Xinhua News Agency

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Not to be confused with China News Service.

Xinhua News Agency
Native name
新华通讯社
FormerlyRed China News Agency (1931–1937)
Company typeState news agency
Industry
FoundedNovember 1931; 93 years ago (1931-11), in Ruijin, Jiangxi, Chinese Soviet Republic
FounderChinese Communist Party
Headquarters
Global: Beijing, China
Overseas: 1540 Broadway
Times Square
New York, NY 10036
U.S.[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Fu Hua (President and Party Secretary)
  • Lu Yansong (Editor-in-chef and deputy Party Secretary)
OwnerPeople's Republic of China
(state-owned institution)
Number of employees
10,000+[2]
ParentState Council of the People's Republic of China
SubsidiariesReference News
China Xinhua News Network Corporation
CNC World
Websiteenglish.news.cn Edit this at Wikidata xinhuanet.com
Xinhua News Agency
Simplified Chinese新华通讯社
Traditional Chinese新華通訊社
Literal meaningNew China News Agency
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhuá Tōngxùnshè
Wade–GilesHsin-hwa Tung-hsün-shê
IPAɕínxwǎ
Abbreviated name
Simplified Chinese新华社
Traditional Chinese新華社
Literal meaningNew China Agency
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhuá Shè
Wade–GilesHsin-hwa Shê

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: /ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː/),[3] or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a State Council's ministry-level institution, and was founded in 1931. It is the largest media organ in China.

Xinhua is a publisher, as well as a news agency; it publishes in multiple languages and is a channel for the distribution of information related to the Chinese government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its headquarters in Beijing are located close to the central government's headquarters at Zhongnanhai.

Xinhua tailors its pro-Chinese government message to the nuances of each international audience.[4][5] The organization has faced criticism for spreading propaganda and disinformation and for criticizing people, groups, or movements critical of the Chinese government and its policies.[6][7][8]

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  3. ^ J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English
  4. ^ Brazys, Samuel; Dukalskis, Alexander (October 2020). "China's Message Machine". Journal of Democracy. 31 (4): 59–73. doi:10.1353/jod.2020.0055. S2CID 226761150.
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  7. ^ 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.
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