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China News Service

News agency of the Chinese Communist Party

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2023	Cybersecurity researchers discovered that CNS had established sock puppet accounts on Twitter for influence operations in Latin America.
June 2020	The United States Department of State designated China News Service as a foreign mission.
2019	CNS launched a campaign to increase its social media influence and was reportedly involved in disinformation and propaganda campaigns during the Hong Kong protests, including releasing a public tender to increase Twitter followers.
November 8 2019	Chen Lujun becomes president/director of China News Service
November 7 2019	Zhang Xinxin's leadership period ends
2018	China News Service was restructured when the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office was absorbed into the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
2017	Former CNS editor-in-chief Liu Beixian was charged with taking bribes and expelled from the Chinese Communist Party during Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign.
February 6 2015	Zhang Xinxin becomes president/director of China News Service
February 5 2015	Liu Beixian's leadership period ends
2014	CNS published a controversial editorial deriding American ambassador to China Gary Locke, which was widely criticized for containing racial undertones and mocking his heritage.

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