Media

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Supporting Evidence

According to Art. 34 of Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, "The content of the advertisement and activity referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not have any of the following:1. Any political propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party.2. Violation of any current Mainland policy or any law or regulation of the Government.3. Being contrary to the public order or good morals." In January 2nd 2018, a CCTV advertising video of the TV show "Trust In China" was broadcasted in Taipei. It was fined as it was never submitted for approval. Although there is stronger regulation on the advertisement from China, especially the government-related ones, it is challenging to regulate the embedded advertising in news coverage by laws. In 2010, Frank Wu, the member of Control Yuan (the investigatory and auditory institute of Taiwanese government), raised a corrective measures against Mainland Affairs Council. In the report, it mentioned that 2 major Taiwanese newspapers United News and China Times has embedded advertisement about multiple Chinese provinces in their news articles, and has contracts with the provincial governments for the deals. (He Qinglian, 2016, Red Infiltration: the Truth About the Global Expansion of Chinese Media, p168) In a 2012 news article, it revealed that Want Want China Times Group cooperated with the governments of Fujian Province and Xiamen City to purchase news coverage and had a concrete plan on propaganda. And in August 2019, an investigation report of Reuters revealed with proof that, China has brought at least 5 Taiwanese media, and use them to push forward their propaganda to the Taiwanese audience. From the documents that the journalist have reviewed, most of the contracts are from the Taiwan Affairs Office. But there are also a few contracts from other government sectors, such as the government of a southern province. There is also frequent exposure of the advertisement of Chinese state media on social media. Since those websites/applications are banned in China, it's clear that the ads are targeted at foreign viewers.

1. https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=Q0010001
2. https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2018-01-04/109334
3. https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2012-03-30/23697
4. https://www.rfi.fr/tw/港澳台/20190809-路透社中國在台收買五家台媒搞紅媒宣傳
5. https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-china-media/rpt-insight-paid-news-china-using-taiwan-media-to-win-hearts-and-minds-on-island-sources-idUKL4N2552YF
6. https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/3163961

Answered by Lee Penghsuan, and has been reviewed by Pu Lin

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Supporting Evidence

Inserts are often paid by Chinese institutions in local media Outlet. The most polemic cases of this are the inserts published at El Mercurio (Chile’s oldest and biggest newspaper company), because they seem like news but are really paid advertisements. Sometimes they even pay for entire sections to publish their view on sensitive topics, to commemorate important dates (such as the 70th year anniversary of the PRC) or new year’s greetings from Xi Jinping. It is important to add that these inserts look like media articles. The authors of these articles vary, but one may find: President of Joy Vio, Tang Jie, Former ambassador of China in Chile Xu Bu or President at Tianqi Lithium Corp, Jiang Weiping. There is a methodological need to confirm whether their presence has a specific impact on the general Public Opinion. For example, measuring Social Media reactions or running polls.

1. https://digital.elmercurio.com/2021/03/16/A/C63UD2VJ
2. http://www.edicionesespeciales.elmercurio.com/destacadas/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=201512172098337&idcuerpo=

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://canaln.pe/actualidad/embajada-china-vacunacion-funcionarios-rechazamos-terminos-como-vacunas-cortesia-n431377
2. https://gestion.pe/noticias/empresas-chinas-en-peru/

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

See below links.

1. https://www.noahdigital.ca/blog/digital-marketing/chinese-advertising-canada/
2. https://tnc.news/2020/11/23/the-globe-and-mail-received-132046-to-publish-chinese-state-media-propaganda/
3. https://tnc.news/2020/09/22/globe-mail-publishes-paid-propaganda-from-chinese-state-owned-media/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

