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Thailand
The Sing Sian Yer Pao, also known as The Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News, is a Chinese-language newspaper based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded on June 23, 1950. Originally published in traditional Chinese characters, it switched to simplified Chinese after 2010. In November 2013, the newspaper formed a partnership with China's Southern Media Group. As of February 2016, the paper was priced at 5 baht in Bangkok and 6 baht elsewhere in Thailand. The newspaper operates from its headquarters on Silom Road in Bangkok's Samphanthawong district, continuing its long tradition of serving Thailand's Chinese-language readers.…
Cambodia
The Cambodia China Times (柬中時報) was launched as an online-only digital venture by Phlong Vichet after leaving the Commercial News. Vichet, who had worked at Chinese-language newspapers in Cambodia for over a decade, soft-launched the platform in January 2018 to serve the growing Chinese investor and tourist community. The publication received its news website operating license from Cambodia's Ministry of Information on February 8, 2018, making it the first new media outlet established by Cambodian Chinese. The platform launched mobile applications for …
Cambodia
TNAOT, which literally translates "Cambodia Headlines App," was developed by Guangdong Mengxun Technology Co. (广东盟讯科技有限公司) through the local Cambodian company Koh Thmey Technology Co. Ltd. TNAOT is described as a media platform serving Chinese residents and local users in Cambodia. The app claimed to offer "news aggregation, lifestyle information, and business services" in Chinese, English, and Khmer languages. Features reportedly included utility services like "mobile top-up and real-time Khmer translation," real estate listings, job postings, and news about "China-Cambodia trends." The platform said it functioned as a "self-media crea…
Iran
Mehr Media Group, comprising Mehr News Agency and The Tehran Times, represents one of Iran's prominent state-affiliated media organizations. The Tehran Times was established in 1979, coinciding with the Islamic Revolution, while the broader media group operates under the Islamic Development Organization's umbrella. The organization maintains offices across Iran's 31 provinces and select neighboring countries, positioning itself as what its materials describe as "the voice of the oppressed all around the world." According to their self-description, the group aims to "spread the ideals of the Islamic revolution" and serve a…
Japan
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan is China's chief diplomatic mission to Japan, located in Moto-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo. The mission's origins trace to the 1964 establishment of the China-Japan Memorandum of Understanding Trade Office Liaison Office, initially named the "Liao Chengzhi Liaison Office in Tokyo." Following the 1972 normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, marked by Premier Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's joint statement in Beijing, the embassy officially opened on February 1, 1973. It initially operated from temporary offices …
Ethiopia
The African Union is a continental body comprising 55 member states from across Africa. Founded on July 9, 2002, in Durban, South Africa, it succeeded the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999). The AU was established to shift focus from decolonization to increased cooperation and integration among African states to drive economic development. Its vision is "An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena." The AU works through several decision-making organs including the Assembly of Heads of State, the Executive Council, and the African Union Commission. Its lon…
Botswana
Africa Chinese Media Group, based in Botswana, southern Africa, is a subsidiary of Global Max Media Group (Pty) Ltd (環球廣域傳媒集團), a conglomerate with close links to the Chinese state. The group claims, alongside its parent, to be Africa's media company with the "most platforms, languages, and broadest coverage" (媒體平台最多、語種最全、覆蓋面最廣的媒體公司), headquartered in Gaborone with three operational centers across the continent covering most African countries. The company positions itself as building "regional mainstream media" (區域性強力主流媒體) to "spread Chinese culture and enhance China's overseas image" (傳播中國文化、提升中國在海外形象). Its operations span multilingual broadcasting, video production, digital media, print…
Tanzania
The Media Council of Tanzania (坦桑尼亞媒體委員會) is Tanzania's primary media regulatory body, implementing program strategies with explicit components on research, policy analysis and documentation while handling ethics complaints from organizations and the public. The Council conducts research to enlighten the public on critical media subjects and examines policy impacts on freedom of expression as a basic human right, engaging consultants including sociologists and experienced journalists to prepare terms of reference for "supporting the journalism profession in Tanzania." The organization also processes ethics complaints such as Legal and Human Rights Center allegations against The Citize…
Italy
TG5 or TeleGiornale 5 is the flagship news program of Italy's Canale 5, broadcasting from Rome as part of the Mediaset network. The program launched on January 13, 1992, under founding director Enrico Mentana, who created the newscast alongside journalists including Lamberto Sposini, Clemente J. Mimun, Emilio Carelli, Cesara Buonamici, and Cristina Parodi. The program evolved from earlier regional news coverage, including Video 5 (1980) and Canale 5 News (19…
Malaysia
The Malaysian National News Agency, or Bernama, is Malaysia's official government news agency established under the Bernama Act 1967 and commenced operations on May 20, 1968. Operating as an autonomous statutory body under the Ministry of Communications, Bernama provides real-time news and information services in multiple languages including Malay, English, Chinese, Tamil, Spanish, and Arabic. Bernama maintains branche…
Singapore
SPH Media Limited (华文媒体集团) is a Singapore-based media organization formed in 2021 following the restructuring of Singapore Press Holdings’ media business into a not-for-profit entity. It publishes news and lifestyle content across digital and print platforms in multiple languages, including The Straits Times, first published on 15 July 1845 and recognized as Singapore’s oldest newspaper by the National Library Board. With 42 media brands and 15 overseas bureaus, SPH Media plays a central role in Singapore’s media landscape, maintaining clo…
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…
Solomon Islands
Studio Homegrown Productions, a Solomon Islands media entity founded in 2004 by Karl Tokuro Vaekesa, initially operated as "Pink Moskito Net Production" before being renamed "Homegrown Productions" later that year and subsequently registered as Studio Homegrown Productions. Based in Naha 3, East Honiara, the company specializes in music videos, cultural content, and multimedia production services promoting "homegrown music, cultures, stories, and lifestyle of Solomon Islanders." The studio maintains a significant digital presence with 80,000 Facebook followers and 40,000 YouTube subscribers. Va…
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…
Bangladesh
The Financial Express is an English-language daily newspaper established in 1993 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and describes itself as the "First Financial Daily in Bangladesh." Owned by International Publications Limited, the publication was Bangladesh's second-largest English-language newspaper as of 2021, focusing primarily on business and economic issues including international economic news. Founding editor AHM Moazzem Hossain, a Bangladeshi journalist, led the publication until his death in 2018, with the newspaper experiencing significant losses during the COVID-19 pandemic…
