Global Times
{{Short description|Chinese Communist Party-owned daily tabloid}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Global Times
{{noitalic|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-Hans|环球时报}}}}}}
| image = GlobalTimesLogo.svg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper (Weekdays with a weekend edition)
| format = Tabloid{{cite journal |last1=Ran |first1=Tongzhou |last2=Liu |first2=Zhangbo |title="The Russia-Ukraine War" or "The US-Russia War"? Thematic analysis of Global Times' coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War |journal=Media Asia |date=2 January 2024 |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=3–32 |doi=10.1080/01296612.2023.2246721 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01296612.2023.2246721 |access-date=7 June 2025 |publisher=Routledge |via=Taylor & Francis |quote=Under the auspices of People's Daily, the most important party-owned newspaper in China, Global Times is an international-oriented daily tabloid with a reputation for its pro-government and nationalist stance. In general, Global Times focuses on reporting and commenting on international events, usually viewed as more aggressive and nationalistic than other state media. Some scholars and observers focusing on China’s news outlets suggest that Global Times is not so representative (Edney, 2014). However, it is still perceived as a channel for the nationalistic "eagle" view of China's political elites.}}
| owners = People's Daily Press
| publisher = Global Times Press
| president = Fan Zhengwei
| editor = Wu Qimin
| foundation = 1993 (Chinese edition)
2009 (English edition)
| political = Chinese Communist Party
| language = Chinese and English
| ceased publication =
| headquarters = No.2 Jintai Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100733, People's Republic of China
| ISSN = 2095-2678
| oclc = 144515996
| website = {{Official URL}} (English)
{{URL|huanqiu.com}} (Simplified Chinese)
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| s = 环球时报
| t = 環球時報
| p = Huánqiú Shíbào
| order = st
}}
{{Politics of China |expanded = Publicity }}
{{Conservatism in China|Media}}
{{Neoconservatism in China|Media}}
The Global Times is a daily Chinese tabloid under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the People's Daily, commenting on international issues from a Chinese nationalistic perspective.{{cite journal |last1=Soboleva |first1=Elena |title=International Migration Framing in the Global Times (2012–2022): Constructing Identity Narrative About the Self and the Other |journal=Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |date=1 April 2025 |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=25–47 |doi=10.1177/18681026241242489 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/18681026241242489 |access-date=7 June 2025 |publisher=Sage |language=EN |issn=1868-1026}}
Established as a publication in 1993, its English version was launched in 2009. The editor-in-chief of Global Times was Hu Xijin until December 2021, who has been described as an early adopter of the "wolf warrior" communication strategy of loudly denouncing perceived criticism of the Chinese government and its policies.{{Cite news |last1=Powers-Riggs |first1=Aidan |last2=Jaramillo |first2=Eduardo |date=2022-01-22 |title=Is China Putting 'Wolf Warriors' on a Leash? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/is-china-putting-wolf-warriors-on-a-leash/ |access-date=2022-02-06 |website=The Diplomat |language=en-US |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206064330/https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/is-china-putting-wolf-warriors-on-a-leash/ |url-status=live }} The newspaper has been the source of various incidents, including fabrications, conspiracy theories, and disinformation.{{refn|group=note|See references{{larger|}}}} It is part of a broader set of Chinese state media outlets that constitute the Chinese government's propaganda apparatus.{{Cite news |author=Javier C. Hernández |date=May 23, 2020 |title=China Deploys Propaganda Machine to Defend Move Against Hong Kong |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/world/asia/china-hong-kong-propaganda.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523231905/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/world/asia/china-hong-kong-propaganda.html |archive-date=23 May 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Brady |first1=Anne-Marie |date=October 2015 |title=Authoritarianism Goes Global (II): China's Foreign Propaganda Machine |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/595922 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=51–59 |doi=10.1353/jod.2015.0056 |s2cid=146531927 |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611211443/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/595922 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}
History
Established as a Chinese-language weekly publication in 1993, an English-language version was launched on 20 April 2009 as part of a Chinese government campaign to compete with overseas media.{{Cite book |last=Huang |first=C. |editor-first1=Jia |editor-first2=Catherine |editor-first3=Pookong |editor-last1=Gao |editor-last2=Ingram |editor-last3=Kee |title=Global Media and Public Diplomacy in Sino-Western Relations |chapter=Conservative popular journalism, public diplomacy, and the search for an alternative Chinese modernity: Revisiting the global times |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-4724-4398-4 |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781315584904 }}{{Cite news |last=Canaves |first=Sky |date=2009-06-04 |title=Global Times Breaches China's Official Media Silence on Tiananmen |language=en-US |website=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/06/04/global-times-breaches-chinas-official-media-silence-on-tiananmen/ |url-status=live |access-date=2020-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410210314/https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/06/04/global-times-breaches-chinas-official-media-silence-on-tiananmen/ |archive-date=10 April 2020}}
In 2009, Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of both Chinese and English versions at the time, stated that he expected it to make a loss of 20 million yuan in its first year as an English-language publication.{{Cite news|last=Branigan|first=Tania|date=2 April 2009|title=China defies media cuts and closures with new newspaper launch|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/20/china-newspaper-launch|url-status=live|access-date=9 May 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408181317/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/20/china-newspaper-launch|archive-date=8 April 2020}} In 2016, Hu said the Global Times was profitable but faced difficulties that would be familiar to other newspaper editors.{{Cite news |last=Hornby |first=Lucy |date=November 13, 2016 |title=Battling for influence — Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief, Global Times |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bfc64764-95cd-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923000636/https://www.ft.com/content/bfc64764-95cd-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582 |archive-date=23 September 2019}}
