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China
The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (國務院僑務辦公室), or OCAO, is an agency responsible for managing and implementing the government’s policies and strategies toward overseas Chinese communities globally. Since March 2018, it functions as the principal international face of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, though it maintains its original name when conducting public business. The office was established in 1978. In March 2018, as part of deepeni…
China
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency, the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Yunnan government jointly hosted the 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum in Kunming, Yunnan Province from September 6-10, gathering 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from more than 260 media outlets across 110 countries. Making the broader diplomatic objectives of the forum clear, Hu Heping (胡和平), a deputy director of the CCP's Central Propaganda Department, told attendees that China's
United States
The United Nations Department of Global Communications serves as the organization's storytelling arm, operating across 60 countries to communicate the UN's mission through multiple platforms and traditional media. The department says that it reaches millions globally with trusted, objective information that promotes understanding of UN work among the public, civil society, private sector, and member states. Embodying the UN's multilingual principles, it communicates in more than 80 languages to extend impact worldwide. Through what it calls "inclusive messaging and comprehensive outreach," the department claims to build support for UN aims while enabling "different actors to take concerte…
China
The Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中共雲南省委) is the chief leadership body at the provincial level in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. The committee oversees functional offices including Organization (meaning CCP appointments), propaganda (media and ideological control), and "united front work" (coordination of activities for global and non-Party influence), alongside specialized offices for cyberspace affairs, foreign affairs, and deepening reform. It directly manages key institutions like Yunnan Party School, the Yunnan Daily Newspaper Group (雲南日報報業集團), and the Yunnan Institute of Socialism, maintaining comprehen…
Mexico
The Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República) serves as the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress. The Senate was established through the Constitution of 1824, which provided that the Legislative Power would be vested in a General Congress composed of two Chambers. It was abolished by the Constitution of 1857, which established a unicameral legislature, and re-established on November 13, 1874. The Senate currently consists of 128 senators who serve six-year terms with the possibility of one consecutive reelection. Senators are elected through a mixed system: 64 by direct vote (two from each state and …
United States
The Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations (中華人民共和國常駐聯合國代表團) serves as the official delegation of the People's Republic of China to the UN, primarily functioning through China's permanent membership on the Security Council. The People's Republic of China joined the United Nations on October 25, 1971, when UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 recognized the People's Republic of China as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations," replacing the Republic of China (ROC), located then in Taiwan, which had held the seat since the UN's founding in …
Belgium
Euractiv is a European news website focused on EU policies, founded in 1999 by French media publisher Christophe Leclercq and headquartered in Brussels. The outlet, which was acquired by Belgian media company Mediahuis in 2023, covers European politics and policy across eight specialized hubs including energy, agriculture, and technology. According to the outlet, it employs about 50 journalists across multiple European countries and produces content in 11 languages. Euractiv
Malaysia
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia is China's chief diplomatic mission to Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. The mission's origins trace to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Malaysia on May 31, 1974, when Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak led a historic visit to China and signed a joint communiqué with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. This momentous event marked Malaysia as the first ASEAN nation to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, breaking new ground during the height of the Col…
Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
On August 26, 2025, the Overseas Chinese Media Cooperation Organization, or OCMCO (海外華文傳媒合作組織), held its 15th annual conference in Changsha, bringing together approximately 120 senior representatives from 84 Chinese-language outlets across 37 countries and regions, according to reports from official media. The event was hosted by Hong Kong's Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group (大公文匯傳媒集團) and jointly organized by the Propaganda Office of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the CCP. The meeting released the "Changsha Initiative" (長沙倡議), which lays out five points of action for…
Egypt
China Weekly (中國週報) is a bilingual Chinese-Arabic newspaper established in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur Ma Qiang (馬強) in Egypt. The publication covers Chinese economics, politics, and culture for both Chinese and Egyptian audiences, maintaining cooperation with China News Service (中新社) since its inception. The paper regularly reposts content from CNS, which is operated by the United Front Work Department of the CCP. The newspaper and its publisher openly position themselves as serving to "tell China's story well in both Chinese and Arabic languages" (用中阿雙語講好中國故…
Japan
The Kansai Chinese Times (關西華文時報) is a Chinese-language newspaper serving overseas Chinese communities in Japan, founded in August 2002 by Osaka-based Acacia Communications Co. Ltd (阿卡西亞通訊有限公司), or Akashia Komyunikēshonzu. Initially targeting the ethnic Chinese population in the Kansai region, the publication expanded its distribution nationwide and launched a website in 2017. Published in both Chinese and Japanese, the Kansai Chinese Times covers news and information about the local Chinese community, employment and educational opportunities, and Japan-China exchanges — a…
Hungary
Led by publisher and editor-in-chief Ji Yuping (季毓萍) and operating from Budapest's Chinatown, United News Hungary (匈牙利聯合報) was founded in April 1999 as a Chinese-language weekly newspaper distributed within Hungary and neighboring countries. The publication positions itself as providing "fair and objective reporting" – though it maintains close ties to official Chinese media organizations. In 2007, United Daily became one of the first eight overseas media partners of People's Dail…
Hungary
Chinese President Xi Jinping published a signed article titled "Embarking on a Golden Voyage in China-Hungary Relations" (攜手引領中匈關係駛入“黃金航道”) in the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet on May 8, 2024, ahead of his state visit to Hungary. The article praised Hungary's historical figures, including poet Sándor Petőfi and composer Franz Liszt, while describing the bilateral friendship as "mellow and rich as Tokaji wine" – a traditional Hungarian alcohol. This strategic media engagement preceded
Hungary
Magyar Nemzet was founded in August 1938 by Sándor Pethő as a conservative daily broadsheet newspaper. The paper survived World War II and communist rule, becoming Hungary's leading conservative publication. Businessman Lajos Simicska purchased the paper in 2000 and used it to support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party with favorable coverage funded by state advertising contracts. After Simicska's public fallout with Orbán in 2015, t…
Myanmar
The Myanmar Narrative is a think tank established on January 14, 2025, operating under the supervision of Myanmar's Ministry of Information (MOI). The organization functions primarily as a vehicle for disseminating the military junta's messaging about developments in Myanmar, and a profile by the MOI clearly says the think tank aims to promote Myanmar's perspectives on domestic and international affairs and "provide counter-narratives to unfounded criticisms." According to the Burmese exile outlet
