Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency
Simplified Chinese	新华通讯社
Traditional Chinese	新華通訊社
Literal meaning	New China News Agency
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnhuá Tōngxùnshè
Wade–Giles	Hsin-hwa Tung-hsün-shê
IPA	ɕínxwǎ
Abbreviated name
Simplified Chinese	新华社
Traditional Chinese	新華社
Literal meaning	New China Agency
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnhuá Shè
Wade–Giles	Hsin-hwa Shê

Xinhua News Agency
	Xinhua headquarters office in Beijing
Native name	新华通讯社
Formerly	Red China News Agency (1931–1937)
Company type	State news agency
Industry	Broadcast radio and television; online;
Founded	November 1931, in Ruijin, Jiangxi, Chinese Soviet Republic
Founder	Chinese Communist Party
Headquarters	Beijing
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fu Hua (President and Party Secretary); Lu Yansong (Editor-in-chef and deputy Party Secretary);
Owner	People's Republic of China; (state-owned institution)
Parent	State Council of China
Subsidiaries	Xinhuanet; Reference News; China Xinhua News Network Corporation; CNC World
Website	english.news.cn www.xinhuanet.com

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: /ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː/ SHIN-HWA),^[1] or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ministry-level institution of the State Council. Founded in 1931, it is the largest media outlet 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 and its head, Fu Hua, is a member of the CCP Central Committee.

Xinhua tailors its pro-Chinese government message to the nuances of each international audience.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English
^ 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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^ 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.
^ 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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[LPD3-1] J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English

[2] 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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[4] 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.

[:4-5] 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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