Culture [antikvár]

Culture News Agencies and Newspapers News Agencies China has two news agencies: The Xinhua (New China) News Agency and China News Service. The Xinhua News Agency has its origin in the Red China News Press, founded on November 7, 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, the capital of the then Central Soviet Area. In January 1937 it formally adopted the name Xinhua News Agency. The Xinhua News Agency is the nation's official news agency directly under the State Council, as well as the nation's centralized news-distribution organ. The head office of the Xinhua News Agency is located in Beijing. It has branches in all twenty-nine provinces (except Taiwan), in municipalities directly under the central government, in autonomous regions and in Hong Kong. Xinhua also runs a People's Liberation Army News Agency with branches in the navy, air force and all larger military concentrations. In addition, Xinhua branches operate in over ninety foreign countries and regions. Xinhua's professional services are as follows: l