The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China–Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum was held in Beijing and President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech on 13 May. On the eve of the meeting and during the event, Associate Professor Pan Deng from the College was interviewed by Russia Today (RT), offering insights into the remarkable progress in China-Latin America relations over the past decade. He also commented on the shared interests of both sides in global economic governance and shared his views on how China and Latin American countries can jointly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, while playing a greater role in international and regional affairs.

From the afternoon of 13 May to the morning of 14 May Moscow time, RT Spanish broadcasted segments of the interview in multiple time slots during its hourly news programmes. Parts of the interview were also distributed through RT’s official website and social media platforms.

RT (Russia Today) is a multilingual news organisation under the state-owned Rossiya Segodnya (Russia News Agency). It officially launched on 10 December, 2005, and operates 24-hour broadcasting through its Russian-language channel, Spanish-language channel, Arabic-language channel, and two English-language channels: RT International and RT America. RT has significant influence and agenda-setting power in the Western world. Its Spanish-language channel primarily targets audiences in Latin America, the southern United States and Spain.