Until April 2020, the UK newspaper the Telegraph contained a ‘China Watch’ section, which was funded by the PRC and written by Chinese state journalists. The Telegraph was reportedly paid £750,000 a year for producing this material. However, following a backlash, this section was removed from the newspaper. The Independent now has an agreement with China Daily to platform China Watch. During the initial COVID-19 outbreak, the PRC flooded social media with paid advertisements containing positive stories about the PRC’s COVID containment policies. These advertisements were targeted at the UK, alongside the US and EU.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china
2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/05/china-floods-facebook-instagram-undeclared-coronavirus-propaganda/
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-daily

Answered by Hannah Bailey, and has been reviewed by Martin Thorley and Sam Hogg

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://farukbildirici.com/hurriyet-parayla-cin-in-propagandasini-yapti/
2. https://www.tamgaturk.com/cin-buyukelciligi-havuz-medyasini-fonlamaya-devam-ediyor/35589/
3. https://www.trhaber.com/gundem/cin-dogu-turkistan-daki-iskenceleri-reklamla-ortme-cabasinda-h12124.html

Supplementary Notes

The Chinese Government has often paid for advertisements at Turkish media which are affiliated with the Turkish government. The advertisements usually focus on Chinese economic successes and how PRC treats its Uyghur community. Those advertisements were criticized by the public as well as media experts.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

This is very common in Zambia. Some shopping malls, including institutions such as airports have advertisements written in Chinese

1. https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cezm/eng/sgzxdthxx/t1793536.htm
2. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/01/114195/

Supplementary Notes

Previous Ambassador to Zambia, Li Jie presided over events at which the Communist Party of China presented the Patriotic Front with the Epidemic Prevention and Control Materials Aid. More information was posted on the website of the Chinese Embassy: Link Members of the Patriotic Front youth had met with Chinese officials at the Chinese Embassy to raise concerns about the then opposition party in Zambia the United Party for National Development. Link

1. https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cezm/eng/sgzxdthxx/t1793536.htm
2. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/01/114195/

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

Yes, Ads promoting Pakistan-China friendship, CPEC projects, Chinese aid in times of Covid and natural disasters is heavily projected through media campaigns.

1. https://twitter.com/TheDailyCPEC/status/1570703486282788866?s=20&t=TGg6Ki-kgltjmTE48PwKUA
2. https://twitter.com/TheDailyCPEC/status/1570120351618830336?s=20&t=pXyh3eQJTUcwAtmBYlHoDA

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://archive.ph/wip/Was1Y
2. https://archive.ph/lmEsJ

Answered by Nathan Attrill, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

There are some because these media outlets financed by China also have the social media accounts on facebook and linkedin.

1. https://www.facebook.com/4U.ge.Official
2. https://www.facebook.com/sinomedia.ge
3. https://www.linkedin.com/company/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E2%80%A2-sinomedia/about/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Tinatin Khidasheli

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Supporting Evidence

China is well represented in the information space of the republic. On the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the Chinese state channel "CCTV Russian" is broadcasting. On the state channels of the republic "KTRK" and "ElTR" there are programs about China filmed by Chinese journalists: on "KTRK" - "Time of Eurasia" (news of the state channel "CCTV Russian" in Russian), on "ElTR" - "Journey to China ”(one-hour program about the XUAR of the PRC in the Kyrgyz language). The website of the Kyrgyz national news agency "Kabar" posted a news block of the Chinese state news agency. Xi Jinping published an author's article in the media of Kyrgyzstan Link and Link

1. https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2085096.html
2. http://russian.news.cn/2019-06/11/c_138133768.htm
3. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/11/c_138133930.htm

Answered by Bakytbek Satybekov, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Mariam Usenashvili

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Supporting Evidence

Along with traditional instruments of soft power, China is helping Central Asia in the fight against Covid-19, Chinese diplomats in Central Asia maintain their Facebook and telegram pages (sometimes even too actively), and local openly pro-Chinese media and experts appear in the region. Link

1. https://carnegie.ru/commentary/83701

Answered by Tatiana Sedova, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

Independent Media regularly publish sponsored content from PRC

1. https://www.iol.co.za/news/sponsored/the-facts-about-the-uyghur-peoples-life-in-xinjiang-should-not-be-ignored-ebeed587-28c6-4edf-8e8f-4c1e49490d9b

Answered by Amanda Strydom, and has been reviewed by Chris Roper

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Supporting Evidence

I’ve seen China Daily paid supplements in the Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Policy magazine and other publications. See page four in below link.

