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Indonesia
Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) is a commercial television network that began broadcasting as a pay-TV service in August 1989, initially limited to the Greater Jakarta area. The network transitioned to free-to-air terrestrial broadcasting and by August 1993 had received government permission to broadcast across Indonesia. RCTI offers diverse programming, including news, entertainment, and sports content. …
Indonesia
PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk is an Indonesian media conglomerate founded in June 1997 that operates four major free-to-air television stations: RCTI, MNCTV, GTV, and iNews. The company, which went public on the Indonesia Stock Exchange on June 22, 2007, claims that it produces more than 20,000 hours of content annually, including drama series, animation, and entertainment programming. PT Media Nusantara Citra operates digital streaming platforms RCTI+ and Vision+, and m…
Indonesia
PT Bina Media Tenggara is an Indonesian media company founded in late 1982 as an independent newspaper institution to publish The Jakarta Post, an English-language daily newspaper based in Jakarta. The company was established as a private entity owned by four competing Indonesian media groups: the online daily newspaper Suara Karya, the national newspaper Kompas, the weekly magazine Tempo, and the evening daily Sinar Harapan. PT Bina Media Tenggara
Indonesia
Djarum Group is a family-owned Indonesian conglomerate company founded in 1951, when Oei Wie Gwan (黃惠源) acquired a nearly defunct cigarette manufacturer in Kudus, Central Java. The company is now controlled by brothers Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono, and produces tobacco products, having also diversified into banking, technology, and media. In December 2024, Djarum's venture capital arm, GDP Venture,
United Kingdom
Reuters is a British news agency established in London in October 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born entrepreneur who pioneered the use of telegraph technology for news transmission. The agency provides news content, multimedia, and financial data to media organizations, businesses, and professionals globally through its Reuters Connect platform and various information services. Reuters currently employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists, posted at approximately 200 locations worldwide and producing content in 16 languages. The agency has won mo…
Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
On November 20, 2025, Guangxi Radio and Television (廣西廣播電視台), a provincial-level broadcast media group, hosted the Lancang-Mekong Media Event (瀾湄國家媒體活動) in Nanning, where participating media from China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam announced more than 10 collaborative projects, including jointly produced documentaries, broadcast programs, and translated content featuring stories from the Mekong region. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) framework was established in 2016 as a …
Italy
On March 20, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) published a signed article titled "East Meets West — A New Chapter of Sino-Italian Friendship" (東西交匯 續寫中意友誼新篇章) in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The placement of the article corresponded with his state visit to Italy at the invitation of President Sergio Mattarella. In the article, Xi emphasized the deep historical connections between Chinese and Italian civilizations as "stellar examples of Eastern and Western civilizations" (東西方文明的傑出代表), tracing the relationship back over 2,000 years to the ancient Si…
Germany
On July 5, 2017, the German newspaper Die Welt published a signed article by Xi Jinping (習近平) called "To Make the World a Better Place" (共同促進世界更加美好) ahead of the Chinese leader’s state visit to Germany. The article coincided with the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations established in 1972 between the two countries. Xi framed the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations as a success story, highlighting the elevation to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" d…
Thailand
The National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT) began operations in 1988 under the supervision of Thailand's Prime Minister's Office. As the country's official state broadcasting arm, NBT operates comprehensive multimedia platforms including television networks, Radio Thailand with 145 frequencies and a world service in eight foreign languages, and NBT World, an English-language service for international audiences. …
Germany
Die Welt is a German national daily broadsheet established in 1946 in Hamburg by the British occupying forces. It is published today by Axel Springer, the multinational mass and online media company based in Berlin. The publication covers domestic and international news, politics, business, culture, and opinion journalism. It describes its editorial stance as "liberal cosmopolitan," though it is viewed by many as conservative. Its main editorial office operates from Berlin, with daily regional editions appearing in Berlin and Hamburg. As a …
Italy
