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Russia
On May 16, 2024, Aleksandr Zharov, CEO of Gazprom-Media Holding, and Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), President of China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), signed a media cooperation agreement in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The ceremony coincided with the 75th anniversary of China-Russia diplomatic relations and the China-Russia Year of Culture. Zharov stated that "the friendship between Russ…
Malaysia
On November 18, 2025, the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia published a commentary across multiple Malaysian outlets asserting that Taiwan’s “reunification” with the PRC — discourse that China has consistently pushed, but that does not accord with Taiwan’s history or with the will of the vast majority of Taiwanese — is "inevitable." The piece, written by Chinese Ambassador Ouyang Yujing, appeared in Sin Chew Daily, Nanyang…
Brazil
During a diplomatic meeting in Brazil on July 5, 2025, China's National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) signed a series of agreements with Brazilian government agencies, including an artificial intelligence cooperation pact witnessed by both nations' leaders. The memorandum of understanding establishes what the Chinese government describes as a "China-Brazil Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center" (中国－巴西人工智能应用合作中心), with stated goals of "strengthening AI development foundations, providing open-source services, enhancing industrial innovation partnerships, and promoting talent development." Vice Chairman Liu Sushe (刘苏社) represented China's DRC in signing the bil…
Germany
The Chinese ambassador to Germany published a commentary in the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung on July 24, 2025, the opening day and closing day of the 25th EU-China summit in Beijing. The piece, titled "The Common Interests Between China and Germany Far Outweigh Their Differences" (中德共同利益遠大於分歧), rejected the EU's characterization of China as partner, competitor, and systemic rival — a framework
Germany
On April 24, 2025, the Chinese Ambassador to Germany published an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung titled "Tariff Abuse Is Turning Back the Clock of History" (濫施關稅是開歷史倒車), criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs on global imports. The article referenced the 1930
Germany
Handelsblatt is a German daily business and financial newspaper founded in 1946 and published by the Düsseldorf-based Handelsblatt Media Group. The publication covers business, economics, and financial markets, with particular focus on German industry and international trade. Handelsblatt maintains correspondents in major financial centers, including Shanghai and Beijing. The newspaper has
Germany
The Handelsblatt Media Group is a German media company based in Düsseldorf, founded in 1946 as part of DvH Medien. Specializing in business and financial journalism, the group publishes the business daily newspaper Handelsblatt and the weekly magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Beyond its publications, the company offers marketing, corporate content, and strategic communications services. …
Germany
Founded in 2009, DvH Medien GmbH is a media holding group owned by media entrepreneur Dieter von Holtzbrinck, one of several heirs to the Holtzbrinck publishing empire who was also director of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. until its takeover in July 2007 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The company oversees three media groups: Handelsblatt Media Group, Tagesspiegel Publishing Group, and Die Zeit Publishing Group. The gro…
Montenegro
Vijesti is a Montenegrin daily newspaper founded in 1997 and based in Podgorica. Identifying itself with the label "independent daily" (nezavisni dnevnik), the paper is owned by its four founders (59 percent), the Austrian media company Styria Medien AG (25 percent), and the US-based Media Development Investment Fund (16 percent). Vijesti maintains a centre to centre-left editorial stance with pro-European and anti-corruption positions. The newspaper has a print circulation of approximately 2,900 and receives over 6 million online visits monthly. In May 2018, Vijesti investigative reporter Oliver…
United States
Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), formerly Media Development Loan Fund, is a New York-registered not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) public charity status founded in 1995 by Saša Vučinić and Stuart Auerbach. The organization specializes in impact investing, providing low-cost debt, equity, and quasi-equity financing to independent news and information businesses in countries with a history of media oppression. Over 30 years, MDIF has provided 330.5 million dollars in total financing and currently manages 125.8 …
Austria
Styria Media Group, or Styria Medien AG, is one of Austria's largest media companies, founded in 1869 and headquartered in Graz. The company emerged from the Catholic Press Association in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau and remains 98.33 percent owned by the Catholic Media Association Private Foundation (Katholischer Medien Verein Privatstiftung). Styria operates internationally with significant holdings in Slovenia and Croatia, employing approximately 2,500 people who generated combined market revenue of
Montenegro
The Chinese Embassy in Montenegro demanded that the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti remove an interview with Taiwan representative to Hungary Liu Shih-chung on March 11, 2024, one day after its publication. The interview, published March 10, covered Taiwan's democratic development, the impact of the Russo-Ukraine War on the Taiwan Strait, and criticized China's Belt and Road Initiative in the Balkans, alleging that it had caused debt crises and encouraged corruption. Vijesti rejected the embassy's request, stating it is an independent and free news outlet and that the content "cannot be removed." The incident represents direct Chinese official pressure on foreign media to …
China
More than 40 Chinese-language journalists and creators from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia took part in the “2025 Cross-Strait and Southeast Asian Chinese-Language Media Guangzhou Tour” (两岸暨港澳·东南亚华文媒体广州行) on December 2, 2025, in Guangzhou. The three-day program, themed “New Quality in the Bay Area, New Colors in Yangcheng” (湾区新质 羊城新彩), brought participants to tech parks, industrial zones, and cultural landmarks — emphasizing the official framing of the “Greater Bay Area,” a development vision including southern Chinese cities along with Hong Kong and Macau. The event was hosted by the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (海…
China
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Guangzhou People's Government (廣州市人民政府台灣事務辦公室) is the municipal implementation of CCP Taiwan policy in Guangzhou, operating under the "one institution, two names" system as the Taiwan Work Office of the CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee (中共廣州市委台灣工作辦公室). The office implements central and provincial directives at the local level, coordinating cross-strait economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and Taiwan business affairs in Guangzhou and its districts. It administers the "
China
The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (海峽兩岸關係協會), or ARATS, is a government-organized non-governmental organization established in 1991 by the CCP's Taiwan Affairs Office to conduct ostensibly civilian cross-strait negotiations. Despite presenting itself as a semi-official body handling technical and business matters, ARATS functions as a united front organization advancing Beijing's political agenda under the guise of practical cooperation. Its counterpart is Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (海峽交流基金會), or SEF. Talks stalled from 1999 to 2008, resuming under Taiwan's KMT administration to produce agreements like the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement. The presi…
