysian state and international correspondents and stringers across ASEAN countries, the United States, United Kingdom, West Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Beyond its wire service, Bernama operates its own 24-hour radio and television channels and has launched digital media platforms. The agency recently began utilising AI technology to enhance news delivery and multimedia content production.