Xinhua media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Xinhua on the left. We have seen it on 156 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Xinhua biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Xinhua on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Xinhua left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Xinhua on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Xinhua reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Xinhua are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Xinhua has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Xinhua’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats must pick up four seats in both the House and Senate to alter the trade debate, with Senator Ron Wyden urging repeal of Canada tariffs. The Trump administration says it will keep its tariff-driven agenda and rely more on executive actions.
Xinhua reported it asFlash: Trump says he is "absolutely willing to accept" election results (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won the midterm elections in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. A White House official echoed this sentiment, attributing the results to candidate quality and Trump's absence from voting.
Xinhua reported it asFlash: Trump says he is "absolutely willing to accept" election results (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
A LOT Polish Airlines flight from London to Warsaw made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, due to a bomb threat. Warsaw-Modlin airport was temporarily closed. An SAS flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw also reported a bomb threat.
Xinhua reported it asHoax bomb threats trigger flight disruptions, security checks across Europe (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he believes a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is nearing completion. He suggested a deal could be finalized at the G20 summit in December, which is scheduled to take place at his resort in Doral, Florida.
Xinhua reported it asU.S. to mediate new Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi next week (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
President Xi Jinping told Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said that the Middle East should not be a battleground for great-power rivalry. Xi expressed China's willingness to enhance coordination with Arab and GCC countries for regional peace and stability.
Xinhua reported it asXi says China willing to work with Arab, GCC countries for regional peace (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthis reportedly launched missile attacks on Aden airport and the presidential palace. Residents heard explosions in the city, which serves as the temporary seat of the internationally recognized government.
Xinhua reported it asHouthi missiles strike near presidential palace in Yemen's Aden (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
A vessel caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil trade route. Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed three oil tankers hit mines, but the status of the crew and the cause of the fires remain unclear.
Xinhua reported it asVessel catches fire in Strait of Hormuz off Oman's coast: UKMTO (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
The Liberal government is set to release a new national security strategy. The plan will address safeguarding Canada's economy and handling traditional security threats like espionage.
Xinhua reported it asCanada unveils first national security strategy in over 20 years (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthis reportedly launched missile attacks on Aden airport and the presidential palace. Residents heard explosions in the city, which serves as the temporary seat of the internationally recognized government.
Xinhua reported it asYemen's Aden airport resumes operations after Houthi attack (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
Xinhua reported it asIran in contact with mediators to ensure 7-day plan's implementation: FM (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Moscow for talks, with assurances of safety. Ukrainian officials confirmed Zelensky's readiness for a meeting and a partial ceasefire, though they noted Russia's continued attacks.
Xinhua reported it asFinnish president, Norwegian PM hold phone call with Putin on Ukraine conflict (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Xinhua reported it asUkraine, Russia begin humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Voronezh on the night of 26 October 2026, targeting an aircraft plant, a petrochemical facility, and a bridge. The attack resulted in two deaths and 17 injuries, with Russian air defenses reporting the destruction of 113 drones.
Xinhua reported it asTwo killed, 17 injured in drone attack on Russia's Voronezh region (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
China's Communist Party began its Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing on October 26. President Xi Jinping opened the meeting, which is scheduled to last four days and focuses on enhancing party discipline and self-governance.
Xinhua reported it asThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Begins in Beijing - Xinhua News Agency (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Xinhua reported it asUrgent: Lula declares victory in live speech following Brazil's presidential runoff (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated that Libya cannot continue to serve as a transit route for illegal migration, calling for the situation to end immediately. He also affirmed the US-Libya partnership in combating terrorism and urged the nation to hold national elections.
Xinhua reported it asLibya summons U.S. charge d'affaires over "offensive remarks" (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
A 20-year-old U.S. Marine, Devin Ballard, has been indicted on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa. The incident, which occurred in early October, has led to a curfew for U.S. military personnel and a protest from the Japanese government.
Xinhua reported it asU.S. Marine indicted on robbery-murder charges in Japan's Okinawa (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
France deployed thousands of police officers to manage protests over living costs and school funding. A planned march in Paris was rerouted to the city's southeastern edge, with authorities citing concerns over potential unrest and damage to businesses.
Xinhua reported it asAround 410,000 people take part in new round of protests across France: media (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
An oil spill from a tanker has affected beaches in Umm Al Quwain, the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announced. Coastal areas have been temporarily closed as a precaution, while residents reported unpleasant odours.
Xinhua reported it asNorthern UAE beach closed as precaution after tanker oil spill (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Israeli forces raided multiple towns in the northern West Bank and forced dozens of Palestinians to evacuate their homes in Hebron. The operation, which began after two soldiers were killed, is expected to continue for several days.
Xinhua reported it asPalestinian families flee Hebron homes unprepared as Israeli operation unfolds (opens Xinhua in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleftCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
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Who owns it
- Chinese Communist PartyGovernmentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Beijing, China
- Official site
- news.cn
- Seen publishing on
- english.news.cn, news.cn
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 156
- Reports listed
- 165
- We could read
- 9
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
156 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 9 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 85 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Xinhua ran the story anyway.
Across the 156 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Xinhua’s on 6 of them. Overall it filed a median of 32 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Xinhua, also publishing from China, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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