It has correspondents in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston.

[1] SinoVision was founded in 1990 by personnel dispatched to the U.S. from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) and its China News Service to counter negative perceptions of the Chinese government following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

[2] According to academics Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role.

"[3][4] According to Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, "SinoVision’s content echoes China's official media.

The vast majority of its stories about China, Sino-American relations, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other important issues for the PRC government are taken directly from official Chinese media outlets or websites, including CCTV, Xinhua, and the People’s Daily.