The Global Times launched its Sina Weibo account in 2010.{{Cite book |last=Mao |first=Lin |title=China under Xi Jinping: A New Assessment |publisher=Leiden University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9789087284411 |editor-last=Fang |editor-first=Qiang |chapter=From Trade War to New Cold War: Popular Nationalism and the Global Times on Weibo under Xi Jinping |editor-last2=Li |editor-first2=Xiaobing}}{{Rp|page=303}}
The Global Times launched its US edition in 2013.{{Cite news|last=Huang|first=Zheping|date=8 August 2016|title=Inside the Global Times, China's hawkish, belligerent state tabloid|work=Quartz|url=https://qz.com/745577/inside-the-global-times-chinas-hawkish-belligerent-state-tabloid/|url-status=live|access-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407032723/https://qz.com/745577/inside-the-global-times-chinas-hawkish-belligerent-state-tabloid/|archive-date=7 April 2020}} In 2016, it was reported that the English-language edition then had approximately 20 "foreign experts" who were involved with assigning stories and copyediting, "as long as the coverage [wa]s not about politics".{{cite news |author=Zheping Huang |date=9 August 2016 |title=The Global Times, China's feisty state tabloid, relies on "foreign experts" to sell China to the world |work=Quartz |url=https://qz.com/748244/the-foreign-experts-inside-chinas-feisty-state-tabloid-the-global-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122024/https://qz.com/748244/the-foreign-experts-inside-chinas-feisty-state-tabloid-the-global-times/ |archive-date=27 December 2017}}
In April 2017, the Global Times signed a personnel exchange deal with Sputnik, a Russian state media outlet.{{Citation |last=Kurlantzick |first=Joshua |title=The Soft Power Toolkit: Media and Information Coming Through the Front Door |date=2023-03-19 |work=Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World |pages=137–180 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197515761.003.0006 |isbn=978-0-19-751576-1 |author-link=Joshua Kurlantzick}}
In 2019, the Global Times won a three-year contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to monitor overseas social media and provide regular briefings and "comprehensive response plans."{{Cite news|last=Cadell|first=Cate|date=December 31, 2021|title=China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-harvests-masses-of-data-on-western-targets-documents-show/2021/12/31/3981ce9c-538e-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html|access-date=2022-01-01|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101001350/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-harvests-masses-of-data-on-western-targets-documents-show/2021/12/31/3981ce9c-538e-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html|url-status=live}}
In 2020, the Global Times had total revenue of 176 million RMB and net profit of 24.5 million RMB.{{Rp|page=304}}
In December 2021, Hu Xijin announced that he would be stepping down as editor-in-chief.{{Cite news|last=Ni|first=Vincent|date=2021-12-16|title=Outspoken editor of Chinese state tabloid Global Times retires|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/editor-of-chinese-state-tabloid-global-times-retires|access-date=2022-02-19|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217040647/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/editor-of-chinese-state-tabloid-global-times-retires|url-status=live}}
As of at least 2024, the Global Times has a daily circulation of over 2 million copies.{{Rp|page=303}} It has consistently been regarded as one of China's top media brands.{{Rp|page=303}} It employs approximately 500 journalists in more than a 150 countries.{{Rp|page=303}}
Content
The Global Times has several sub-brands, including the Chinese version and English version of the Global Times, Global Times Online, the Global Public Opinion Research Center, Life Times, and Satire and Humor. The Global Times is owned by the People's Daily Press, which also publishes People's Daily. The Global Times Online is run by the People's Daily Online; ownership of the newspaper is split 60–40, respectively, between the People's Daily Online and the Global Times Press.{{Cite web |last=Lyhne-Gold |first=Bertie |date=2025-01-06 |title=The Many Faces of the People's Daily |url=https://chinamediaproject.org/2025/01/06/the-many-faces-of-the-peoples-daily/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=China Media Project |language=en-US}} Global Times has a public opinion research subsidiary, the Global Times Research Center.{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Frances Yaping |title=The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9780197757512 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197757505.001.0001}}{{Rp|page=124}}
= Editorial stance =
The Chinese-language version has been known to have a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) slant, attracting a nationalistic readership since its inception in 1993.{{Cite news |last=Christina |first=Larson |date=31 October 2011 |title=China's Fox News |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/31/global_times_china_fox_news |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103191452/https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/31/global_times_china_fox_news?page=full |archive-date=3 November 2011 |work=Foreign Policy}}{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2008 |title="Patriotic" Voices? Comments from the Global Times Online Forum |url=https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/patriotic-voices-comments-from-the-global-times-online-forum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805231059/https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/patriotic-voices-comments-from-the-global-times-online-forum/ |archive-date=5 August 2020 |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=China Digital Times}} It has also been described as Chinese nationalist,{{Cite news |last1=Wee |first1=Sui-Lee |last2=Mao |first2=Sabrina |date=6 January 2012 |title=China must assert itself despite new US strategy-paper |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-military-asia-idUSL3E8C60BR20120106 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109150548/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/usa-military-asia-idUSL3E8C60BR20120106 |archive-date=9 January 2012 |access-date=6 January 2012 |work=Reuters |location=Beijing}} conservative{{cite book |author1=Golley |first=Jane |url=https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-31272 |title=Control: China Story Yearbook 2016 |author2=Linda Jaivin |author3=Luigi Tomba |date=June 5, 2017 |publisher=Australian National University |pages=48}}{{cite book |author1=Wo-Lap Lam |first=Willy |author-link=Willy Wo-Lap Lam |title=Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform, Or Retrogression? |date=2015 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-51577-7 |pages=93 |doi=10.4324/9781315719368 |quote=... conservative Global Times contended that “China cannot emerge from its preordained inferiority if it merely imitates the Western discourse.”