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Serbia
Tanjug News Agency, founded on November 5, 1943, as Yugoslavia's official state news agency, operated under government control until 2015 when authorities announced its closure and officially stopped funding it. Despite this announcement, the agency continued functioning in what it is described as a "legal vacuum" with funds from undisclosed sources. In 2021, the Belgrade-based private company Tacno acquired rights to Tanjug's intellectual property and trademarks for a 10-year period. Tacno is owned by Radoica Milosavljevic of RTV Pancevo, characterized as "an openly pro-government station," and Minacord Media. Local journalists …
Malaysia
Established in 1971, Star Media Group claims to be Malaysia's "leading multimedia conglomerate," asserting significant influence through its print and digital platforms. The company says it has "progressively grown from a single-product company into a multi-channel media group" with presence across print, digital, radio, television and events. Star Media Group claims it helps "shape society at large" through news, entertainment and content delivery via brands including The Star newspaper, R.AGE youth pu…
China
The Communist Youth League of China, commonly abbreviated as CYL (共青团), is a youth organization under the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) for individuals aged 14-28. Founded in 1920 as the Socialist Youth League (中国社会主义青年团) and officially established in 1922, it adopted its current name in 1957 after several historical iterations. With 75.32 million members as of 2024, the League operates on a party pattern with its highest authority being the National Congress (全国代表大会) held every five years. The CYLC guides the Young Pioneers (少先队) for children under 14. The organization engages in political mobilization, facilitates CCP membership pathways, organizes cultural events, and manages volunte…
China
The Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中共陝西省委) serves as the highest political authority in Shaanxi Province. Established after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it oversees all party affairs and government activities within the province. The Committee is led by a Party Secretary who outranks the provincial governor in the power hierarchy. Its Standing Committee, comprising 11-15 high-ranking officials, functions as the core decision-making body for provincial policies. The Committee implements central government directives while managing local affairs through specialized departments covering propaganda, organization, united front work, and security…
Mexico
China Today - Latin America (今日中國拉美分社) is the official office of China Today magazine in Latin America, established in 2004 in Mexico City. It is responsible for publishing and distributing the Spanish edition of China Today — an official outlet of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨) serving as what the Party terms "external propaganda" (對外宣傳) — throughout Latin America, as well as promoting foreign language publications and overseas training programs for its parent organization, the China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團). In recent years, the branch
Laos
Pasaxon, or "The People," is the official weekly newspaper and organ of the country's ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (老挝人民革命党), established on August 13, 1950. The state-controlled publication declares its mission to operate under Marxist-Leninist principles. Originally founded as "Free Laos News" by the communist Pathet Lao movement in northeastern Laos, the newspaper underwent several name changes before becoming the party's central publication in 1983. Based in Vientiane, Pasaxon functions as the ruling party's primary media vehicle, with content focused on positive reporting about Laos while practicin…
Laos
Chinese Times is the only Chinese-language print newspaper in Laos. Officially launched in 2018 at the first Belt and Road Forum for Laos-China Cooperation, the paper's coverage includes Laos news, economics, culture, tourism, education, and updates on China-Laos collaboration and the local Chinese population. The paper has only a spotty presence online, but maintains a Facebook account with more than 22 thousand followers. Most of the content available on the Facebook account comes from Chinese party-state media, including China News S…
Laos
Lao News Agency, known as "Khaosan Pathet Lao" , the official news agency of Laos, was established on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay, northern Houaphanh province, by the Neo Lao Haksat (Lao Patriotic Front). Initially staffed with only a dozen reporters and technicians, the agency served as a news provider for Pathet Lao radio and the Lao Haksat newspaper during the revolutionary period. KPL became the official national news agency after the Pathet Lao established the Lao People's Democratic Republic on 2 December 1975. Ope…
China
Launched in April 2024 under the guidance of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (江西省委宣傳部) and operated by Jiangxi Daily News (江西日報社), the Jiangxi International Communication Center aims to serve as the province's "flagship media for external propaganda." Officials claim it will leverage Jiangxi's cultural resources—including rice cultivation, ceramics, traditional medicine, and opera—to create "international communication brand projects" like "Meet Jiangxi" (相約江西), which launched simultaneously with the center. Provincial propaganda chief Lu Xiao…
Spain
Founded in 1953, Europa Press is one of Spain's leading private news agencies. Initially established as a book distribution company by five monarchists, it transformed into a full news agency in 1966. The agency broadcasts news 24 hours a day, publishing approximately 3,000 articles per day. Under Antonio Herrero Losada's leadership (1963-1989), Europa Press survived political pressure and gained prominence by providing the worldwide exclusive on dictator Francisco Franco's death in 1975. The agency expanded territorially across Spain in the 1990s.…
Belarus
The Belarus President Administration (Адміністрацыя Прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь) is a state administration body established on July 22, 1994. It supervises the implementation of presidential resolutions and oversees interaction between the President and legislative, executive, judicial bodies, local authorities, and mass media. The organization was created following constitutional reform and the first presidential election in Belarus, with Alexander Lukashenko serving as President since 1994. The administration provides analytical support to the President and drafts presidential decisions and legislation that is subsequently approved by the Par…
China
People's Daily, first launched in 1946 and established on June 15, 1948, is the official flagship newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), operating directly under the CCP Central Committee. The paper conveys party consensus through highly regimented content and specialized party terminologies known as tifa (提法), with an estimated circulation of approximately 3 million daily copies in multiple languages. From 1966 to 1976, during the Cultural Revolution, it was part of an influential media triumvirate referred to as "tw…
Poland
The East Asian Civilization Research Center (东亚文明研究中心) at SWPS University, or CCAW, is an interdisciplinary research institute established in 2003 and headquartered in Warsaw, focusing on political, cultural, linguistic, and literary studies of Mainland China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. Founded by the late Professor Krzysztof Gawlikowski, the center evolved from an organizational unit into the Department of Asian Studies within the Faculty of Humanities in 2017-2018. The center participates in the European Union's Horizon Europe "China Horizons" project examining contemporary Chinese society …
China
The China-Africa Friendly Economic and Trade Development Foundation (中非友善經貿發展基金會) was established in September 2014 in Beijing as China's first foundation specifically focused on economic and trade development between China and African countries. Operating under the supervision of the China-Africa Friendship Leadership Group of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全國政協中非友善領導小組), the foundation describes itself as a non-governmental organization with the stated mission to "help small and medium enterprises go abroad, strengthen China-Africa economic and trade cooperation, fund China-Africa science and technology trade projects, and …
China
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中國人民政治協商會議) was established on September 21, 1949, during the founding of the People's Republic of China. The CPPCC served as China's interim legislature from 1949 to 1954, before the National People's Congress was established. During its inaugural session from September 21-30, 1949, in Beijing, the CPPCC adopted the Common Program as the country's basic political framework, selected Beijing as the capital, and chose the five-star red flag as the national flag. The organization functions as Chin…