1. https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Sarah%20Cook%20May%204th%202017%20USCC%20testimony.pdf

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

A Chinese News TV owned by a Filipino-Chinese company aims to “promote shared Filipino-Chinese culture” and “spread the One Belt One Road advocacy,” China's initiative that aims to link the economic circles in East Asia and Europe, connecting China – on land and over water – to partners in Asia, Europe, and Africa. It started airing last 12 April 2021. [Second respondent]: They were published on two major national newspapers for an extended period of time. These were weekly full page ads/features. Also, according to two business journalists, Belt and Road Initiative advertorials also appeared in major business national paper BusinessWorld in 2019.

1. https://www.rappler.com/nation/chinese-news-tv-airs-abs-cbn-channel
2. https://www.rappler.com/nation/national-news/abs-news-chief-reyes-response-chinatown-news-abs-cbn-channel

Answered by Camille Elemia and 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Handelsblatt regularly carries China Watch. FAZ recently ran a new kind of propaganda: a full-page pro-CCP piece in editorial font/style praising poverty alleviation, authored by at least 2 Xinhua journalists in Germany who were not identified as Xinhua journalists. China.Table, a new online site, regularly runs CCP-friendly pieces by well-known apologists e.g. Eberhard Sandschneider, Berthold Kuhn, and more

Answered by Didi Kirsten Tatlow, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

There are several media outlets in Poland that publish in regularly, but the content usually does not promote CCP viewpoint. Either as sponsored promotional material or as free content. Provided are three examples of such media outlets.

1. https://www.rp.pl/Koronawirus-2019-nCoV/200319216-Ambasador-Chin-Test-globalnego-systemu.html
2. https://trybuna.info/swiat/walka-chin-z-epidemia-proba-czasu-i-historyczny-egzamin/
3. https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/opinie/ambasador-chin-w-polsce-hongkong-musi-byc-rzadzony-przez-patriotow-opinia/lfs5qyv

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

It was clearly revealed in the interview that a few mentioned Ghanaian news media organizations such as the Finer newspaper, the Ghanaian Times, Financial and Business Times, daily Graphics, agency do place advertisement sent to them by the Chinese representation in Ghana

1. https://freedomhouse.org/country/ghana/beijings-global-media-influence/2022

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Trend magazine published paid for content by Chinese embassy on Hong Kong 2019 protests. (see below URL)

1. https://warsawinstitute.org/chinese-influence-slovak-information-media-space/

Answered by Filip Noubel, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Since 2019, when such advertising appeared in French newspapers, some media outlets seem to have had regular payed-content, and others stopped. (see below URLs)

1. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/presidentielle/donald-trump/video-quand-la-chine-fait-sa-pub-dans-nos-journaux_3251431.html
2. https://www.lalettrea.fr/medias_presse-ecrite/2021/09/13/bfm-l-opinion-et-le-figaro-jouent-les-discrets-relais-des-medias-d-etat-chinois,109690641-ge0

Answered by Filip Noubel, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

In September 2019, Finland's largest newspaper Helsiging Sanomat (HS) published a frontpage add paid for by the Hong Kong SAR Government amplifying Beijing's propaganda about the HK protests. The editor of HS tried to defend its decision by claiming that social marketing falls under freedom of speech but it was very controversial among HS staff members and concerned segments of the wider public. In July 2021, HS and three other mainstream Nordic newspapers printed on their frontpage a common message of solidarity with Hong Kong's media freedom.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Richard Turcsányi

