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
3rd
Taiwan
34/44
3rd
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
Ghana
24/44
18th
Nicaragua
24/44
20th
Algeria
22/44
20th
Egypt
22/44
22nd
Uganda
19/40
23rd
Argentina
20/44
23rd
United Kingdom
20/44
25th
Nepal
19/44
26th
Slovakia
18/44
27th
Mongolia
17/44
27th
United States
17/44
29th
Bulgaria
16/44
29th
New Zealand
16/44
29th
Peru
16/44
29th
Tanzania
16/44
33rd
Sri Lanka
13/36
34th
Angola
14/40
35th
Costa Rica
15/44
35th
Germany
15/44
35th
Spain
15/44
35th
Jordan
15/44
35th
Japan
15/44
35th
Venezuela
15/44
35th
South Africa
15/44
42nd
Armenia
14/44
42nd
Ecuador
14/44
42nd
Kazakhstan
14/44
42nd
Myanmar
14/44
42nd
Philippines
14/44
42nd
Sierra Leone
14/44
48th
Bosnia and Herzegovina
13/44
48th
Italy
13/44
48th
Poland
13/44
48th
Turkey
13/44
48th
Uruguay
13/44
53rd
Senegal
11/40
54th
Bangladesh
12/44
54th
Czech Republic
12/44
54th
Georgia
12/44
54th
South Korea
12/44
54th
Turkmenistan
12/44
59th
Democratic Republic of the Congo
10/40
59th
Ireland
11/44
59th
India
10/40
59th
Qatar
10/40
59th
Serbia
10/40
64th
Azerbaijan
10/44
64th
Latvia
10/44
64th
Russia
10/44
64th
Vietnam
10/44
68th
Ethiopia
9/44
68th
Greece
9/44
68th
Israel
9/44
71st
Mozambique
8/40
72nd
Netherlands
8/44
72nd
Portugal
8/44
74th
Romania
7/44
74th
Timor-Leste
7/44
76th
Afghanistan
6/44
76th
Austria
6/44
76th
Belgium
6/44
76th
Lebanon
6/44
80th
Belarus
5/44
80th
Hungary
5/44
80th
Mexico
5/44
80th
Saudi Arabia
5/44
80th
El Salvador
5/44
80th
Ukraine
5/44
80th
Uzbekistan
5/44
87th
Moldova
4/44
88th
Brazil
3/40
89th
Albania
3/44
89th
Colombia
3/44
89th
Finland
3/44
89th
Sweden
3/44
89th
Tajikistan
3/44
94th
Estonia
2/44
94th
Montenegro
2/44
94th
Paraguay
2/44
97th
Denmark
1/40
98th
Bolivia
1/44
98th
Lithuania
1/44
98th
North Macedonia
1/44
101st
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

37/ 101

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

51/ 99

Affected Countries

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Skipped

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

3 countries chose this answer :

Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Zimbabwe

99 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

75/ 97

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

97 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

51/ 101

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

73/ 101

Affected Countries

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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

38/ 101

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

76/ 101

Affected Countries

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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

39/ 98

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

5 countries chose this answer :

Tanzania, Algeria, Argentina, Germany, Israel

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

98 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

31/ 100

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

59/ 100

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

100 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

38/ 100

Affected Countries

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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

100 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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