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Nigeria
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Nigeria is China's chief diplomatic mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, located in Abuja. The mission's origins trace to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Nigeria on February 10, 1971, when Nigeria recognized the People's Republic of China, making it one of the early African nations to establish diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China during the Cold War era. The embassy is currently located in Abuja, Nigeria. The…
UK
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) was established on February 7, 2023, during Rishi Sunak's premiership, merging the former Department for International Trade with business-focused responsibilities from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy. Led by Secretary of State Jonathan Reynolds, the DBT focuses on economic growth, business support, international trade promotion, market competition, economic security, and regulatory reform. The department successfully finalized the UK's entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in April 2023 and began trade negotiations with Switzerland in May 2023. The Minister of State for…
Cambodia
The Phnom Penh Media Network is a Cambodian Chinese-language news website operated by Phnom Penh Evening News Media Company and sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (柬埔寨中國商會). The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia opened its Phnom Penh office in March 2022, though the organization has existed for approximately 15 years with about 150 corporate members from mainland China. The organization claims it aims to serve as an "authoritative, comprehensive, and effici…
Italy
Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 was established on December 9, 2019, to organize, promote, and publicize sporting and cultural events for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The foundation operates under the provisions of the Olympic Charter, the International Olympic Committee's Code of Ethics. …
China
The China Association for Science and Technology (中國科學技術協會) describes itself as "the largest non-governmental organization of scientific and technological professionals in China," though it explicitly "serves as a bridge that links the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese government to the country's science and technology community." Its sponsoring institution is the State Council of China, the central government. Founded in September 1958 through the merger of two scientific organizations, CAST maintains ties with millions of scientists and engine…
South Korea
The JoongAng Ilbo (중앙일보), meaning "Central Daily" (中央日報), is one of South Korea's three largest newspapers and a newspaper of record founded on September 22, 1965, by Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul. Originally owned by Samsung until 1999, the Seoul-based daily pioneered horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist investigative reporting teams in Korean journalism. The paper publishes an English edition, Korea JoongAng Daily, and operates international editions across the Americas. As part of JoongAng Group, it owns broadcast station JTBC and cinema chain Megabox. Critics have
Hong Kong
Ya Zhou Wen Hua Enterprises Ltd (was created in 1980. The Hong Kong-based corporation also controls the Nouvelle d'Europe (European Times), a newspaper and online media conglomerate which is connected to the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party and is core to the PRC's media network building and external communication, particularly in Europe. According to Hong Kong registration documents sourced by the CMP research team, all five shareholders of the Hong Kong corporation have ties to the United Front Work Department or the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. …
China
China Economic Information Service(中國經濟信息社), abbreviated as CEIS, is an economic information service enterprise under Xinhua News Agency (新華社). Established in October 1989 and restructured in April 2016, CEIS has become China's most authoritative economic information service institution with the broadest service areas and most comprehensive information types. With information collection points covering 180 countries and regions and branches in 30 Chinese provinces, CEIS claimed it "serves over 130,000 institutional users and 39 million individual users globally." The company built several national platforms, including Xinhua Finance…
Bangladesh
East West Media Group PLC identifies itself as Bangladesh's largest media house and operates as a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group LTD, a property and manufacturing conglomerate run by businessman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan. Since its 2009 founding, the media house has built a portfolio including Bangladesh's two most widely circulated Bangla newspapers — Bangladesh Pratidin and Kaler Kantho — the English-language Daily Sun, and the bilingual portal banglanews24.com. In August 2025, the Daily Sun engaged with China's official X…
Finland
Helsingin Sanomat (赫尔辛基日报), abbreviated HS and colloquially known as Hesari, is Finland's largest subscription newspaper and the Nordic region's most circulated daily publication, established in 1889 as Päivälehti and operating under its current name since 1905. Headquartered in Helsinki and owned by Sanoma media group, the newspaper claims to serve as Finland's newspaper of record. The publication positions itself as politically independent and non-aligned since 1932, having previously served as the organ of the Young Finnish Party.…
Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Zimbabwe that was created in March 2018 under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. The current ministry operates from the 20th Floor of the Mukwati Building in Harare and has a mission to promote sustainable development and inclusive participation in sports, recreation, arts and culture for all Zimbabwean citizens. Its core functions include formulating policy frameworks for cultural and creative industries, establishing governance structures to attract investment, and administering revolving funds to stimul…
Cambodia
58cam.com (柬单网) was established in 2014 by Guangzhou Cambodian Information Technology Co., Ltd. (广州市柬单网信息科技有限公司). The platform was created by Liu Hongfei (刘洪飞). It claims to serve Chinese residents in Cambodia through multiple channels. The platform offers a wide range of Chinese news content from PRC media, with limited content from state media sources, and also aggregates news from local Cambodian sources. It also includes sections for mutual assistance among Chinese nationals, job recruitment, house rentals, second-hand transactions, and business yellow pages. …
China
Founded in 1983, the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (辽宁省台湾同胞联谊会) is identified in official sources as a "patriotic people's organization" (民众团体) under the direct leadership of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CCP. Like it's parent chapter at the national level, the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (中华全国台湾同胞联谊会), the Liaoning chapter describes itself as serving as "a bridge and belt for the provincial CCP committee and government in connecting with Taiwan compatriots." It serves as a key vehicle at the provincial level, working closely with the national organization, to promote official CCP agendas including the "reunification" of China and Taiwan, a…
Greece
Kathimerini is a Greek conservative newspaper founded on September 15, 1919, by George A. Vlahos. Based in Athens, this broadsheet maintains a legacy of reliability and prestige alongside a strong digital presence. Originally established as strongly anti-Venizelist, it was later owned by his daughter Helen Vlachos before being acquired by the Alafouzos family in 1988. Kathimerini publishes in both Greek and English, with its English edition distributed exclusively with the International New York Times in Greece and Cyprus. Though historically conservative, the newspaper now represents broader center-right perspectives …
Belarus
Belteleradio Company, officially known as the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, is Belarus's state-controlled broadcasting monopoly that operates seven television channels and five radio stations. Established in 1994, the company has been under international sanctions since 2022 for its role in supporting the Lukashenko regime through propaganda dissemination and repression of civil society. Following the disputed 2020 presidential elections, Belteleradio dismissed protesting media workers and replaced them with Russian personnel, effectively becoming an instrument of stat…
China
The International Poverty Reduction Center in China was established in May 2005 through a joint initiative between the Chinese government, United Nations Development Programme, and other international organizations. Originally operating as a direct subsidiary of China's State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, the center now functions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs following government
China
The Xinhua News Agency National High-End Think Tank (新华社国家高端智库), abbreviated as NCR, is the only media-focused institution among China's national high-end think tanks. According to its organizational structure, it operates through six specialized centers focusing on areas including national strategy, world affairs, economic research, communication strategy, public policy, and public opinion. The think tank claims to conduct "forward-looking, strategic, and reserve research" on major domestic and international issues, with an emphasis on policy research. In 2019, it established the "Belt and Road" International Think Tank Cooperation Committee, which it says includes more than 130 think ta…
Laos
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (老撾人民革命黨) emerged in 1955 from the remnants of the Indochinese Communist Party, leading a two-decade insurgency against the Royal Lao Government while supporting North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War. After seizing power in 1975, the party initially pursued Soviet-style central planning before embracing market reforms in the 1980s, influenced by changes in China and Vietnam. Operating under Leninist democratic centralism, the LPR…
China
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency, the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Yunnan government jointly hosted the 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum in Kunming, Yunnan Province from September 6-10, gathering 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from more than 260 media outlets across 110 countries. Making the broader diplomatic objectives of the forum clear, Hu Heping (胡和平), a deputy director of the CCP's Central Propaganda Department, told attendees that China's
United States
The United Nations Department of Global Communications serves as the organization's storytelling arm, operating across 60 countries to communicate the UN's mission through multiple platforms and traditional media. The department says that it reaches millions globally with trusted, objective information that promotes understanding of UN work among the public, civil society, private sector, and member states. Embodying the UN's multilingual principles, it communicates in more than 80 languages to extend impact worldwide. Through what it calls "inclusive messaging and comprehensive outreach," the department claims to build support for UN aims while enabling "different actors to take concerte…
