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Brazil
On November 20, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) launched a Portuguese version of "Quotable Quotes by Xi" Season 3 in Brasília during President Xi Jinping's state visit to Brazil. The show, which features Chinese poetry and sayings quoted in Xi's speeches, claims to present his "political wisdom" (政治智慧) and "cultural sentiment" while promoting concepts like "community of shared future for mankind" (人類命運共同體). Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who also serves as Brazil's Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, attended the launch, where Deputy Direct…
Japan
On February 18, 2025, in Tokyo, Xinhua News Agency and China's embassy to Japan co-hosted a media and think tank dialogue that brought together approximately 160 Chinese and Japanese representatives. Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua (傅華) emphasized China and Japan's "profound historical and cultural roots" and the "great potential for people-to-people and cultural exchanges," while Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao (吳江浩) noted that Sino-Japanese relations were at a "critical period of improvement and development" despite "serious disagreements and differences that need to be properly managed." A…
Thailand
On January 17, 2025, a Sino-Thai media cooperation forum titled "Our Golden Friendship: Joining Hands to Build a China-Thailand Community with a Shared Future Media and Think Tank Dialogue" (我们金色的友谊：携手构建中泰命运共同体媒体智库对话会) was held in Bangkok, bringing together journalists, media specialists, and think tank researchers from both countries to discuss what they characterized as the responsibility of media and think tanks in both countries to "promote mutual trust and cooperation" as China-Thailand relations approach their 50th anniversary in 2025. Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pinit Jarusombat (披尼) emphasized the importance of leveraging …
Chile
The Sichuan International Communication Center (四川國際傳播中心), operated by the Sichuan Daily Press Group (四川日報報業集團), hosted the signing of a news exchange agreement with Chile's Radio Cooperativa on August 29, 2024, during the 2024 "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum in Chengdu. The center, which claimed to reach "more than 20 million overseas users," describes itself as a "key provincial professional institution" under Sichuan's five-year plan for international communications. Radio Cooperati…
Bangladesh
On July 10, 2024, during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visit to China, China's National Radio and Television Administration Director Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) signed a cooperation agreement with Bangladesh's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, represented by Bangladesh Television Director Mahmud Jahangir Alam. The signing was witnessed by both countries' prime ministers, Li Qiang (李強) and Sheikh Hasina. The agreement establishes cooperation covering policy communication, program exchanges, joint production, personnel training, and technical collaboration in b…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Bangladesh's national news agency, signed cooperation agreements with Xinhua News Agency (新華社) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) on July 10, 2024, during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's state visit to China. BSS Managing Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad signed memorandums that officials said would "extend beneficial cooperation" in news and information exchange. The agencies reported they would conduct "multilevel and wide-ranging cooperation," including "personal exchanges, training, and seminars" for journalists and technical experts. The agreements call…
Laos
On February 23, 2025, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (廣西壯族自治區) and Laos signed an agreement in Vientiane to establish the China-Laos Artificial Intelligence Innovation Cooperation Center (中國—老撾人工智能創新合作中心), marking the first AI cooperation platform between China and an ASEAN nation. People's Daily reported that the initiative aims to "systematically enhance Laos' foundational capabilities in the intelligent era" while supporting development across various sectors. The project progressed rapidly from negotiation to signing, which Chinese officials characterize as demonstrating both countries' commitment to deepening coo…
Malaysia
Star Media Group (SMG) and China's Contemporary World magazine (當代世界), which operates under the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, signed a cooperation agreement in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2024. SMG CEO Chan Seng Fatt (陳成發) called the partnership a "golden opportunity" that would bridge regional divides through "concerted media collaboration," acknowledging challenges including "language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and differing political landscapes." Contemporary World Magazine Director General Lu Xuejun (盧學…
China, Laos, Myanmar
In September 2017, thirteen journalists from Laos and Myanmar participated in a two-week seminar in Beijing focused on China's development, media roles, and social responsibility. The closing ceremony was held on September 28, 2017, attended by Zhao Lijun (赵立军), Director of the China International Publishing Group (中国外文局) Training Center. The seminar aimed "to enhance the traditional friendship and cooperation between China and the two ASEAN member countries," according to the Lao News Agency (KPL). Officials briefed participants on China's development policies and achievements since its 1978 economic reforms. Zhao stated that the Belt …
Italy
On July 25, 2017, Chinese Ambassador Li Ruiyu (李瑞宇) met with Enrico Rondoni, Deputy Director of TG5, an Italian television news channel owned by Mediaset Italia S.P.A. During the meeting, Li presented exchanges and achievements between Italy and China in politics, commerce, culture, and technology. Li expressed hope that TG5 would enhance coverage of China's economic development to give Italians "a more complete and objective idea of China." Rondoni has served
