Outlet track record
PRC Foreign Ministry / state media
Chinese state (Chinese Communist Party)
The PRC Foreign Ministry and Chinese state media are arms of the Chinese government and Communist Party, and their coverage follows official Beijing positions. Their posture toward the Trump administration is mixed. They are generally cordial about leader-level diplomacy, such as the May 2026 Trump visit to China and Xi Jinping's September 2026 U.S. visit. They criticize U.S. policies on tariffs, technology controls, Taiwan and what they call 'spheres of influence'.
Owned byOwned and controlled by the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party. The Foreign Ministry is a government department of the PRC. The main outlets (Xinhua, CCTV/CGTN, China National Radio, People's Daily, Global Times, China Daily) answer to the Party's Central Propaganda Department or to the state.
LeaningChinese state (Chinese Communist Party)
On the administrationmixed
7average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun