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Bangladesh
Bangladesh's Daily Sun and Xinhua News Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 20, 2025, that the parties said was aimed at strengthening cooperation to amplify the voices of the Global South through joint communication initiatives. Under the MOU, the parties will jointly establish a Global South Media News Network, publish research reports, and deepen cooperation through platforms including the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum. According to the agreement, Xinhua will host the secretariat for the partnership program, coordinating engagement between partner institutions and organizing workshops, training prog…
Bangladesh
Established in 2010, the Daily Sun is a daily broadsheet and digital platform based in capital city of Dhaka. It offers coverage of national affairs, sports, and entertainment. The outlet publishes in the English and Bengali languages. It is operated by East West Media Group PLC, a Bangladeshi media conglomerate that runs at least seven outlets, including the online newspaper Banglanews24.com. East West is under Bashundhara Group LTD, a manufacturing and real estate conglomerate run by businessman Ahmed Akbar…
China
The Honghe County Taiwan Affairs Office (紅河縣台辦) is a county-level administrative agency responsible for implementing cross-strait policies within the local-level Honghe County in Yunnan Province. Established as part of the broader Taiwan Affairs Office network that was created in 1988 under the leadership of the CCP's Central Committee and State Council, the local office manages all Taiwan-related policies, including personnel exchanges, seminars, and international visits. The office coordinates with the…
Kenya
98.4 Capital FM is a Kenyan urban music radio station established in 1996, shortly after the liberalization of Kenyan airwaves, becoming the second FM station after 101.9 Metro FM. Based in Two Rivers mall in Nairobi, the station operates on 98.4 MHz frequency with repeaters across Kenya including Western Kenya (93.0), Nakuru (98.5), Mombasa (98.4), Nyeri (98.5), and Meru (103.9). The station targets middle-class and upper-class audiences with programming that includes hip hop, R&B, rock, neo soul, jazz, and dance music. Capital FM gained international atte…
Kenya
On August 11, 2025, Capital FM, a leading Kenyan media house with strong radio broadcasting and digital journalism presence, signed a content-sharing agreement with China Daily in Nairobi, Kenya. The partnership allows the Kenyan radio broadcaster to republish China Daily articles on its website and co-produce short videos for digital platforms. The agreement includes promoting content across the social media channels of both organizations. Capital FM Managing Director Symon Bargurei described the collaboration as "a milestone" in delivering "diverse, high-quality, and globally relevant content," while China Daily Africa circulation manager Ken…
Taiwan
On August 6-10, 2025, in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the Taiwan Affairs Office of Yunnan People's Government (雲南省人民政府台灣事務辦公室) and the Honghe Prefectural Taiwan Affairs Office (紅河州台辦) hosted an official media visit that brought together 17 Taiwanese new media practitioners and 8 mainland journalists in what organizers described as promoting "cross-strait family bonds" (兩岸一家親). The event, "Hearts Connected Across the Strait, Yunnan-Taiwan Together" (第三屆"情牽兩岸·滇台同行"), included visits and cultural activities in several local counties. Official reports cited participants like "new media person" Wu Minwen (吳旻文), who appears nowhere in Taiwan's media or social media landscape, claiming th…
China
The Taiwan Affairs Office of Yunnan People's Government (雲南省人民政府台灣事務辦公室) is a provincial government agency responsible for coordinating cross-strait exchanges and implementing propaganda activities in line with Chinese Communist Party objectives regarding Taiwan. Operating under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it simultaneously functions as the CCP Yunnan Committee Taiwan Work Office (中共雲南省委台灣工作辦公室), with the party designation used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan. The office serves as Yunnan Province's centralized management department for Taiwan-related affairs, reporting to both the provincial party committee and government while implementing guidelines set…
United States
Beginning in November 2016, the Washington Post regularly ran the "China Watch" printed insert of China's government-run China Daily in the pages of its newspaper, accepting advertising payments from China Daily USA in return. The paid supplements were designed to look like news articles, but were vehicles for pro-China propaganda. According to filings by China Daily with the US Justice Department, the Washington Post accepted 4.6 million dollars for the inserts between 2016 and April 2020. …
United States
A four-page China Daily supplement in the Sunday Des Moines Register in September 2018 sought to undermine Iowa farm support for President Donald Trump's trade war with China, according to political experts. The Chinese government-backed English-language newspaper's insert highlighted mutual U.S.-China trade benefits …
China, Taiwan
On August 14, 2025, in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (中華全國台灣同胞聯誼會), a "people's organization" directly under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, launched its 2025 "Cross-Strait Media Personnel Liaoning Tour" with the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Taiwan Compatriots (遼寧省台灣同胞聯誼會) as host, bringing together over 20 media representatives from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong for a seven-day itinerary. According to Yang Yizhou (楊毅周), vice chairman of the federation, participants visited historical sites including the September 18 Historical Museum (九一八歷史博物館), commemorating Japan's 1931 invasion of Manchuri…
Austria