}} and ultranationalist.{{cite web |date=2018-11-29 |title=China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order |url=https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/en_rapport_chine_web_final_3.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128151248/https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/en_rapport_chine_web_final_3.pdf |archive-date=28 January 2022 |accessdate=2022-06-24 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |quote=Global Times is an ultra-nationalist tabloid established by People's Daily in 1993 to comment on international news.}} Launched in 2009, the English-language version initially took a notably less nationalistic stance than its Chinese-language counterpart, featuring interviews with Chinese dissidents, activists, and LGBT-friendly content. It later aligned more closely with the Chinese version.{{Cite news |date=May 8, 2009 |title=Richard Burger on being a foreign editor at the Global Times |url=https://www.danwei.org/newspapers/richard_burger_on_being_an_eng.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423233935/http://www.danwei.org/newspapers/richard_burger_on_being_an_eng.php |archive-date=23 April 2018 |access-date=2020-08-23 |website=www.danwei.org}} The publication is sometimes called "China's Fox News" for its propaganda and the monetization of nationalism.{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2019-07-31 |title=When Trump Tweets, the Editor of 'China's Fox News' Hits Back (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/world/asia/hu-xijin-global-times-us-china-tensions.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801060956/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/world/asia/hu-xijin-global-times-us-china-tensions.html |archive-date=1 August 2020 |access-date=2020-11-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |last=Zhang |first=Han |date=2021-12-14 |title=China's troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/14/china-troll-king-hu-xijin-tabloid-editor-became-voice-chinese-nationalism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219011144/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/14/china-troll-king-hu-xijin-tabloid-editor-became-voice-chinese-nationalism |archive-date=19 December 2021 |access-date=28 June 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |quote=Hu is the editor of the Global Times, a chest-thumpingly nationalistic tabloid sometimes described as "China's Fox News".}}{{Cite news |last=Antelava |first=Natalia |date=2020-12-12 |title=The top 10 wildest anti-vaccination theories and why a Covid-19 shot won't alter your DNA |url=https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/infodemic-december-11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907141624/https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/infodemic-december-11/ |archive-date=7 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Coda Media |language=en-US |quote=Global Times has been described as "China's Fox news"...}}
Sources both in mainland China and abroad have said that the Global Times is not generally representative of the Chinese government's political positions, while the People's Daily is considered more representative.{{Cite news|last=Fish|first=Eric|date=28 April 2017|title=China's Angriest Newspaper Doesn't Speak for China|work=Foreign Policy|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/28/chinas-angriest-newspaper-doesnt-speak-for-china/|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170429162346/http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/28/chinas-angriest-newspaper-doesnt-speak-for-china/|archive-date=29 April 2017}}{{Cite news|title=Global Times: China's true voice or nationalistic rabble-rouser?|work=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/966560/global-times-chinas-true-voice-or-nationalistic-rabble-rouser|access-date=1 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102022318/https://www.scmp.com/article/966560/global-times-chinas-true-voice-or-nationalistic-rabble-rouser|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Edney|first=K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9VCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|title=The Globalization of Chinese Propaganda: International Power and Domestic Political Cohesion|date=2014-05-20|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-38215-3|pages=149|language=en|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309160446/https://books.google.com/books?id=v9VCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}} Others have stated that the Global Times
Hu Xijin has been described as an early adopter of the "wolf warrior" communication strategy of aggressively hitting back at criticism of the Chinese government. His departure in December 2021, reportedly due to Beijing "strengthening the paper's political guidance", was (according to The Diplomat) connected to efforts of toning down overly confrontational rhetoric, following a deterioration of China's international reputation and CCP general secretary Xi Jinping calling for improvements in the country's international communication at a May 2021 CCP Political Bureau session.
Journalist Joshua Kurlantzick wrote in 2022 that the Global Times "has taken approaches like the provocative, argumentative, and conspiracy-minded Russian outlets, mixing nationalism with efforts to mock the United States and other countries". He added, "Outside China, Global Times has used its uber-hawkish editorials and its top editor's skill at sparking controversies to make it relevant on social media internationally, in part because its content elicits responses from foreign officials and opinion leaders."
