The China Times is being probed over its participation in the Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit in China. Specifically, what has led to attention from the Taiwanese government is statements by representatives of the China Times at the summit, doubling down on the view of Taiwan as part of China...
The KMT has sought to use similar tactics for Taiwan’s NCC, as it has aimed to do with the Constitutional Court. That is, the KMT has tried to freeze the NCC by mandating that the NCC cannot function without a minimum quorum of members then blocking any appointments that the Lai administration seeks to make to the NCC...
A proposal by the KMT to allow the government, political parties, and the military to indirectly invest in up to 10% of broadcast media proves an unusual proposal. This proves particularly ironic at a time when the KMT has frequently attacked successive DPP presidential administrations over the claim that the DPP clamps down on media through the regulatory body of the National Communications Commission...
Representatives of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party, Kuma Academy, and international law expert John Sung Cheng-en held a press conference earlier this month to call for strengthening measures to combat Chinese influence. The TSP was represented by Taipei chapter head Wu Hsin-tai and party chair Wu Hsing-huan, while the Kuma Academy was represented by CEO Ho Cheng-hui....
After weeks of speculation, the National Communication Commission ruled today that it would not be renewing the license of television broadcaster CtiTV. One expects the ruling to lead to resistance from the KMT, as well as accusations against the Tsai administration that it is violating freedoms of press in Taiwan from the pan-Blue camp...
A demonstration against so-called “red media” was held yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard, “red media” referring to increasing Chinese influence in Taiwanese media. According to organizers, 100,000 attended, despite rain...
The Want Want Group recently threatened the Apple Daily with a defamation lawsuit for publishing a report stating that the Want Want Group received over 477 million Chinese yuan—just over 2 billion NTD—from the Chinese government between 2017 and 2018...
Anger against CTi News is on the rise, particularly among youth activists, with rising concerns that the television news network is spreading fake news in order to benefit the KMT in 2020 elections...
With critics of wrongdoing in China increasingly disappearing, who is it that will dare speak out against China in the future? No one, nowhere seems off limits anymore. More generally, we can point to a renewed offensive on press freedom in China, including renewed attempts at “Media Monopoly" and crackdowns on foreign journalists....
