CGTN
Facts
16 properties- Instance of
- Chinese state-controlled propaganda channel, State-controlled media (PRC)[3]
- Inception
- September 20, 1997[8]
- Owned by
- China Media Group (2018–present), China Central Television (?–2018)[4]
- Official website
- www.cgtn.com[9]
- Website
- www.cgtn.com
- Headquarters
- Beijing
- Different from
- CGTN Documentary, CCTV-9 Documentary, CCTV-13 News[12][13][14]
- Motto text
- See the difference[11]
- Named after
- China Global Television Network[6]
- Operator
- China Global Television Network (2018–present)[5]
- Freebase ID
- /m/06_b95
- Google News publication ID
- CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEVzVsZDNNdVkyZDBiaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE
- Muck Rack media outlet ID
- cgtn
- Streaming media URL
- www.cgtn.com
Different from 3
Owned by 2
Owns / has subsidiaries 2
← Different from 2
Country 1
Facet of 1
Headquarters location 1
Language used 1
Named after 1
Operator 1
← Facet of 1
← Item operated 1
0 sources
Summary
CGTN is a Chinese state-controlled propaganda channel[1].
high ≥ 0.90 · emerging ≥ 0.65 · low below — calibrated against hand-rated truth (single-source .44 · two-source .62 · production-typical .70), so a band is a measurement, not a promise. High is rare by design: it needs both a supported assertion and an evidence sentence. A confirmed or contradicted chip is a Wikidata cross-check; no chip means Wikidata has no value for that property — the ordinary case here, and it says nothing either way. A confirm-only note marks a property whose check can never disagree (Wikidata's border and capital data is not exhaustive), so silence there is a limit of the check, not of the claim.
served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold
evidence “La cadena estatal china CGTN ha difundido imágenes de un robot policial esférico chino apodado 'Oficial Bola'.” actualidad.rt.com · read source
Show 1 low-confidence claim
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evidence “The CCTV News military channel on August 24 released footage from the first day of flight training held Saturday during Eagles of Civilization, showing PLA J-16s engaging in air combat drills against Egyptian MiG-29 and Rafale fighters.” eng.chinamil.com.cn · read source