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Entity Type: PRC Overseas Media Outlet

China Minutes

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China Minutes  (中國時刻)is the English version of Paris-based Nouvelles d’Europe, which describes itself as “the most influential Chinese news organization in continental Europe.” In fact, the paper, the oldest Chinese-language outlet in France, is directly controlled by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Formally launched in 2015 as a subsection of the official Nouvelle d’Europe website, China Minutes had to wait two years before it got an online home of its own. It frequently runs content lifted straight from state-run outlets like Xinhua and CGTN. Editorially, it also toes the line on topics like Taiwan and Xinjiang. In 2019, the outlet reprinted a Global Times article presenting pro-China perspectives on clashes at Australia’s University of Queensland between pro-democracy Hong Kong students and mainland counter-demonstrators.

Europe New Overseas Chinese Network

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The Europe New Overseas Chinese Network launched in April 2016 in Nettetal, Germany, with close connections to Chinese state entities. The opening ceremony was attended by Chinese Consul General Tian Qiru (田启儒) from the Düsseldorf consulate, who pledged the consulate’s “full support” for the network’s operations. The network emerged from the German-Chinese Tourism Culture Media Exchange Association (德中旅游文化传媒交流协会), established eight years earlier, which celebrated its anniversary at the same event. The association had organized exchanges including a 2010 visit by German police officials to Beijing. Both organizations received congratulatory messages from numerous Chinese state organs including the Chinese Embassy, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and various provincial overseas Chinese affairs offices. Wu Zhifen (吴志芬), who leads both groups, stated the network aimed to follow President Xi Jinping’s directives on “media integration,” suggesting the outlet functions as part of China’s state-aligned overseas Chinese media network.