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://elcapitalfinanciero.com/inicia-celebracion-del-ano-nuevo-chino-2022-en-panama-como-un-evento-pais/
2. https://www.midiario.com/curiosidades/felicidades-comunidad-china-de-panama-los-invita-a-celebrar-el-ano-del-tigre-de-agua/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

The most important newspaper in Spain has a China Watch (provided by China Daily) insert. As showed in this article "Todo lo que necesitan saber sobre China, por gentileza de ‘El País’" (see URL1 below) during 2021 El Pais published an insert (it is not clear for how long) provided by China Daily. The website that portrais "Chinawatch" (see URL2 below) seems to be out of work but if you go into the articles you will see the sections are updated until July 2022 (see URL3 below). It is worth noting that El País is the most important newspaper in Spain and a highly respected and followed paper in Latin America as whole. Thus the rating.

1. https://gaceta.es/actualidad/todo-lo-que-necesitan-saber-sobre-china-por-gentileza-de-el-pais-20210329-0947/
2. https://chinawatch.elpais.com/
3. https://chinawatch.elpais.com/economia/

Answered by Hernan Alberro, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://archive.ph/pui0L

Supplementary Notes

Most advertising is restricted to Chinese-language newspapers.

Answered by Nathan Attrill, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

There are formal periodical news/statements that are shared by China's embassy that the local newspapers published. There are indication that these news are endorsed, as there are limited news covering the situation of human rights, civil disobedience or political disturbance in China published by the same newspapers.

1. https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/04/14/insight-work-hand-in-hand-for-a-new-era-of-china-indonesia-friendship.html
2. https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/05/24/china-supports-sanitation-in-west-java.html
3. https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/zwjg_665342/zwbd_665378/t1652541.shtml
4. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-persuaded-one-muslim-nation-to-keep-silent-on-xinjiang-camps-11576090976
5. https://mediaindonesia.com/opini/307777/70-tahun-hubungan-indonesia-tiongkok

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Not regularly and usually as a response to foreign or local media criticism of the PRC, or covering major PRC events. The majority of readers' comments suggest that readers are critical towards the PRC-produced content. SL Õhtuleht was last to stop publishing PRC adds.

1. https://www.ohtuleht.ee/1003564/hiina-suursaadik-eestis-riigi-julgeolek-tagab-hongkongi-oitsengu-ja-stabiilsuse
2. https://www.ohtuleht.ee/1013513/hiina-suursaadik-eestis-oleme-seitsme-aasta-jooksul-aidanud-hiinas-vaesusest-valja-ule-90-miljoni-inimese

Answered by Frank Jüris, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon in local radio Link Ambassador Chian Menjian's interview with the journalist Reiman Dou on Lebanon TV Link The facebook post of Lebanese Communist Party that participated in International Summit organized by China and attended by Xi jinping. Link "Interview: A Lebanese Party Member: The achievements of the Chinese Communist Party over its 100-year history are a miracle worth studying" Link www.almayadeen.net which is based in Lebanon published: ""Lebanon's trend towards China: opportunities and Challenges" Link

1. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=6986804924677823
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiR2ct1Cpho
3. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2050153871803157&id=117413761743854
4. http://arabic.news.cn/2021-04/28/c_139912098.htm
5. https://www.almayadeen.net/articles/blog/2375963/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%86:-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Chinese President Xi Jinping published a signed article on leading Uzbek newspaper Narodnoye Slove under the title of "A Glorious New Chapter in China-Uzbekistan Friendship" on June 21, ahead of his state visit to the Central Asian country- Link "Podrobno.uz" - News of Uzbekistan: Politics, economics, society, incidents, technologies, tourism, culture, sports ( has published the article- Uzbekistan and China: keys to the future)-Link KUN.UZ is one of the most active online publications in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan has resumed gas exports to China, which were suspended at the beginning of the year to meet domestic demand- Link

1. http://www.scio.gov.cn/32618/Document/1481211/1481211.htm
2. https://podrobno.uz/cat/uzbekistan-i-kitay-klyuchi-ot-budushchego/
3. https://kun.uz/ru/news/2022/05/24/smi-uzbekistan-vozobnovil-eksport-gaza-v-kitay

Supplementary Notes

The official Xinhua News Agency, the English-language newspaper China Daily and the English website of China Global Television Network (CGTN) are placing multiple spots daily on Facebook and Twitter to share Beijing's take on the news. CGTN runs a special Facebook account for its European audience plus another for the Americas.

