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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Overeall

Overeall Score

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Original Score | 1 / 44

Ranking & Scores
Rank
Country
Score
1
Taiwan
36/44
2
Canada
34/44
3
Peru
30/44
4
Australia
28/44
4
Germany
28/44
6
United Kingdom
27/44
7
Philippines
24/40
8
Cambodia
26/44
9
Nigeria
25/44
9
South Africa
25/44
11
Singapore
22/40
12
Ghana
24/44
12
Thailand
24/44
14
Kenya
21/40
15
Indonesia
23/44
15
New Zealand
23/44
15
Pakistan
23/44
18
Kazakhstan
20/40
18
Spain
22/44
18
United States
22/44
21
Italy
21/44
22
Malaysia
20/44
23
Chile
18/40
24
France
14/36
25
Bulgaria
17/44
25
Gambia
17/44
27
Georgia
16/44
27
Kyrgyzstan
16/44
27
Panama
16/44
27
South Korea
16/44
27
Tanzania
16/44
27
Venezuela
16/44
33
Lebanon
14/40
34
Turkey
15/44
35
Argentina
14/44
36
Egypt
11/40
37
Albania
12/44
37
Finland
12/44
37
Mexico
12/44
40
Costa Rica
11/44
40
India
11/44
40
Slovakia
10/40
40
Tajikistan
11/44
40
Ukraine
10/40
40
Zambia
10/40
46
Romania
10/44
46
Sierra Leone
10/44
48
Japan
9/40
48
Serbia
9/40
50
Czech Republic
9/44
50
Jordan
9/44
50
Turkmenistan
9/44
53
Greece
8/40
53
Hungary
8/40
55
Senegal
8/44
55
Uruguay
8/44
57
Poland
7/40
58
Bosnia and Herzegovina
7/44
58
Estonia
7/44
60
Latvia
6/40
60
Sweden
6/40
62
Afghanistan
6/44
62
Austria
6/44
62
Bangladesh
6/44
62
Nicaragua
6/44
66
Belgium
5/44
67
Bolívia
4/40
67
Vietnam
4/40
69
Colombia
4/44
69
Moldova
4/44
69
Montenegro
4/44
69
Uzbekistan
4/44
73
Netherlands
3/36
74
Azerbaijan
2/36
74
Ecuador
2/36
76
Belarus
2/40
76
Brazil
2/40
78
Lithuania
2/44
79
Armenia
0/44
79
Ethiopia
0/40
79
North Macedonia
0/40
79
Paraguay
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.

38/ 80

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2 countries chose this answer :

Greece, Ecuador

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4 countries chose this answer :

Australia, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Italy

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

2 countries chose this answer :

Canada, Germany

80 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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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).

42/ 81

Affected Countries

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

Netherlands

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4 countries chose this answer :

Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Pakistan

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

1 countries chose this answer :

Cambodia

81 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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03.In my country, there are journalists, media organizations or online influencers who have attended all-expenses paid media tours in PRC.

56/ 71

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1/ Few, but insignificant

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

5 countries chose this answer :

Thailand, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Albania, Belgium

4/ More than a few, and significant

71 countries answered this indicator; 11 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.

42/ 79

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Skipped

3 countries chose this answer :

Chile, Japan, Serbia

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

2 countries chose this answer :

Taiwan, Afghanistan

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

79 countries answered this indicator; 3 countries skipped this indicator

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

57/ 81

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

Netherlands

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

7 countries chose this answer :

Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, United States, Gambia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Spain

4/ More than a few, and significant

81 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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06.In my country, there are local media outlets wholly or partly owned by PRC citizens or corporations.

36/ 80

Affected Countries

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Skipped

2 countries chose this answer :

Kazakhstan, France

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

3 countries chose this answer :

Australia, Japan, Italy

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

0 countries chose this answer :

80 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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07.In my country, there are media outlets that have delivered cheap or free contents provided by PRC state-fund media.

57/ 79

Affected Countries

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Skipped

3 countries chose this answer :

Zambia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

6 countries chose this answer :

Georgia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Albania, Latvia, Pakistan

4/ More than a few, and significant

7 countries chose this answer :

Australia, Kazakhstan, Peru, Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Spain

79 countries answered this indicator; 3 countries skipped this indicator

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08.In my country, there are regular PRC state-media or government advertisements inserted within local newspapers, online news websites or social media.

43/ 81

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

Singapore

1/ Few, but insignificant

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

7 countries chose this answer :

Australia, Indonesia, Estonia, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Italy

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

8 countries chose this answer :

Taiwan, Chile, Peru, Canada, United Kingdom, Turkey, Zambia, Pakistan

81 countries answered this indicator; 1 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 denouncement, revocation of journalist ID, denial of visa.

24/ 81

Affected Countries

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Effect

Effect evaluates the degree of accommodations the target country makes to the PRC, and the actual effects and impacts on the target country.

10.In my country, there are incidents of media outlets censoring views critical of the PRC government.

27/ 78

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Skipped

4 countries chose this answer :

Ethiopia, Vietnam, Poland, France

1/ Few, but insignificant

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

3 countries chose this answer :

Thailand, Malaysia, Italy

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

4 countries chose this answer :

Taiwan, Peru, Canada, Pakistan

78 countries answered this indicator; 4 countries skipped this indicator

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11.In my country, there are media personalities (including reporters, journalists or commentators) or celebrities who deny the existence of human rights abuses in the PRC (e.g. a media personality that doubts there are re-education camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang).

36/ 80

Affected Countries

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Skipped

2 countries chose this answer :

Kenya, Belarus

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4 countries chose this answer :

Zambia, France, Italy, Azerbaijan

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

5 countries chose this answer :

Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Canada, Slovakia

80 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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