Incidents
= U.S.-China trade war =
In the early stages of the U.S.-China trade war, the Global Times' coverage of the disagreements between the two countries focused narrowly on trade issues.{{Rp|page=303}} Following the December 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada, Global Times increasingly discussed the trade war as part of a possibly developing new Cold War between the U.S. and China.{{Rp|page=303}}
= COVID-19 disinformation =
{{Main|COVID-19 misinformation by China}}
The Global Times has spread unfounded conspiracy theories and disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{refn|group=note|name=COVID-19|See references{{larger|{{Cite journal |title=Pandemics & propaganda: how Chinese state media creates and propagates CCP coronavirus narratives |last1 = MOLTER |first1 = VANESSA |last2 = DIRESTA |first2 = RENEE |department=Harvard Kennedy School |journal= Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review|date=June 8, 2020 |volume = 1 |issue = 3 |doi = 10.37016/mr-2020-025 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |url=https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/pandemics-propaganda-how-chinese-state-media-creates-and-propagates-ccp-coronavirus-narratives/ |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109173716/https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/pandemics-propaganda-how-chinese-state-media-creates-and-propagates-ccp-coronavirus-narratives/ |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |last1=Molter |first1=Vanessa |last2=Webster |first2=Graham |title=Virality Project (China): Coronavirus Conspiracy Claims |publisher=Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies |date=March 31, 2020 |access-date=15 January 2021 |url=https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/china-covid19-origin-narrative |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110160854/https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/china-covid19-origin-narrative |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|title=Chinese Again Float U.S. Biolab Conspiracy Theories|work=Polygraph.info|url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/chinese-again-float-u-s-biolab-covid19-conspiracy-theories/30579726.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823194745/https://www.polygraph.info/a/chinese-again-float-u-s-biolab-covid19-conspiracy-theories/30579726.html}}{{Cite news |title=Chinese Diplomats Are Pushing Conspiracy Theories That The Coronavirus Didn't Originate In China |last=Broderick |first=Ryan |publisher=BuzzFeed News |date=March 13, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/chinese-diplomats-are-pushing-conspiracy-theories-that-the |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105092705/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/chinese-diplomats-are-pushing-conspiracy-theories-that-the |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus cover-ups, disinformation, netizen pushback (April 2020) |work=China Media Bulletin |publisher=Freedom House |issue=143 |date=April 2020 |access-date=16 January 2021 |url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/china-media-bulletin/2020/coronavirus-cover-ups-disinformation-netizen-pushback-april-2020 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114023934/https://freedomhouse.org/report/china-media-bulletin/2020/coronavirus-cover-ups-disinformation-netizen-pushback-april-2020 |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |title=China's Coronavirus Information Offensive |last=Rosenberger |first=Laura |magazine=Foreign Affairs |date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-04-22/chinas-coronavirus-information-offensive |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115074053/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-04-22/chinas-coronavirus-information-offensive |url-status=live }}}} It has distributed disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic via Facebook posts and targeted ads.{{Cite news|last=Stanway|first=David|date=2020-11-26|title=With frozen food clampdown, China points overseas as source of coronavirus|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-origin-idUSKBN2861A2|access-date=2020-11-26|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126223253/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-origin-idUSKBN2861A2|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Dodds|first=Laurence|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/05/china-floods-facebook-instagram-undeclared-coronavirus-propaganda/|title=China floods Facebook with undeclared coronavirus propaganda ads blaming Trump|date=5 April 2020|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5 April 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406111654/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/05/china-floods-facebook-instagram-undeclared-coronavirus-propaganda/|archive-date=6 April 2020|url-status=live}}}} In January 2021, the Global Times urged Australia not to use the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.{{Cite news|last=Hui|first=Mary|date=January 21, 2021|title=China's vaccine diplomacy has an aggressive anti-vax element|work=Quartz|url=https://qz.com/1959855/chinas-coronavirus-vaccine-diplomacy-is-anti-vax/|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123184106/https://qz.com/1959855/chinas-coronavirus-vaccine-diplomacy-is-anti-vax/}}{{Cite news|last=Patranobis|first=Sutirtho|date=January 26, 2021|title=Covid-19: Chinese media float conspiracies, smear foreign vaccines|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/covid19-chinese-media-float-conspiracies-smear-foreign-vaccines-101611646701770.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126154107/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/covid19-chinese-media-float-conspiracies-smear-foreign-vaccines-101611646701770.html}} In March 2022, the Global Times republished an article by the British conspiracist website The Exposé which falsely claimed COVID-19 was created by Moderna.{{Cite news |date=2022-04-01 |first1=Legu |last1=Zhang |first2=William |last2=Echols |title=Made by Moderna? China Spreads Yet Another Debunked COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory |url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-moderna-vaccine-covid-conspiracy/31781624.html |website=Polygraph.info |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708143914/https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-moderna-vaccine-covid-conspiracy/31781624.html |url-status=live }}