RCS Media Group is one of Italy's leading multimedia publishing groups, operating across newspapers, magazines, digital media, books, television, and advertising. The group also organises major sporting events. Founded in 1927, the group — which claims a commitment to freedom, fairness, and pluralism — operates in Italy and Spain. RCS publishes the daily newspapers Corriere della Sera, La Gazzetta dello Sport, El Mundo, Marca, and …
Italy
Il Corriere della Sera was founded on March 5, 1876, by journalist Eugenio Torelli Viollier in Milan. The Milan-based daily covers politics, economics, world news, culture, sports, and entertainment. Since 1974, Corriere has been owned by RCS MediaGroup, a publicly traded multimedia publishing company. According to its mission statement, the newspaper aims to be "responsible, impartial, complete, accurate and understandable information" and be "free from any political and economic conditioning."…
China
The Propaganda Office of the Baoshan Committee of the CCP is the office under the Chinese Communist Party leadership in the city, which is located about 60 kilometers from China's border with Myanmar. The office is charged with ensuring media outlets "strictly observe propaganda requirements" and "firmly observe correct guidance of public opinion," particularly on sensitive issues, while transmitting content priorities from higher party levels. It controls the party's mouthpiece newspaper, the Baoshan Daily (保山日报). …
Thailand
Thai Rath, Thailand's largest-circulation newspaper, was founded on December 25, 1962, by Kampol Wacharapol, though its origins trace to his earlier publications. Wacharapol first launched the weekly Khaw Phaph (Photo News) on January 9, 1950, which became a daily in 1952 before being shut down by the military government in 1958. He then operated Siang Ang Thong from May 1959 until launching Thai Rath proper. The newspaper
Spain
The Global Youth Leadership Forum (GYLF) is a Spain-based international organization established in 2016 that positions itself as "the main global forum for inter-generational dialogue on the planet," bringing together leaders under 40 with global figures including presidents, ministers, and CEOs to discuss international challenges. Led by President Jacobo Pombo, the organization has established partnerships with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which announced GYLF 2017's launch. The GYLF reports in its online history that Pombo was invited by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to join an expert group visit…
Slovakia
The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky), also known as TASR, is Slovakia's national public news agency, established in 2008 through Act No. 358/2008 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Operating independently without state subsidies, TASR provides news coverage across domestic, foreign, economic, and sports. The agency offers news services in multiple languages, including English and Hungarian. TASR is also a member of the European Alliance of Press Agencies (EANA). The agency is governed by a director-general who is voted into the post by a five-member ad…
Albania
Albanian Radio-Television, known as Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), is the public service broadcaster of Albania, established with the founding of Radio Tirana, which began broadcasting on November 28, 1944. The television division, known as TVSH, commenced operations in April 1960. Today, RTSH operates more than 20 television and radio channels, including Radio Tirana International. While RTSH is formally governed by the Albanian Parliament and funded through license fees, state subsidies, and commercial revenue, its editorial independence has b…
Bulgaria
On June 29, 2023, the Union of Bulgarian Journalists and the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), China’s state-led professional body for working journalists, signed a memorandum establishing the "House of Chinese-Bulgarian Journalists" in Sofia. The agreement was signed by the executive secretary of the ACJA and the president of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists. The Chinese ambassador to Bulgaria, who was also identified as the Special Representative for China-CEEC Cooperation, attended the signing ceremony. Representatives from Xinhua News Agency (新華社), Peop…
Papua New Guinea
The Post-Courier is the nation's first daily newspaper, established on 30 June 1969 and headquartered in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Majority owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia, the publication was formed through the merger of two newspapers: the three-days-a-week South Pacific Post and the twice-weekly New Guinea Times Courier. The newspaper operates as Papua New Guinea's primary daily publication, claiming an audited circulation of 26,262. It serves a predominantly urban readership with its news coverage and reporting. The Post-Courier h…
China
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织), known as SCO, is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defense organization established on June 15, 2001, and headquartered in Beijing, China, claiming to promote mutual security, political, and economic cooperation among member states. The organization emerged from the Shanghai Five mechanism formed in 1996 between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, with Uzbekistan joi…
