Russian Telegraph Agency were not printed but rather painted with cut-out stencils made from cardboard. Once the required number of posters was painted, the stencils were sent to another city and put in circulation throughout the Soviet Union. During the World War II, this approach was reproduced in Tass windows by Kukryniksy. Russian Telegraph Agency Russian Telegraph Agency (, "Rossiyskoye telegrafnoye agentstvo"), abbr. ROSTA, was the state news agency in Soviet Russia (1918-35). After the creation of Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union in 1925, it remained the news agency of Soviet Russia. Its name was associated with "Rosta windows" (, "Okna Rosta").
Central News Agency (Taiwan) the ROC government after the Chinese Civil War, due to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s victory, while the CCP established its new official news agency, Xinhua News Agency. Despite the incorporation of the agency in 1973, it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's official state agency. At the time, journalists from CNA received preferential treatment on various occasions, mostly government-related press conferences. On 1 July 1996, the agency took the form of a non-profit organization under a bill passed by the Legislative Yuan. Today, the agency is still the official news agency of Taiwan and receives