Xinhua

Xinhua is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China, founded in 1931 and headquartered in Beijing. It is the country's largest news organization, supplying text, photo, and video coverage to Chinese and international media, and operates the news.cn portal, which presents its reporting in Chinese and several foreign languages.

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Xinhua at a glance

Country: China
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1931
Ownership: The Chinese state news agency
Published from: Beijing
Website: news.cn ↗
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How Crosswire groups Xinhua

Crosswire groups Xinhua as Centrist for comparisons within China's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In China, Global Times and CGTN are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Xinhua beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Xinhua sits in China's press

Xinhua was founded in 1931, is published from Beijing and is the Chinese state news agency. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in China and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, China ranks first of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 26 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Xinhua outside China, starting with East Asia, are Burma News International (Myanmar), Agence Kampuchea Presse (Cambodia), Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) (Laos) and Tatoli (Timor-Leste). Opening one of them beside Xinhua is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.