France
Nouvelles d'Europe (歐洲時報), established in 1983, partnered with Shanghai's Xinmin Evening News (新民晚報) to launch Europe Weekly (歐洲聯合週報) in Paris in February 2005. The weekly newspaper published on Saturdays and said it focused on "helping Chinese integrate into mainstream European society" and providing information about "development opportunities in China." The paper described itself as combining "knowledge, entertainment, interactivity, and practicality" with sections on …
Serbia
China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed four cooperation agreements with Serbian media and cultural institutions on May 8, 2024, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Serbia. CMG Director and Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) signed agreements with Serbia's Presidential Media Relations Department, Politika newspaper, Radio Television of Serbia, and the Ministry of Culture. The agreements were witnessed by Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Officials said the agreements would promote "people-to-people…
Hungary
On May 10, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed agreements with two Hungarian institutions during President Xi Jinping's (習近平) state visit to Hungary. The agreements were signed by Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party and director of China Media Group, with the Hungarian Media Services Support and Asset Management Fund and the Hungarian Tourism Agency. …
China, Malaysia
China's National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) and Malaysia's Ministry of Communications signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding on September 26, 2024. The agreement aimed to "deepen practical cooperation" in areas including content creation, program exchange, and technological development while addressing challenges and opportunities brought by new technologies to traditional broadcasting. Meeting in Beijing during the 50th anniversary year of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations, China's broadcasting chief Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) met with Malaysian Comm…
Sweden
Nordic Chinese Times was launched in 2009 by He Ru (何儒), a native of Guangxi who arrived in Sweden in 2006 and is now president of the Copenhagen-based Nordic-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (北欧中国商会). He Ru told China’s official state broadcaster CCTV in 2019 that after arriving in Sweden, he realized that “it was hard to find news about China in the local media, and if there was news, it was largely negative.” He launched the Nordic Chinese Times the next year, urging his colleagues, according to the CCTV report, to “stick to the principle of impartiality.” While there is no evidence that the outlet is ope…
Cambodia
Apsara Media Services (AMS) is a Cambodian multimedia television organization that operates Apsara TV11 and describes itself as a "newly formed" multimedia channel aimed at establishing itself in the online media industry. The company is headquartered in Phnom Penh and operates from the Khemrany Building on Fine Arts Street. AMS states its mission is to "provide high-quality content" to audiences across Cambodia and internationally, with a vision to "become the leading innovative broadcasting platform" that produces quality content. The organization produces content in the form of videos, articles, and programs for educational and entertainment purp…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Television or BTV ( বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন (বিটিভি)) was established on December 25, 1964, originally as Pakistan Television in East Pakistan before being renamed after Bangladesh's independence in 1971. The state-owned network operates two main stations - BTV Dhaka and BTV Chittagong, with the Chittagong station established in 1996 - along with fourteen relay stations nationwide and BTV News. The network relies on revenue from license fees imposed on all households, though this has proven insufficient to cover operational …
China
The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party serves as the local leadership organ for the Communist Party in Shanghai. The committee wields significant political influence, with its secretary traditionally being a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Political Bureau. The municipality has historically produced numerous high-ranking national leaders — including two General Secretaries, Jiang Zemin (江泽民) and Xi Jinping (习近平), and two premiers, Zhu Rongji (朱镕基) and Li Qiang (李强) — and other top national officials.…
Laos
The Lao Chinese Chamber of Commerce was established on July 29, 2015, after receiving approval from Laos' Ministry of Industry and Trade. Initially proposed in 2011 by Lin Zhenchao (林振潮), then-chairman of the Vientiane Chinese Council, the organization was formally launched in 2014-2015 under the leadership of Zhang Mingqiang (張明強) as its first president. Based in the Longbasha Villa district, the Chamber claimed it would serve as a platform to "unite overseas Chinese businesspeople" and "contribute to China's Belt and Road Initiative." The organization said it aimed to facilitate Sino-Lao business cooperation under t…
China
The Central Propaganda Department (中共中央宣傳部) is the internal office within the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party charged with ideology dissemination, media control and the coordination of propaganda both across China and toward the outside world. The office exercises direct leadership over China's media control system, including the issuing of "guidance" to newspapers, magazines and online outlets as well as the radio, television, publishing and film industries --- ensuring that all outlets, products and initiatives align with party policies. The CPD
