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Peru
Grupo El Comercio (GEC) is Peru's largest media conglomerate in South America, owning the country's oldest newspaper, El Comercio, founded in 1839 by Manuel Amunátegui and Alejandro Villota. The company operates through two main business units: Press (El Comercio, Gestión, Trome, Correo, Ojo, and Depor) and Television (América TV and Canal N). The Miró Quesada family has controlled the newspaper since 1876, surviving major disruptions…
Peru
América Multimedia, formerly known as Grupo Plural TV, is a Peruvian media conglomerate based in Lima, founded on March 5, 2003. The company operates as a joint venture between Grupo El Comercio (70%) and Grupo La República (30%), with Maki Miró Quesada serving as president. The group's primary assets include América Televisión (100% ownership), Peru's leading free-to-air television network, and Canal N (100%), a dedicated news channel. The company also operates América tvGO, a …
Japan
Jiji Press is a Japanese news agency established in 1945 following the dissolution of the state-owned Domei News Agency. The company provides news content to approximately 140 media organizations, including newspapers, broadcasters and government agencies. Jiji Press maintains more than 100 branch offices in Japan and globally. The news agency's motto is "Bringing world affairs to Japan and sharing Japanese voices with the world." The agency's digital platform Jiji.com, launched in 2000, attracts over 15 million monthly visitors through
Peru
El Comercio, founded in May 1839, stands as Peru's oldest newspaper and one of the oldest Spanish-language publications worldwide. The Lima-based daily was established by José Manuel Amunátegui y Muñoz and Alejandro Villota, but ownership passed to the influential Miró Quesada family in 1876 following the War of the Pacific. The newspaper survived a four-year closure during Chilean occupation (1879-1883) and later endured six years of military expropriation under Juan Velasco Alvarado's regime (1974-1980). El Comercio maintains a circulation exceeding 100,000 and is
Laos
Chinese Consul General in Luang Prabang Li Baoguang (黎宝光) met with Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Savankhone Razmountry (沙万坤·兰蒙迪) on August 15, 2017, according to reports from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The meeting, which included officials from Lao state media outlets, including the Lao News Agency (巴特寮) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party-run Pasaxon (人民报), focused on what both sides characterized as expanding cooperation between northern Laos and China in media, culture, and tourism. Savankhone prai…
Russia
In February 2025, Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, announced plans to collaborate with Chinese researchers on joint AI projects, as First Deputy CEO Alexander Vedyakhin told Reuters. This partnership emerges as China's DeepSeek disrupts the tech landscape with its low-cost AI models challenging U.S. competitors. The collaboration follows President Putin's January directive ordering Sberbank and the Russian government to develop AI cooperation with China amid Western sanctions restricting Moscow's access to advanced computing hardwa…
China, United Arab Emirates
On May 29, 2020, officials from the Investment Promotion Department of China's Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (外经中心投资促进处), or FECC, an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, met with representatives from China-Arab TV's Beijing-based China News Center (中阿卫视中国新闻中心) to discuss enhancing China-Arab agricultural cooperation. The meeting focused on leveraging the Dubai-headquartered but Chinese-operated media platform to promote Chinese agricultural technological achievements, boost China's international agricultural influence, and facilitate investment and trade between Chinese agricultural enterprises and Arab nations. Both parties reached preliminary consensus on c…
China
China's Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) is a specialized agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that claims to serve as a window for foreign agricultural cooperation and manages China's international agricultural development programs. Facilitating and managing agricultural international exchanges, south-south cooperation, and agricultural aid projects, FECC coordinates with international organizations including the FAO, World Bank, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. Since 2002, FECC has managed the FAO…
United Arab Emirates
China-Arab TV is a Dubai-based Arabic satellite television network founded in 2014 by Chinese entrepreneurs Liu Haitao (刘海涛) and Liu Haijiang (刘海江) possibly with Emirati royal backing. Initially focused on promoting Chinese products in the Middle East, the network was acquired in 2016 by Hong Kong-listed V1 Group (now Crazy Sports) under CEO Zhang Lijun (张力军), who has extensive ties to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs through his role as chairman of the China APEC Development Council. Despite consistent financial losses, China-Arab TV maintains strategic partnerships with major Chinese state media organizations including China Media Group, CCTV, and Xinhua News Agency, positioning itse…
China, United Arab Emirates
On May 30, 2024, in Beijing, China's National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) and the United Arab Emirates Media Council signed a memorandum of understanding, witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) and visiting UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The agreement, signed by NRTA Director Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) and UAE National Media Office Director Abdullah, purportedly establishes cooperation in policy communication, content collaboration, program exchanges, personnel exchanges, technology applications, and industry development. According to the Chine…
United Arab Emirates
The UAE Media Council (UAEMC), established in February 2023 by federal decree under President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, serves as the Emirates' primary media regulatory authority. The entity apparently supersedes the previous National Media Council, which changed in 2021. Chaired by Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, who also heads the National Media Office, the council coordinates federal and local media efforts while proposing legislation to regulate and license all media outlets, including those in free zones. Though its language is highly professionalized, including a stated "mission" and "vision," the council play…
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, formed in 1971 as a federation of seven emirates, operates under an authoritarian federal monarchy with limited democratic elements. The UAE's federal structure includes a Supreme Council comprising the hereditary rulers of each emirate, a Council of Ministers, and a Federal National Council. The President, currently Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also serves as ruler of Abu Dhabi, while Dubai's ruler …
France
Nouvelles d'Europe (歐洲時報), described as "the most influential Chinese news organisation in continental Europe" by the publication itself, was established in Paris in 1983, signed a news cooperation memorandum with China's Science and Technology Daily (科技日報) in November 2023. The agreement, signed on November 24 by Nouvelles d'Europe President Zhong Cheng (鍾誠) and Science and Technology Daily President Zhang Biyong (張碧湧), establishes formal cooperation to "promote the dissemination of scientific and technolog…
Ukraine
On June 20, 2019, China's Science and Technology Daily (科技日報) signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine's Uryadovy Kuryer (Government Courier) in Kyiv. Led by Editor-in-Chief Li Ping (李平), the Chinese delegation met with Ukrainian counterparts including Editor-in-Chief Sergii Braga to strengthen media collaboration and information exchange. The agreement facilitates regular content sharing and website cross-linking between these publications. Science and Technology Daily,
Senegal
On December 15, 2015, the Chinese Embassy in Senegal hosted a media symposium focusing on "The Role of Media in China-Senegal Cooperation." Over 20 journalists from major Senegalese media outlets, including the national television station, state news agency, Future Media television, and official newspapers Le Soleil and Le Quotidien, along with Chinese news agencies such as Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International, and Economic Daily, attended the event. Ambassador Zha…