= Astroturfing allegations =
Richard Burger, a former editor at Global Times, alleges that in the wake of the 2011 arrest of Ai Weiwei, the Chinese staff of the Global Times were ordered by the Chinese Communist Party to conduct an "astroturfing" campaign against "maverick" Ai Weiwei.{{Cite news |date=16 April 2011 |title=Foreign Media Insider Exposes Global Times's Managing Editor's Smearing Of Ai Weiwei |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20110416/OL7YJ4QUWUDTIZ4E222FRZ7TVU/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823205545/https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20110416/OL7YJ4QUWUDTIZ4E222FRZ7TVU/ |archive-date=23 August 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |work=Apple Daily |language=zh}}
= Fabricated quotes =
In October 2015, Roderick MacFarquhar, a China expert at Harvard University, spoke at a conference on Marxism in Beijing. He said that Chinese leader Xi Jinping{{'}}s talk of the so-called Chinese Dream was "not the intellectually coherent, robust and wide-ranging philosophy needed to stand up to Western ideas." The Global Times reported his speech as saying that the "Chinese Dream" would "make great contributions and exert a positive impact on human development." MacFarquhar said that the paraphrasing was a "total fabrication". The line was later removed by the newspaper from its story.{{Cite news |title=In China's State News Media, What Is Said May Not Be What's Printed |trans-title= |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |url=https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151015/c15sino-news/en-us/ |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006233631/https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151015/c15sino-news/en-us/ |url-status=dead }}
=Australia=
In 2016, the Global Times referred to Australia as a "paper cat" in relation to the South China Sea, and a former "offshore prison" in relation to an Olympic champion Mack Horton calling out rival Sun Yang as a drug cheat (in reference to the country's former status as a British penal colony).{{Cite news |date=1 August 2016 |title=China warns Australia must 'cautiously behave' over South China Sea |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-01/china-turns-defeat-into-victory-in-south-china-sea/7676260 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530012719/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-01/china-turns-defeat-into-victory-in-south-china-sea/7676260 |archive-date=30 May 2017 |access-date=8 April 2017 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}{{cite news |date=8 August 2016 |title=China labels Australia 'offshore prison' in Olympic drugs row |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-08/rio-2016-chinese-media-calls-australia-offshore-prison/7701836 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126143701/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-08/rio-2016-chinese-media-calls-australia-offshore-prison/7701836 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |access-date=8 April 2017 |newspaper=ABC News}}
= Hong Kong =
In May 2016, the Global Times ran a boycott campaign denigrating Hong Kong pro-democracy singer Denise Ho for allegedly advocating independence for Hong Kong and Tibet.{{cite news |last1=Yuen |first1=Chantal |date=6 June 2016 |title=Cosmetic giant cancels pro-democracy singer's concert after boycott threats |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/06/outspoken-pro-democracy-celebrity-denise-ho/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607110805/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/06/outspoken-pro-democracy-celebrity-denise-ho/ |archive-date=7 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=Hong Kong Free Press}}{{cite news |last1=Yeung |first1=Raymond |date=5 June 2016 |title=Lancome scraps Hong Kong concert with Denise Ho: online backlash over move to distance itself from pro-democracy star |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1966367/lancome-scraps-hong-kong-concert-denise-ho-online-backlash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608121426/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1966367/lancome-scraps-hong-kong-concert-denise-ho-online-backlash |archive-date=8 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=South China Morning Post}} On 5 June, Lancôme cancelled a promotional concert by the Cantopop star that was scheduled to be held on 19 June in Sheung Wan. Lancôme also added, in a Facebook post, that Ho was not a spokesperson for the brand.{{cite news |date=6 June 2016 |title=Lancome cancels concert after Chinese online backlash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36457450 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171236/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36457450 |archive-date=23 February 2018 |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=BBC News}} The Tibet allegation appeared to have stemmed from Ho's May 2016 meeting with the Dalai Lama. The cancellation drew a heavy backlash in Hong Kong. Some Lancôme shops in Hong Kong were shut down during the protests.{{cite news |date=8 June 2016 |title=Denise Ho controversy: protesters march despite Lancome closing Hong Kong stores |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1969055/denise-ho-controversy-protesters-march-despite-lancome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609233651/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1969055/denise-ho-controversy-protesters-march-despite-lancome |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=South China Morning Post}} Listerine, another brand that Ho represents, retained the singer despite the fact that the Global Times also criticized that company hiring Ho as its public face in Hong Kong.
