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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 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…
Italy
The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Milan (中華人民共和國駐米蘭總領事館) is China's diplomatic mission serving northern Italy, established in May 1985, following the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Italy on November 6, 1970. The consulate serves the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont, and Veneto, providing consular services including visa processing and assistance to Chinese nationals. …
Germany
Deutsche Welle (DW) is a German international broadcaster founded in 1953 and operating as a public service media organization with headquarters in Bonn and Berlin. DW provides content in more than 30 languages, covering topics including democracy, human rights, press freedom, and cultural exchange. Through DW Akademie, its educational arm, the organization provides journalism training and media development programs globally, as well as research on media sustainability, supporting press freedom and freedom of expression worldwide. DW operates under Germany’s
Germany
In June 2017, the German public broadcaster NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) launched a joint talk show with CGTN (中國環球電視網), the English-language channel of China Central Television, to be aired twice a year. Called "Dialog mit China" (Dialogue with China), the hour-long programs featured NDR television chief Andreas Cichowicz and CGTN host Yang Rui (楊銳) co-moderating discussions on political and economic topics with guests from both countries. In June 2019, an episode
Montenegro
On December 5, 2025, Chen Xufeng (陈绪峰), China’s ambassador to Montenegro, paid a visit to Media and Culture Minister of Montenegro Tamara Vujović. According to a readout from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Chen said that the “traditional friendship” between China and Herzegovina has lasted for a long time, and people-to-people exchanges have “achieved remarkable results.” China, said Chen, attaches “great importance to strengthening exchanges and cooperation with Montenegro in the field of culture and media,” with a series of related even…
Germany
In August and September 2014, Deutsche Welle (德國之聲) Director General Peter Limbourg announced cooperation agreements with China Central Television (中央電視台), including co-productions in music and business programming. Just months later, in early 2015, Deutsche Welle announced it would temporarily suspend the partnership after it came under scrutiny from the German Bundestag, according to testimony given by journalist …
Germany
In July 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) published a signed article titled "To Make the World a Better Place" in the German newspaper Die Welt ahead of his state visit to Germany and attendance at the G20 Hamburg Summit. The article, distributed by Xinhua News Agency (新華社), outlined the bilateral cooperation between Chin…
Germany
On September 1, 2025, the German media outlet Table Media published a signed article by the Chinese Ambassador to Germany in its Table Briefings channel titled "Learning from History – Guided by Values into the Future" (鑒往昔而知來 行正道以致遠). The article employed official Chinese Communist Party terminology to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, characterizing it as the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (中國人民抗日戰爭暨世界反法西斯戰爭勝利80周年). This framin…
Italy
On August 5, 2022, Corriere della Sera published a paid half-page article written by the Chinese Consul General, titled "Chi gioca col fuoco finisce per bruciarsi" ("He Who Plays with Fire Risks Getting Burned"). The piece attacked US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her August 2-3 visit to Taiwan, echoing Chinese President Xi Jinping's warnings at the time to President Joe Biden. The consul general claimed Pelosi's visit was a "serious violation of the one-China principle" and pre…
Malaysia
The Guang Ming Daily (光明日報) — not to be confused with the PRC publication of the same name — is the third-largest Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia, established initially as Sin Pin Jit Poh (星檳日報) in the northern Malay Peninsula by entrepreneur and philanthropist Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎). After Sin Pin Jit Poh closed due to financial difficulties in 1986, a group of journalists and businesspeople founded Guang Ming Daily on December 18, 1987, for the Chinese community in northern Malaysia, particularly in Penang. The newspaper changed ownership several times during its first five years before
Malaysia
Malaysia China Insight (馬中透視) is a Malaysian media platform established in 2013 that focuses on Malaysia-China business news through multiple channels including a trilingual news app, a newspaper, a bilingual English-Chinese magazine, and KenaliTV, a video channel offering content in Malay and English. Based in the capital of Kuala Lumpur, the platform provides news coverage in English, simplified Chinese, and Bahasa Malaysia, positioning itself as a platform for bilateral business information between Malaysia and China. …
Germany
NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) is a German public radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Hamburg, established on January 1, 1956. NDR creates Germany's most-watched national news program Tagesschau and operates multiple radio stations, including NDR 2, a popular music station; NDR Kultur, an arts and culture station that plays classical music; and N-Joy, a music station, as well as the regional television channel …