Answered by Farkhad Tolipov, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://www.radiosvoboda.org/amp/information-influence-media-prc-china-ukraine/31073783.html

Supplementary Notes

There is a problem with tracking advertising paid by PRC since this is not made public and often one could determine it only by the very positive content

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://www.ifj.org/fileadmin/user_upload/210512_IFJ_The_Covid_Story_Report_-_FINAL.pdf
2. https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2143.pdf

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

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Supporting Evidence

Reports about close ties between Dushanbe and Beijing in the military sphere and about Chinese military installations on the territory of Tajikistan periodically pop up in local media. Link Every day, state-run media report various campaigns calling for “to follow the charitable initiative of the Leader of the Nation,” who sends humanitarian aid on his behalf in the form of personal protective equipment for doctors and essential drugs for hospitals. Heated controversy was caused by "charitable aid" with medicines from the "Avesto Group" company, where among the cargo there was also humanitarian aid from China for Tajikistan. A video about this made it onto the Internet, and logos of Tajik-Chinese friendship are visible on boxes with humanitarian supplies. Zafar Burkhonzoda, the company's director, told Asia-Plus that their humanitarian cargo from China was “mixed along the way” in the same convoy of trucks with the Chinese government's humanitarian cargo. "In the story of the aid from Avesto Group, humanitarian aid from China also got into the frame",Link

1. https://www.caa-network.org/archives/21363
2. https://rus.ozodi.org/a/30617002.html

Answered by Umedjon Majidi, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

China Daily launches its Spanish supplement in Argentina (reference 1). In footnote °40 in the book written by J.P. Cardenal (Link) sustain: "China Watch was published for the first time on March 15, 2016 and the campaign continued to mid 2017, at the time of writing of this report. The payment insert appears every fifth day in the economic journal El Cronista, the newspaper La Capital de Rosario, and in the three regional editions of Diario Uno in the provinces of Mendoza, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos". Cardenal, JP (2018), The «incisive power» of China in Latin America and the Argentine case, Buenos Aires: Cadal. Link

1. http://espanol.cctv.com/2016/05/11/VIDEx4kZ37ziAIAbQu9vvlSf160511.shtml
2. https://www.cadal.org/libros/pdf/El_Poder_Incisivo_de_China.pdf

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1167884737024675
2. http://espanol.cri.cn/videos/culture/1032/20210413/642291.html

Supplementary Notes

This program has published several spots in excelsior.com.mx, it isn’t clear the connection with the PRC state-media, but I found that some of these spots have been also aired by: China Viva: ¿Cuánto tardarías en recorrer la Gran Muralla China?-Espanol (cri.cn)

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Occasional PRC government advertisements have appeared in Korean newspapers, but they are by no means a regular or dominant feature of advertising in Korea.

1. http://www.the-pr.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32657

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

I’m not sure if we can say regular, but PRC does insert advertisements in Mainichi Shimbun newspaper occasionally.

1. https://wedge.ismedia.jp/articles/-/15989?page=3

Answered by Maiko Ichihara, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

Some advertisement of PRC government owned corporations can be found on the front page of news outlet Kina Danas.

