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China
On April 14, 2024, the State Council Information Office (國務院新聞辦公室), together with the China International Communications Group (中國外文局) and the propaganda office of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region CCP Committee, hosted the Silk Road Economic Belt Joint Construction Countries' Media Head Seminar (絲綢之路經濟帶共建國家媒體負責人研討班), bringing 26 media figures, writers, and scholars from 21 countries to tour Urumqi, Kashgar, and the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. Addressing participants in Urumqi, Ma Xingrui (馬興瑞), then Xinjiang's CCP secretary, said the party would "to the gr…
Turkey
Yeni Neşriyat A.Ş. is the Istanbul-based publishing company that owns and operates Millî Gazete, a Turkish daily newspaper that describes itself as representing Millî Görüş ("National View"), the movement founded by Necmettin Erbakan whose political vehicles have been characterized by Britannica as Islamist. Company filings listed on the paper's own masthead iden…
Spain
Mundo Obrero ("Workers' World") is the official publication of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), first published on August 23, 1930, shortly after the fall of Spain's Primo de Rivera dictatorship. Under the Franco dictatorship the paper was repeatedly suppressed; according to Público, imprisoned PCE militants handwrote miniature, illustrated copies of the paper and smuggled them out of Francoist prisons for clandestine distribution. It returned to open circulation after the PCE's legal…
China
China International Publishing Center, or CIPC, is one of 22 brands operating under the China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團), focusing on translating, editing, and publishing the CCP's documents to promote and align with "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" to overseas audiences. The center also organizes programs facilitating international communication,…
Turkey
Millî Gazete ("National Newspaper") is a Turkish-language daily newspaper first published on January 12, 1973, in Istanbul's Cağaloğlu district, according to the paper's own account of its founding (archive pending — see note above). The paper has identified itself with Millî Görüş ("National View"), an Islamist political movement whose flagship parties were twice dissolved by Turkey's courts — the National Salvation Party, banned in 1981, and the
Italy
On July 19, 2026, the Association of Overseas Chinese Media in Europe (歐洲華文傳媒協會), also known as the “Chinese Media Association in Europe,” organized a large-scale media exchange event in Milan, Italy, inviting 80 representatives from over 40 outlets across more than 20 European countries, according to People's Daily Online, a web portal operated by the Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily. The event, called the “European Chinese Media Forum” (第十五屆歐洲華文傳媒論壇), was hosted by the Italy-based Chinese-language newspaper
Italy
European Chinese News (歐洲華人報) is a Milan-based, Chinese-language weekly that publishes every Monday. As of July 2026, the outlet was led by chairwoman Angela Zhou (周小燕), a Wenzhou-born entrepreneur whose wider conglomerate, Milan Huaxia Group (米蘭華夏集團), also spans restaurants, a winery, and fashion ventures. The paper, founded in 2004, covers a broad range of topics, such as international news, China news, Italy-Europe news, sports, lifestyle, tech, Chinese-community updates, local news, and military affairs, the majority of which are direct republishings of China News Service’s ar…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with National Media Group (國家媒體集團), which Chinese state media described as owning multiple major Russian media outlets and handling external-facing information dissemination. According to Xinhua, the agreement covers the exchange of news and information products and mutual visits by pers…
China, Russia
Between May 20 and 22, 2026, timed to Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, RT and China Media Group's CCTV jointly premiered a three-episode documentary titled The Last Strike (最後一擊), known in Russian as Последний удар, about the Soviet Union's August 1945 Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation against Japan's Kwantung Army in the closing days of World War II. According to CCTV, the documentary was produced to "promote a correct view of World War II history and safeguard international fairness and justice," framing the operation as a case of Soviet-Chinese "coordinated combat" that helped end the war, and des…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, National Media Group (國家媒體集團) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, agreed to expand cooperation on coverage of events related to Russia, China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a China- and Russia-led regional grouping. The two sides also agreed to establish a direct communication mechanism between their editors-in-chief to coordinate coverage of what …
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency and Gazprom-Media Holding (俄羅斯天然氣傳媒控股股份公司), one of Russia's largest media conglomerates spanning television, radio, print and digital platforms, signed a memorandum on vocational and professional training for media personnel. The agreement provides for a systematic exchange of experience between journalists, editors and media specialists from the two countries, including joint educational programs, seminars, internships and mutual participation in conferences. Gazp…
China
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum with Russia's state news agency TASS (塔斯社) agreeing to hold a series of activities marking the 70th anniversary of their cooperative relationship. The agreement was one of four documents signed between Xinhua and Russian media that day, all included among the official list of outcome documents from the
China
On July 16, 2026, representatives of 29 countries, including China, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Brazil, signed an agreement in Shanghai establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (世界人工智能合作組織), or WAICO, an intergovernmental body headquartered in Shanghai. According to the agreement, WAICO commits members to a "people-centered approach" to AI governance, language drawn from Chinese leader Xi Jinping's Global AI Governance Initiative, unveiled in October 2023, which frames Beijing as a champion of developing nations against Weste…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) president Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) and All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (全俄國家電視廣播公司) director general Oleg Dobrodeyev signed an agreement to deepen cooperation on documentaries and feature reporting, witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin. According to Chinese state media, the agreement covers news coverage, program production, content exchange, joint events and personnel exchange between the two broadcasters, part of a wider package of Russia-China agreements signed that day spanning science, education, fi…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum with Rossiya Segodnya (今日俄羅斯國際通訊社), Russia's principal state multimedia news agency for foreign audiences, agreeing to jointly hold the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Expert Forum. According to Xinhua's account of the agreement,…
China, Russia
On November 3, 2025, during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's visit to China, MTS Media, the Russian entertainment holding that operates the KION streaming platform and later rebranded as ON Media, and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement provided for an exchange of expertise and best media practices between the two companies, and for the joint development of special projects dedicated to strengthening Russian-Chinese cooperation and "
China, Russia
On May 8, 2025, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia, which coincided with Moscow's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum on deepening cooperation, according to the Kremlin's official list of documents signed and adopted that day. The agreement was one of 28 such documents, which also included two joint statements on strategic partnership and global stability, and a cluster of other Russia-China media memoranda signed the same day involving National Media Gro…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Beijing, National Media Group (國家媒體集團) signed a cooperation agreement with China Daily (中國日報), the CCP's English-language state newspaper. According to National Media Group, the agreement provides for the exchange of news content and exclusive materials, along with editorial coordination on promoting shared coverage topics. The two sides also agreed to jointly promote the English-language edition of Izvestia, a National Media Group-owne…
China, Russia
On May 20, 2026, on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum of cooperation covering three areas. In mass communication, the agreement provides for joint production of news reports, thematic programs, and short videos, along with the exchange of related materials. In science, it cove…
Kenya
Kenya, an East African republic, holds regular multiparty elections, but the monitoring organization Freedom House reports that pervasive corruption and brutality by security forces remain serious problems despite a vibrant media and civil-society sector. Kenya established diplomatic relations with China in 1963, and the two governments elevated ties to a "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership" during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto to Beijing in April 2025. State-to-state…