In August 2019, Global Times editor Hu Xijin accused the United States of instigating the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.{{Cite news |last=Jiang |first=Steven |date=16 August 2019 |title=The man taking on Hong Kong from deep inside China's propaganda machine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/asia/china-global-times-hu-xijin-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202061802/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/asia/china-global-times-hu-xijin-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |publisher=CNN}}
=Xinjiang=
{{See also|Persecution of Uyghurs in China#Denial}}
In 2018, the English edition of the Global Times acknowledged "counter-terrorism education" in Xinjiang, even as Chinese spokespeople denied the existence of the Xinjiang internment camps. The Economist noted: "Strikingly, rather than claiming that Western journalists misreport Xinjiang, the Global Times prefers to troll them, accusing foreign correspondents of hoping to 'profit' from negative China coverage, while asserting that the Western press is 'nowhere near as influential as it once was' and gleefully noting Mr Trump's attacks on 'fake news'."{{Cite news |date=2018-09-20 |title=China's Global Times plays a peculiar role |url=https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/20/chinas-global-times-plays-a-peculiar-role |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427042204/https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/20/chinas-global-times-plays-a-peculiar-role |archive-date=27 April 2020 |access-date=9 May 2020 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}
In 2019, the Global Times was criticized for perceived bias in its portrayal of Uyghurs and of disinformation campaigns regarding the Xinjiang internment camps, which led Twitter to ban it and other state-sponsored media outlets from ad purchases.{{Cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/08/19/twitter-ads-china-uighurs/|title=Twitter Helped Chinese Government Promote Disinformation on Repression of Uighurs|last=Gallagher|first=Ryan|date=1 August 2019|website=The Intercept|language=en-US|access-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821021612/https://theintercept.com/2019/08/19/twitter-ads-china-uighurs/|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/paper-07232019170208.html|title=Official Chinese White Paper Claims Uyghurs, Xinjiang Have Long Been 'Inseparable Part of China'|date=23 July 2019|website=Radio Free Asia|language=en|access-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821101132/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/paper-07232019170208.html|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/chinse-media-facebook-ads-xinjiang-uighur-propaganda|title=Chinese Media Is Running Facebook Ads To Convince Westerners The Country's Detention Centers Aren't Human Rights Violations|last=Mac|first=Ryan|date=20 August 2019|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|access-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821055957/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/chinse-media-facebook-ads-xinjiang-uighur-propaganda|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}} In 2021, ProPublica and The New York Times reported that Global Times was part of a coordinated state campaign to deny human rights abuses in Xinjiang.{{Cite news|last1=Kao|first1=Jeff|last2=Zhong|first2=Raymond|last3=Mozur|first3=Paul|last4=Krolik|first4=Aaron|date=June 23, 2021|title=How China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs|work=ProPublica|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-uses-youtube-and-twitter-to-spread-its-propaganda-version-of-life-for-uyghurs-in-xinjiang|access-date=June 25, 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624112414/https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-uses-youtube-and-twitter-to-spread-its-propaganda-version-of-life-for-uyghurs-in-xinjiang|url-status=live}}
= "Final solution" tweet =
In October 2021, a tweet from the Global Times which called for a "Final Solution to the Taiwan Question" was condemned by German politician Frank Müller-Rosentritt of the Free Democratic Party for its similarity to the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" which resulted in the Holocaust.{{Cite news |last1=Haime |first1=Jordyn |title=Chinese state-run site proposes 'final solution to the Taiwan question' |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/chinese-state-run-site-proposes-final-solution-to-the-taiwan-question-682664 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630201204/https://www.jpost.com/international/chinese-state-run-site-proposes-final-solution-to-the-taiwan-question-682664 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=21 October 2021 |website=The Jerusalem Post |publisher=}}{{Cite web |last=Obrecht |first=Lina |date=2021-10-18 |title=China benutzt nationalsozialistische Begriffe im Konflikt mit Taiwan |url=https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/china-benutzt-nationalsozialistische-begriffe-im-konflikt-mit-taiwan-66025033 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Nau |language=de |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608064237/https://www.nau.ch/news/ausland/china-benutzt-nationalsozialistische-begriffe-im-konflikt-mit-taiwan-66025033 |url-status=live }}
= Russian invasion of Ukraine =
{{further|Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Global Times promoted unsubstantiated Russian claims of biological weapons labs in Ukraine.{{Cite news |last1=Hvistendahl |first1=Mara |last2=Kovalev |first2=Alexey |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Agreement With China |url=https://theintercept.com/2022/12/30/russia-china-news-media-agreement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230133146/https://theintercept.com/2022/12/30/russia-china-news-media-agreement/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=The Intercept |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Rising |first=David |date=March 11, 2022 |title=China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-biological-weapons-china-39eeee023efdf7ea59c4a20b7e018169 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311112049/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-biological-weapons-china-39eeee023efdf7ea59c4a20b7e018169 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Simone |date=March 10, 2022 |title=China's promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/10/china/china-russia-disinformation-campaign-ukraine-intl-dst-hnk/index.html |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310213748/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/10/china/china-russia-disinformation-campaign-ukraine-intl-dst-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }} The Global Times also echoed Russian state media claims that the Bucha massacre was staged.{{Cite news |last=Carey |first=Alexis |date=7 April 2022 |title=Chinese state media's shocking claim after evidence of Russian torture revealed |work=news.com.au |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/chinese-state-medias-shocking-claim-after-evidence-of-russian-torture-revealed/news-story/74876db83d66eed3b46e9e25588664ef |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407082135/https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/chinese-state-medias-shocking-claim-after-evidence-of-russian-torture-revealed/news-story/74876db83d66eed3b46e9e25588664ef |url-status=live }}
