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China
The Chinese Academy of Engineering (中國工程院) is China's national academy for engineering, established in 1994 as an institution under the State Council. With 920 Chinese members and 93 foreign members across nine divisions, CAE claims to be "the highest honorary and advisory academic institution in the nation's fields of engineering sciences and technology." The academy describes its mission as providing consultation for national decision-making and building a "top think-tank" that is "reliable for the nation." Like its counterpart, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAE functions…
Australia, Cambodia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal
On July 22, 2025, the All-China Journalists Association's (中国记协) Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Department organized an exchange event in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa between overseas Chinese-language media and Tibetan media outlets, bringing together 30 representatives from Chinese-language media organizations across 18 countries and five continents who toured facilities at the official Tibet Daily (西藏日报), the paper under the local committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Tibet Broadcasting and Television Station (西藏广播电视台), the state-run broadcaster in the region. Also attending were government-run multimedia centers and representatives from the Tibet In…
China
The Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Tibet Autonomous Region Committee serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the local party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Tibet, including the mouthpiece newspaper Tibet Daily (西藏日报). It coordinates party ideological work throughout the region while simultaneously operating under multiple official names — including the Regional Government Information Office allowing it to exercise comprehensive control over news, publishing, and cultural production. The department functions as the central enforcer of the party's media discipline, ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political…
Portugal
Europe Weekly (欧洲周报), also known as Puhua News (葡华报), is a Chinese-language weekly newspaper published in Portugal, and serving as the local Portuguese-language edition of the overseas edition of the CCP's official People's Daily newspaper. Owned and directed by Liang Zhan (梁湛) with Wu Su (吴素) serving as editor-in-chief and operating under Europe Weekly, Lda (headquartered at Rua de Mouraria No. 70-1 in Lisbon), the publication reports a print run of 2,000 copies with a retail price of €1.30. The newspaper covers China-Portugal relations and overseas Chin…
New Zealand
Home Voice Chinese Weekly (乡音) claims to be New Zealand's only Chinese-language newspaper serving Wellington and the southern North Island, founded in October 1998 by editor-publisher Kevin Zeng (曾凯文). Published weekly on Fridays with over 100 free distribution points across multiple cities including Palmerston North, New Plymouth, and Rotorua, the paper claims more than 16,000 readers weekly across print and digital platforms. Home Voice operates multimedia platforms including a website launched in 2004, online radio since 2013, and social media accounts on Facebook
Myanmar
Myanmar's Ministry of Information was established in 1947 to control state media and information dissemination. Headquartered in Nay Pyi Taw, the ministry oversees state media operations including Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), the Information and Public Relations Department, and the Printing and Publishing Department. The organization controls television broadcasting, film production standards, and content censorship. Since the coup d'état in Myanmar in 2021, the ministry has played a clear role in pushing pro-state propaganda and restraining the activities of news media.…
Myanmar
On July 21, 2025, Yunnan province’s South Asia and Southeast Asia International Communication Center (雲南省南亞東南亞區域國際傳播中心) and the propaganda office of the prefecture of Dehong (德宏傣族景頗族自治州委宣傳部), which borders Myanmar’s Kachin State, hosted a China-Myanmar digital media training program in Mangshi (芒市), the local county seat. The Yunnan ICC, formed as part of a national push from the central leadership to invigorate global propaganda through local and regional participation, has played a key role in media related outreach toward Southeast Asia. The six-day initiative brought together officials and journalists from Myanmar’s Ministry of Information (緬甸宣傳部) and Myanmar National Television (緬甸國家…
United States
Gannett Co., Inc. serves as America's largest newspaper publisher by total daily circulation, headquartered in New York City. Founded by Frank Gannett in Rochester, New York in 1923, the company grew through aggressive acquisitions of small independent newspapers. Gannett owns flagship USA Today, the middle-market newspaper appealing to a broader audience, alongside major regional dailies including The Arizona Republic, Detroit Free Press, and The Indianapolis Star. In 2019, New Media Investment Group acquired Gannett in a merger creating the current entity under CEO
Peru
América Televisión was founded on December 15, 1958, by Antonio Umbert, Nicanor Gonzalez, and Avelino Aramburú. As the second oldest Peruvian channel after TV Perú and the first commercial channel in Peru, it has been shaping the country's television landscape for over six decades. The network broadcasts a diverse mix of programming, including local productions, telenovelas, news programs, variety shows, and international content. In 2025, the channel acquired rights to transmit major international sporting events, including the
United States