1. http://www.kina-danas.com/

Answered by Tobiáš Lipold, Amina Celikovic, Selma Asceric, Darko Brkan, Emir Velic, Semir Dzebo, Aldin Karahasanovic and Emir Muric, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://www.nedeljnik.rs/author/kinadanas/

Supplementary Notes

The China Today supplement is handed out once every four weeks with the popular but relatively low-circulation weekly news magazine Nedeljnik.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

There are few media house which have done that but it not something that is consistent and seen all the time and India having one of the largest number of media houses, the number becomes few in terms of the reach.

1. https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/the-hindu-puts-a-full-page-advertorial-celebrating-100-years-of-communist-party-of-china/
2. https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/full-page-pro-china-advertorial-in-indian-newspaper-alarms-netizens.html
3. https://thedailyswitch.com/media/the-hindu-publishes-full-page-propaganda-ad-celebrating-100-years-of-founding-of-communist-party-of-china
4. https://defence.capital/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MAPPING-CHINESE-FOOTPRINTS-AND-INFLUENCE-OPERATIONS-IN-INDIA2.pdf

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Lhakpa Kyizom

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Supporting Evidence

Such stories like the one on the weblink are mostly promotion or advertisement contents

1. https://thewatchnewssl.com/on-allegations-of-illegal-fishingchinese-embassy-sets-the-records-straight/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Interview with the director of information service at the Gambian Ministry of Information as well as the secretary-general of the Gambia Press Union suggest this is few and insignificant

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

We have seen special supplements in some newspaper during Chinese celebrations and some sponsored ad (mostly) in Social media. Some examples are attached in the below URLs. These are a few in numbers and have no significant impact.

1. https://www.facebook.com/BanglaSis
2. https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/will-work-push-china-bangladesh-strategic-partnership-new-heights-xi-jinping-2991701?amp
3. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Number-of-stories-on-China-and-India-in-2016-by-newspaper_fig1_342751262

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Several of Lithuanian print and digital media outlets are known to have been publishing op-eds and articles originating at the local Chinese embassy. Sometimes their origin was not even mentioned, merely telling that it was "corporate client's" content. Such a model suggests involvement from intermediary public relations companies, but no hard evidence of this could be collected. A recent (June 2022) example of such content supplied by the Chinese embassy in Lithuanian language is attached.

1. https://www.delfi.lt/en/politics/5-year-outcome-list-of-cooperation-between-china-and-central-and-eastern-european-countries.d?id=76482993
2. https://www.delfi.lt/en/archive/speech-by-chinese-pm-li-keqiang-at-the-161-summit-in-budapest.d?id=76507837

Answered by Konstantinas Andrijauskas, and has been reviewed by Vida Macikenaite and Linas Didvalis

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Supporting Evidence

De Staandard, a Flemish daily, is one of the many Western newspapers which regularly published "China Watch", produced by China Daily. Le Soir carries ChinaDaily advertisements on its website every day.

1. https://www.lesoir.be/
2. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Alfred Gerstl

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Not Found

Answered by Artak Kyurumyan, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Mariam Usenashvili

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There is no evidence suggesting state-media advertisements, however, there is Chinese investors in Ethiopia that place advertisements in local media outlets.

Answered by Jean Githae, and has been reviewed by Tolera Gemta

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No evidence to include

Answered by Cathy Wamaitha, and has been reviewed by Allan Cheboi

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No evidence

Answered by Eromosele John Aitokhuehi, and has been reviewed by Lekan Otufodunrin

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Not Found

Answered by Christian Ngnie, and has been reviewed by Fadel Thior

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It was searched for evidence first through search engines and later on Brazilian media sites (O Globo, Folha de São Paulo and Estadão), on the official Brazilian press website, Diário Oficial da União, and on the website of reporters without borders, but no evidence of PRC propaganda in Brazil in printed newspapers, news portals or on social media was found.

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No evidence of PRC state-media or government advertisements inserted within Bolivian newspapers, online news websites or social media.

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No information available for this indicator.

Answered by Eloisa Larrea Montaño, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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No evidence of regular PRC state-media or government advertisements inserted within local newspapers.

