At our Lingua Sinica website we are mapping participants in this month's 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, held in Kunming, the capital of China's southwestern Yunnan province. Some thoughts. 1/4 lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/yun...

The 12th World Chinese Media Forum opened Sept 7 in Kunming, gathering 120+ Chinese-language media outlets from 50+ countries. Hosted by China News Service with UFWD officials present, the forum serves as a key platform for Beijing's overseas media strategy. bit.ly/4glEeTc

China just wrapped a major Global South media gathering in Yunnan (500+ participants, 110+ countries). Here's what the messaging reveals about Beijing's information warfare strategy and push for alternative global governance:

Taiwan study highlights growing digital risks facing youth, from social media addiction to privacy violations. Want to know more? Full story on Lingua Sinica. lingua-sinica.org/taiwan-study...

According to the monitoring group IORG, Chinese campaigns systematically blur foreign propaganda with local politics, doubling anti-Taiwan content—full story on the Lingua Sinica website. lingua-sinica.org/chinese-prop...

As Hong Kong's media landscape shrinks, media fight for survival. The SOPA award-winning outlet HK Feature (誌) needs 100 subscribers by October or faces closure. lingua-sinica.org/hong-kong-in...

🤝 In May last year, China's Xinhua News Agency and Hungary's ATV Media Group signed a cooperation agreement in Budapest, strengthening news exchanges & tech collaboration during the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties, ahead of Xi Jinping's state visit. 🤝 Read here: bit.ly/4mqbyL6

In October 2024, Iranian Mehr Media Group and China's Xinhua News Agency signed a cooperation agreement at the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, expanding collaboration in media technologies and information exchange. Read the detailed report here: bit.ly/3Hy4jkW

In 2017, Kabul News TV aired a 5-part China-Afghanistan Belt & Road documentary. Chinese & Afghan officials attended the launch, praising it for boosting "people-to-people" ties—CCP code for state-backed cultural influence operations. More on our website: bit.ly/46Vb0rA

IN 2021, China's Nanfang Media Group partnered with 5 Malaysian newspapers, including Kwong Wah Yit Poh, Oriental Daily & The Sun. The main focus: promoting Greater Bay Area development & the Belt and Road Initiative through content exchange & joint reporting. lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/nan...

Kenya's Star newspaper and China Daily Africa signed a content-sharing deal on July 16, 2025, in Nairobi. The agreement, officiated by Radio Africa Group CEO Martin Khafafa and China Daily Africa Director Wang Xiaodong, will feature weekly "China Watch" inserts in the Star. bit.ly/47eHJbp

The official Guangxi Daily (广西日报) has issued a bidding call for an exchange program with Vietnamese journalists—illustrating how China is using provincial-level media resources to strengthen external propaganda.