A division of the Murdoch-owned News Corp, Dow Jones & Company is a publishing firm founded in November 1882 by three young reporters for the Kiernan News Agency created in 1869 by John J. Kiernan — Charles H. Dow and Edward D. Jones. The company is often known for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), a stock market index of 30 companies listed on US exchanges. In addition to the Wall Street Journal, the company publishes Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global,
United States
News Corporation, or News Corp, is an American publishing and mass media company with its headquarters in Manhattan. Starting as a small newspaper in Australia in the 1920s under Sir Keith Murdoch, the father of the previous chairman Rupert Murdoch, News Corp now encompasses many media and information brands, including Dow Jones & Company, The Wall Street Journal, The Sun, News UK, and News Corp Australia. The company also runs the book publisher HarperCollins. The current chairman of News Corp is Lachlan Murdoch, son of the founder Rupert Murdoch. The company has had a long and checkered history of dealings with China. For many years, from the 1990s onward, Murdoch …
United States
Originally founded in 1849 as The Iowa Star, the Des Moines Register serves as Iowa's flagship newspaper, founded under its current title through mergers in the early 1900s under the leadership of Gardner Cowles Sr., a banker in Des Moines, Iowa's state capital and largest city. Gannett acquired the publication in 1985 amid declining revenues. The daily maintains outsized political influence through its
United States
The Los Angeles Times, founded in 1881, serves as the sixth-largest newspaper in the United States and the largest in the Western United States with print circulation of more than 100,000. Based in El Segundo, California since 2018, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes throughout its history. Owned by biotech investor Patrick Soon-Shiong since 2018, the Times…
United States
An eight-page China Watch supplement appeared in the financially-struggling Los Angeles Times in June 2020, distributed by the Chinese government-backed China Daily. The standalone insert, branded “All You Need to Know,” featured content promoting Chinese perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The supplement was clearly labeled as not involving the newspaper’s editorial staff, but presented as news reading material. The timing coincided with the LA Times’ well-documented financial difficulties, suggesting economic motivations for accepting the paid insert. China expert Clayton Dube documented…
India
A China Watch supplement appeared in India's Hindustan Times on October 30, 2020, as part of China Daily's global propaganda campaign targeting foreign audiences. The insert featured environmental stories including "Yellow River cleanup brings bright future" and coverage promoting Chinese development initiatives. China's "China Watch" pages, which have appeared in newspapers across the world, blur the lines between Chinese propaganda and legitimate journalism, with the Chinese Communist Party paying substantial sums—including
China
The World Internet Conference Digital Academy (世界互联网大会数字研修院) held a training program on "Digital Economy Innovation and Development" during the 2025 World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum on July 24, 2025. According to a state media readout, the program attracted government officials and business representatives from 26 countries and regions, focusing on data governance and cross-border data flows. Liang Hao (梁昊), the executive deputy secretary-general of the WIC and executive vice-dean of the WICDA, said the academy aims to "inject n…
Kenya
Kenya's Star newspaper signed a content-sharing agreement with China Daily Africa on July 16, 2025, at the Star's Westlands headquarters in Nairobi. Radio Africa Group CEO Martin Khafafa and China Daily Africa Director Wang Xiaodong (王晓东) officiated the deal, which will see "China Watch" inserts published weekly in the Star, leveraging its "100,000-copy circulation." Khafafa welcomed the partnership as showcasing China's "contributions to Kenya's economic growth," while China Daily's
Kenya
The Star is a Kenyan daily tabloid newspaper published in Nairobi by Radio Africa Group since July 2007, originally launched as the Nairobi Star before rebranding in 2009. The publication grew from circulation of 5,000-8,000 copies in 2007 to 15,000-20,000 by 2010, when it first turned profitable in September 2009. Now claiming "100,000-copy circulation," The Star covers breaking news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and sports from Kenya and internationally. The newspaper po…
China
The Propaganda Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Changsha Municipal Committee (中共長沙市委宣傳部) serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the local party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Changsha, including Changsha Media Group and its various broadcasting operations. The office functions as the central enforcer of the party's media discipline, or "guidance of public opinion" (輿論導向), ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political orientation in line with central and municipal level directives. …
China
Changsha Media Group (長沙市廣播電視台集團) is a state-run broadcaster directly under the leadership of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Changsha, the capital of China's southern Hunan province. The group operates four radio frequencies and five television channels, including news, politics and law, mobile subway TV, shopping, and cultural tourism channels. Its business spans film and television investment, cable network operations, and …