The All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會) signed a cooperation memorandum with the Association of Overseas Chinese Media in Europe (歐洲華文傳媒協會) on December 2, 2024, during a delegation visit to Austria. The agreement establishes frameworks for joint exchange visits, news interviews, external communication, news seminars, and cultural activities between the organizations. The memorandum also creates an overseas Chinese media "journalists' home" to support Chinese media professionals in Europe. The All-China Journalists Association, a…
Indonesia
The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises of Indonesia ( Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara) is the Indonesian government body responsible for overseeing the nation's state-owned enterprises. Established in 1998 with Tanri Abeng as the first minister, it manages 114 state-owned enterprises and 28 subsidiaries across 12 sectors as of December 2019. The ministry's mandate includes formulating strategic business initiatives, strengthening competitiveness, enhancing performance, and creating sustainable growth for state enterprises. Its primary role is to assist the president in managing government affairs related to state-owned companies, w…
Indonesia
The Chinese Embassy in Indonesia (中華人民共和國駐印度尼西亞共和國大使館) serves as the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China in Jakarta, representing one of the most complex bilateral relationships in Southeast Asia. China and Indonesia established diplomatic relations on April 13, 1950, making Indonesia the first ASEAN country to recognize the PRC. However, diplomatic ties were suspended on October 30, 1967, following the September 30, 1965, coup attempt that led to the rise of President Suharto's New Order regime. After 23 years of frozen relations, bilateral ties were restored on August 8, 1990, whe…
Singapore
On September 8, 2012, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying (傅瑩) gave an interview to Singapore's The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao (聯合早報) during her official visit. Fu employed typical Chinese diplomatic rhetoric, emphasizing "mutual benefit," "win-win cooperation," and "peaceful development" while describing China-ASEAN relations as "extraordinary." She positioned China as exercising "self-restraint" on South China Sea disputes while arguing other parties made "provocations." She framed China's military modernization as necessary for "peacefu…
Singapore
The Straits Times is Singapore's flagship English-language daily newspaper, established on 15 July 1845 by Armenian businessman Catchick Moses. Originally titled The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce, it became a daily in 1858 and is regarded as Singapore's newspaper of record with the country's most extensive circulation. Under Editor-in-Chief Wong Wei Kong (黃偉光), the publication maintains 16 international bureaus providing comprehensive coverage of Asian and global news alongside local affairs. The Straits Times launched its website on 1 January 1994, becoming among the first newspa…
Hungary
China's Xinhua News Agency (新華社) and Hungary's ATV Media Group signed a memorandum of understanding on May 2, 2024, in Budapest to strengthen cooperation across multiple levels, including news and information exchanges and personnel communications. Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華) and ATV CEO Tamas Kovacs jointly signed the agreement during the 75th anniversary year of China-Hungary diplomatic relations, just days before President Xi Jinping's state visit to Hungary. Fu stated that Xinhua was willing to work with ATV to consolidate "the bridge of friendship" of China-Hungary cultural exchanges and enhance cooperation in new media tech…
China
Iranian Mehr Media Group and China's Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum of understanding on October 14, 2024, during the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, China. The agreement aims to expand media cooperation, strengthen information exchange, and develop collaboration in media technologies. Mehr Media Group, which includes Mehr News Agency and the English-language Tehran Times, also published the Farsi translation of Xinhua's "Humanomics in the New Era" report du…
Iran
The Islamic Development Organization (سازمان تبلیغات اسلامی), also known as the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO), is an Iranian religious and cultural organization established on June 22, 1981, following a decree by Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini (روحالله خمینی) after the 1979 Revolution. Created in 1981 to promote the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, the organization operates under the direct supervision of Iran's Supreme Leader as an independent legal entity. IIDO oversees several media outlets, including the English-language Tehran Times, Mehr News Agency (established June …
Argentina, Barbados, Burundi, China, Philippines, Russia
On December 2, 2023, China's state news agency Xinhua News Agency (新華社) signed cooperation agreements with multiple foreign media outlets and institutions during the 5th World Media Summit in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. The agreements, covering news exchanges, personnel visits, and integrated media development, were signed by Fu Hua (傅華), president of Xinhua News Agency, alongside representatives from Argentina, the Philippines, Russia, Burundi, and Barbados. María Bernarda Llorente, president of Argentina's state news agency Télam, described the agreement as having "great significance" for …
Philippines
The Philippine News Agency (PNA) is the Philippine government's official web-based newswire service, established on March 1, 1973. Initially operating with teletype machines and typewriters, PNA has evolved into an internet-based news service providing coverage of government policies, activities, and programs. The agency operates with 19 reporters and correspondents in Metro Manila and maintains 16 provincial bureaus that submit content to its central desk in Quezon City around the clock. Under President Rodrigo Duterte's administration beginning in June 2016, PNA received significant modernization support, including fiber optic connections and equipm…