In May 2022, the Global Times said that a Canadian sniper who volunteered to fight in defense of Ukraine had "accused the Ukrainian army of inadequate weaponry, poor training, heavy losses, profiteering and desertion", citing a report by Russian state media outlet RT. The fact-checking website Polygraph.info found that RT and the Global Times had cherry-picked a report published by the Canadian newspaper La Presse to make the claim.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-13 |first=Legu |last=Zhang |title=Russia, Then China, Distort Canadian Sniper's Ukraine War Tale |url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/factcheck-china-distorts-canadian-sniper-ukraine-tale/31848460.html |website=Polygraph.info |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618052938/https://www.polygraph.info/a/factcheck-china-distorts-canadian-sniper-ukraine-tale/31848460.html |url-status=live }}
== Fake news about protest in Belgium ==
On 23 June 2022, the Global Times claimed that thousands of protesters marched in Brussels condemning NATO's aid for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 20 June. However, the protest was aimed at inflation as well as high costs of living; no evidence was found that it was linked to NATO. The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the claim as disinformation.{{cite news |title=新闻核查： 比利时大游行反对北约？环球时报造谣传谣？ |url=https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E6%AC%A7%E6%B4%B2/20220623-%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB%E6%A0%B8%E6%9F%A5-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%97%B6%E5%A4%A7%E6%B8%B8%E8%A1%8C%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%8C%97%E7%BA%A6-%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E6%97%B6%E6%8A%A5%E9%80%A0%E8%B0%A3%E4%BC%A0%E8%B0%A3 |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=Radio France Internationale |date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624064200/https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E6%AC%A7%E6%B4%B2/20220623-%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB%E6%A0%B8%E6%9F%A5-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%97%B6%E5%A4%A7%E6%B8%B8%E8%A1%8C%E5%8F%8D%E5%AF%B9%E5%8C%97%E7%BA%A6-%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E6%97%B6%E6%8A%A5%E9%80%A0%E8%B0%A3%E4%BC%A0%E8%B0%A3 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2022-06-24 |title=Brussels protest was about rising cost of living, not NATO |url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-Brussels-trade-union-protest-NATO-860966128570 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724125511/https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-Brussels-trade-union-protest-NATO-860966128570 |url-status=live }}
== Wagner Group rebellion ==
In June 2023, the Global Times accused Western media of "hyping" the Wagner Group rebellion and did not report on Yevgeny Prigozhin's claims that Russians were deceived into believing NATO was responsible for the invasion.{{Cite news |last1=Pierson |first1=David |last2=Wang |first2=Olivia |date=2023-07-01 |title=Wagner Uprising Highlights China's Risks With Russia |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/world/asia/wagner-uprising-china-russia.html |url-access=registration |access-date=2023-07-01 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701153028/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/world/asia/wagner-uprising-china-russia.html |url-status=live }}
= Crocus City Hall attack =
In March 2024, the Global Times repeated false Russian claims that the United States was behind the Crocus City Hall attack.{{Cite news |last=An |first=Yang |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Chinese state, social media echo Russian propaganda on concert hall attack |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-state-social-media-echo-russian-propaganda-on-concert-hall-attack/7554888.html |access-date=April 3, 2024 |work=Voice of America |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403185939/https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-state-social-media-echo-russian-propaganda-on-concert-hall-attack/7554888.html |url-status=live }}
Reception
= In China =
In May 2016, the Global Times was criticized domestically by the Cyberspace Administration of China for "fabricating" news on the US, the South China Sea, North Korea, and Hong Kong, and "disturbing" the order of the cyberspace.{{cite news |title=中央网信办批《环球时报》、环球网"炒作"敏感事件 |url=http://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20160512-%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%BD%91%E4%BF%A1%E5%8A%9E%E6%89%B9%E3%80%8A%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E6%97%B6%E6%8A%A5%E3%80%8B%E3%80%81%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E7%BD%91%E2%80%9C%E7%82%92%E4%BD%9C%E2%80%9D%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220225051/http://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20160512-%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%BD%91%E4%BF%A1%E5%8A%9E%E6%89%B9%E3%80%8A%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E6%97%B6%E6%8A%A5%E3%80%8B%E3%80%81%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E7%BD%91%E2%80%9C%E7%82%92%E4%BD%9C%E2%80%9D%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=20 February 2020 |work=Radio France Internationale |language=zh}}
In September 2018, The Economist wrote that it was "not fashionable in China to take the Global Times seriously", with a retired Chinese ambassador in 2016 comparing it to an angry toddler, along with Chinese intellectuals who deplored "its sabre-rattling towards Taiwan and Japan, and its deep reservoirs of grievance".
