Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: /ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː/),^[2] or New China News Agency, is the official state press agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua is the largest media organization in China. It is also the largest news agency based on by the number of worldwide correspondents.^[3] Xinhua is a part of the State Council. It is the highest ranking media outlet in the country. He Ping, President of Xinhua, is a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).^[4]

Xinhua News Agency

Native name	新华通讯社
Formerly	Red China News Agency (1931–1937)
Company type	News agency
Industry	Broadcast radio and television online
Founded	November 1931; 92 years ago (1931-11), in Ruijin, Jiangxi, Chinese Soviet Republic
Founder	Chinese Communist Party
Headquarters	Global: Beijing, China Overseas: 1540 Broadway Times Square New York, NY 10036 U.S.[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	He Ping (President & Editor-in-chief) Liu Zhengrong (Party Secretary)
Owner	People's Republic of China (state-owned institution)
Parent	State Council of the People's Republic of China
Subsidiaries	Reference News Xinhuanet.com CNC World
Website	english.news.cn

Xinhua News Agency
Simplified Chinese	新华通讯社
Traditional Chinese	新華通訊社
Literal meaning	New China News Agency
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnhuá Tōngxùnshè IPA ɕínxwǎ
Abbreviated name
Simplified Chinese	新华社
Traditional Chinese	新華社
Literal meaning	New China Agency
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnhuá Shè

Xinhua headquarters office in Beijing
39°53′55.55″N 116°21′54.83″E

Xinhua is a publisher as well as a news agency. It has more than 170 news bureaus in other countries and 33 bureaus in China. It has one in each provincial administrative division. It also has a military bureau. Xinhua is a major source of information about the CCP and Chinese central government. Its headquarters is in Beijing . They are close to the central government's headquarters at Zhongnanhai.

Xinhua publishes in 10 languages.^[5][6] Xinhua has been criticized for spreading state propaganda, disinformation, and for criticizing things that disagree with the CCP.^{[7][8][9][10]}

References

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6. "Xinhua: the world's biggest propaganda agency". Reporters Without Borders. 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
7. Dukalskis, Alexander (3 June 2021). Making the World Safe for Dictatorship (1 ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197520130.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-752013-0.
8. Molter, Vanessa; DiResta, Renee (8 June 2020). "Pandemics & propaganda: how Chinese state media creates and propagates CCP coronavirus narratives". Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 1 (3). doi:10.37016/mr-2020-025.
9. Doffman, Zak (19 August 2019). "China Pays Twitter To Promote Propaganda Attacks On Hong Kong Protesters". Forbes. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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