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Interviews with a journalist of an important media holding and with an independent journalist. Both asked for source confidentiality. The people consulted stated that there is no reference to this.

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There are no regular attempts by Chinese state-media or the Chinese government to insert advertisement in Colombian newspapers, news websites, or social media. In some instances, Chinese state-owned companies have coordinated with local city governments to promote new joint projects in local media (like the awarding to a Chinese company of the contract to build the Bogota metro), though there’s no record of that advertisement anymore.

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a review of mainstream Venezuelan media, both on their websites and in their print editions, does not show the presence of PRC media or government advertising.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

no evidence found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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I went through some online news portals, khmerload.com, phnompenhpost.com, sabay.com.kh, health.com.kh etc. but did not find any PRC related ads. Even freshnewsasia.com which publishes PRC contents does not have such ads.

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No evidence could be found, but local experts is kindly requested to confirm it.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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No evidence of that available.

Answered by Tobiáš Lipold and 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Martin Hála

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No Evidence Found.

Supplementary Notes

No Evidence Found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No Evidence Found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Not Found

Answered by Edval Zoto, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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No Evidence Found.

Answered by Una Berzina-Cherenkova, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Interview with officials of the Tanzanian Ministry of information and media stakeholders found no evidence of PRC state adverts inserted in Tanzanian media

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

No evidence to suggest otherwise

Answered by Rumena Filipova and Mirela Petkova, and has been reviewed by Matej Šimalčík

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In the context of an analysis of Austria’s main newspapers, as well as websites of Austrian associations focused on improving relations with China, no instance of advertisement placement by PRC state-media or government could be found. Moreover, there has been up until now no report of such phenomenon in Austria. This could be in part explained by the predominant role played by public advertisement in the Austria media landscape.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Alfred Gerstl

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

There is no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Kristína Kironská

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Certainly not regular, but I cannot exclude the possibility that it happens. There are no shared content agreements, for example, according to the journalist association of Sweden (2021).

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Richard Turcsányi

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Supplementary Notes

There are no such known cases. The Greek service of China Radio International has a Facebook page with a significant following (more than 140,000 followers as of March 2021), but these are most probably Chinese followers: Link

1. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068848134907&ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

This was not observed at all locally.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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No such attempts have been observed. Only China-related ads I’ve seen were related to Chinese business, and Turkmen business cooperation with Chinese counterparts.

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

Como periodista, soy un constante usuario de los medios sociales y tengo responsabilidad en monitoreo de noticias, pero nunca he visto ni tenido evidencia de publicidad de este tipo.

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No existe dicha práctica ni son frecuentes en periódicos, redes sociales o noticia online de ecuador (ver enlaces 1 y 2). Tampoco en redes sociales, incluso con páginas relacionadas a intereses chinos se encuentran anuncios de “regular PRC state-media or government advertisements” (ver enlace 2).

1. https://www.primicias.ec/
2. https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/entretenimiento/artistas-conciertos-comercio-primera-temporada.html
3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2393059611008401

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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We could not identify any PRC state-media or government advertisements inserted within local newspapers, online news websites or social media

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

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Market is not big and attractive enough for this type of political advertising effort

Answered by Eugen Muravschi, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

1. https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/internationaal/10409413/open-brief-ambassadeur-moet-china-vrijpleiten
2. https://nos.nl/artikel/2332437-diplomatie-of-politiek-ambassadeurs-roeren-zich-in-de-coronacrisis

Supplementary Notes

The Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands in 2020 wrote an open letter that was published as advertisment. Multiple media reported on this, which shows that it is very unusual

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

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No Evidence Found.

Answered by Gubad Ibadoghlu and Vusal Guliyev, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Answered by Hernan Alberro, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supplementary Notes

The Straits Times will carry free inserts from the China Daily from time to time. This may be due to their affiliation through the Asia News Network. This occurrence is not common, however. As the last time was a year or two ago, I cannot locate the insert to make copies.

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