= In India =
In September 2020, India's Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that comments made by the Global Times were falsely attributed to Ajit Doval.{{Cite web|date=September 8, 2020|title=Press Statement on China Daily / Global Times article attributing false comments to NSA|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/32948/Press_Statement_on_China_Daily__Global_Times_article_attributing_false_comments_to_NSA|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Ministry of External Affairs (India)|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109071350/https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl%2F32948%2FPress_Statement_on_China_Daily__Global_Times_article_attributing_false_comments_to_NSA|url-status=live}}
In May 2025, following the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict, the Twitter account of Global Times, along with that of Xinhua News Agency, were blocked in India after both continuously published Pakistani claims of Indian military losses during the conflict.{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-blocks-chinese-turkish-news-agencies-from-x/a-72536227|title=India blocks Chinese, Turkish news agencies from X|first=Mahima|last=Kapoor|newspaper=DW News|date=2025-05-15|access-date=2025-05-15}} Prior to its Twitter account being blocked in India, the Twitter account of the Embassy of India, Beijing rejected Global Times reports, stating "when media outlets share such information without verifying sources, it reflects a serious lapse in responsibility and journalistic ethics."{{cite web |last=Chakraborty |first=Debdutta |date=2025-05-14 |title=India blocks X accounts of Chinese & Turkish state media for misinformation on Operation Sindoor |url=https://theprint.in/india/india-blocks-x-accounts-of-chinese-turkish-state-media-for-misinformation-on-operation-sindoor/2625497/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=ThePrint}} The block on Global Times' account was lifted later on the same day it was imposed.{{cite web |date=2025-05-15 |title=India restores X account of China's Global Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-restores-x-account-of-chinas-global-times/articleshow/121176348.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Economic Times}}
= In Singapore =
In September 2016, the Global Times published an article, titled "Singapore's Delusional Reference to the South China Sea Arbitration During the Non-Aligned Movement Summit". Stanley Loh Ka Leung, then Singapore's ambassador to China, criticized the article as fake news. Loh also asked the Global Times to publish in full, in both English and Chinese, a letter he wrote to the newspaper's then editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin containing evidence which debunked the Global Times’ assertions. Loh pointed out that Global Times did not attend the meeting and China was not a member of NAM. Hu refuted the ambassador by saying that the Global Times{{'}} reports were reliable and based on information from people who attended the meeting, without publishing the letter that Loh had requested to be published.Loh's letter was widely carried by reputable international newspapers like the Straits Times and South China Morning Post, forcing Global Times to eventually publish Loh's letter online. This was the first time that Global Times published a clarification by a foreign Ambassador.{{Cite news |title=新加坡驻中国大使罗家良日前批评中国《环球时报》南海报道胡编乱造 |last=Lin |first=Ping |publisher=Radio Free Asia |date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2021 |url=https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/yl-09272016103954.html |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211130351/https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/yl-09272016103954.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=新加坡大使怒指环球"胡编乱造" |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/zh/%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E5%A4%A7%E4%BD%BF%E6%80%92%E6%8C%87%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E8%83%A1%E7%BC%96%E4%B9%B1%E9%80%A0/a-35903390 |language=zh |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106121551/http://www.dw.com/zh/%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E5%A4%A7%E4%BD%BF%E6%80%92%E6%8C%87%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E8%83%A1%E7%BC%96%E4%B9%B1%E9%80%A0/a-35903390 |url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=新加坡驻华大使罗家良先生致函《环球时报》总编辑胡锡进先生回应《环球时报》中文版于2016年9月21日所刊登的一篇报道 | publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore | date=September 26, 2016 | url=http://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Mission/Beijing/CN/Beijing-CN/Mission-Updates/2016/09/press_20160926cn | language=zh | access-date=March 8, 2021 | archive-date=23 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423035941/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Mission/Beijing/CN/Beijing-CN/Mission-Updates/2016/09/press_20160926cn | url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=新加坡驻华大使罗家良再次致函反驳《环球时报》总编辑胡锡进 |trans-title= |last=Yang |first=Lijuan |publisher=Lianhe Zaobao |date=September 28, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/special/sg-cn/bilateral/story20160928-671577 |language=zh |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225130755/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/special/sg-cn/bilateral/story20160928-671577 |url-status=live }}
= In the United States =
In June 2020, the United States Department of State designated Global Times as a foreign mission.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Wong |date=2 June 2020 |title=U.S. Designates Four More Chinese News Organizations as Foreign Missions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/politics/us-china-news-organizations.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622221012/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/politics/us-china-news-organizations.html |archive-date=22 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last1=Ruwitch|first1=John|last2=Kelemen|first2=Michele|date=22 June 2020|title=Trump Administration Labels 4 More Chinese News Outlets 'Foreign Missions'|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881755421/trump-administration-labels-4-more-chinese-news-outlets-foreign-missions|url-status=live|access-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622211319/https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881755421/trump-administration-labels-4-more-chinese-news-outlets-foreign-missions|archive-date=22 June 2020}}
In February 2023, the US-China Business Council (USCBC) released a statement refuting a Global Times article that claimed USCBC representatives had criticized the US Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns. The USCBC said that the claims in the report were false and expressed appreciation for Burns' work in Beijing.{{Cite web |author= |date=27 February 2023 |title=USCBC Statement on Recent Global Times Article |url=https://www.uschina.org/media/press/uscbc-statement-recent-global-times-article |access-date=1 March 2023 |work=US-China Business Council |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301003822/https://www.uschina.org/media/press/uscbc-statement-recent-global-times-article |url-status=live }}
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