Media

The Media Domain evaluates how PRC entities influence public debate and media coverage about the PRC in the Index country.

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Ranking & Scores
Rank
Country
Score
1st
Canada
40/44
2nd
Singapore
36/44
3th
Taiwan
34/44
3th
Zimbabwe
34/44
5th
Chile
31/44
6th
Malaysia
29/44
6th
Thailand
29/44
8th
Gambia
28/44
8th
Kyrgyzstan
28/44
10th
Cambodia
27/44
10th
Pakistan
27/44
12th
Nigeria
26/44
12th
Panama
26/44
14th
Australia
25/44
14th
France
25/44
14th
Indonesia
25/44
14th
Kenya
25/44
18th
Nicaragua
24/44
19th
Algeria
22/44
19th
Egypt
22/44
21th
Uganda
19/40
22th
Argentina
20/44
22th
United Kingdom
20/44
24th
Nepal
19/44
25th
Slovakia
18/44
26th
Mongolia
17/44
26th
United States
17/44
28th
Bulgaria
16/44
28th
New Zealand
16/44
28th
Peru
16/44
31th
Sri Lanka
13/36
32th
Angola
14/40
33th
Costa Rica
15/44
33th
Germany
15/44
33th
Spain
15/44
33th
Jordan
15/44
33th
Japan
15/44
33th
Venezuela
15/44
33th
South Africa
15/44
40th
Armenia
14/44
40th
Ecuador
14/44
40th
Kazakhstan
14/44
40th
Myanmar
14/44
40th
Philippines
14/44
45th
Bosnia and Herzegovina
13/44
45th
Italy
13/44
45th
Poland
13/44
45th
Turkey
13/44
45th
Uruguay
13/44
50th
Senegal
11/40
51th
Bangladesh
12/44
51th
Czech Republic
12/44
51th
Georgia
12/44
51th
South Korea
12/44
51th
Turkmenistan
12/44
56th
Democratic Republic of the Congo
10/40
56th
Ireland
11/44
56th
India
10/40
56th
Qatar
10/40
56th
Serbia
10/40
61th
Azerbaijan
10/44
61th
Latvia
10/44
61th
Russia
10/44
61th
Vietnam
10/44
65th
Ethiopia
9/44
65th
Greece
9/44
65th
Israel
9/44
68th
Mozambique
8/40
69th
Netherlands
8/44
69th
Portugal
8/44
71th
Romania
7/44
71th
Timor-Leste
7/44
73th
Afghanistan
6/44
73th
Austria
6/44
73th
Belgium
6/44
73th
Lebanon
6/44
77th
Belarus
5/44
77th
Hungary
5/44
77th
Mexico
5/44
77th
Saudi Arabia
5/44
77th
El Salvador
5/44
77th
Ukraine
5/44
77th
Uzbekistan
5/44
84th
Moldova
4/44
85th
Brazil
3/40
86th
Albania
3/44
86th
Colombia
3/44
86th
Finland
3/44
86th
Sweden
3/44
86th
Tajikistan
3/44
91th
Estonia
2/44
91th
Montenegro
2/44
91th
Paraguay
2/44
94th
Denmark
1/40
95th
Bolivia
1/44
95th
Lithuania
1/44
95th
North Macedonia
1/44
98th
Iceland
0/44

Exposure

Exposure assesses the conditions that make the target country vulnerable to PRC‘s influence, e.g. in terms of economic dependence, or the receiving of some form of benefit.

01.In my country, there are media organizations that belong to the World Chinese Media (世界华文媒体) network.

2024

36/ 98

Affected Countries

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02.In my country, there are journalists or media organizations which are members of the Belt and Road Media Cooperation Alliance/Union, the Belt and Road News Alliance, or other Belt and Road media networks that connected to PRC (e.g. Belt and Road Media Community, Belt and Road Journalists Network, Belt and Road News Network, or B&R TV Networks).

2024

49/ 96

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2 countries chose this answer :

Uganda, Angola

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

5 countries chose this answer :

Belarus, Mongolia, Algeria, Pakistan, Australia

4/ More than a few, and significant

2 countries chose this answer :

Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe

96 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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03.In my country, journalists, media organizations, or online influencers have participated in international travel organized by PRC state-owned media or PRC-connected entities.

2024

72/ 94

Affected Countries

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Skipped

4 countries chose this answer :

Serbia, Brazil, Qatar, Sri Lanka

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4/ More than a few, and significant

94 countries answered this indicator; 4 countries skipped this indicator

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04.In my country, there are journalists, media organizations or online influencers who have received trainings from PRC state-owned media or PRC-connected entities.

2024

48/ 98

Affected Countries

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05.In my country, PRC state media (including print, radio, and video) is broadcasted or distributed in a local language.

2024

72/ 98

Affected Countries

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2/ More than a few, but insignificant

9 countries chose this answer :

Colombia, France, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Russia, Japan, United States, Germany

4/ More than a few, and significant

98 countries answered this indicator; 0 countries skipped this indicator

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06.In my country, there are local media outlets wholly or majority owned by PRC-connected individuals or entities, or media owners who have significant business interests in the PRC.

2024

37/ 98

Affected Countries

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07.In my country, media outlets have delivered content provided by PRC state-funded media, or under content-sharing agreements with PRC state-funded media.

2024

73/ 98

Affected Countries

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2/ More than a few, but insignificant

8 countries chose this answer :

France, Spain, Brazil, Poland, Mozambique, Japan, Germany, Sri Lanka

4/ More than a few, and significant

98 countries answered this indicator; 0 countries skipped this indicator

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08.In my country, local newspapers, online news websites, content farms, or social media platforms receive economic support by regularly featuring advertisements from PRC-connected entities.

2024

37/ 95

Affected Countries

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Skipped

3 countries chose this answer :

Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka

1/ Few, but insignificant

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4 countries chose this answer :

Algeria, Argentina, Germany, Israel

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

95 countries answered this indicator; 3 countries skipped this indicator

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Pressure

Pressure measures the actions that the PRC directly or indirectly exerts over the target country in order to change the behavior of people in the target country, e.g. in terms of threatening economic punishment to provoke/prevent a political decision.

09.In my country, there are journalists who have had pressure exerted on them by the PRC, including (but not limited to) public denunciation, revocation of journalist ID, denial of visa, lawsuits, or threat thereof.

2024

30/ 97

Affected Countries

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Alignment

Alignment evaluates the degree of accommodations the target country makes to the PRC, and the actual policy changes and impacts on the target country.

10.In my country, there are media organizations that describe relations with the PRC as based on friendship, brotherhood, or otherwise use emotive language that refers to the relationship in familial terms.

2024

56/ 97

Affected Countries

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

India

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

6 countries chose this answer :

Tajikistan, Lebanon, Belarus, France, Italy, Mozambique

4/ More than a few, and significant

97 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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11.In my country, there are media personalities (including reporters, journalists or commentators) or celebrities who echo PRC talking points, such as denying the existence of or whitewashing human rights abuses (e.g. a media personality who rejects that there are re-education camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang).

2024

37/ 97

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

Mozambique

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

3 countries chose this answer :

Gambia, Italy, Zimbabwe

3/ Few, but significant

12 countries chose this answer :

Jordan, Egypt, Chile, France, Slovakia, Turkey, Spain, Nigeria, Singapore, Russia, Cambodia, Australia

4/ More than a few, and significant

5 countries chose this answer :

Panama, Algeria, Kenya, Taiwan, Canada

97 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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