Protests took place in Hong Kong over the weekend, with demonstrations against planned quarantine centers and clinics which would house patients who have contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus. Hong Kong currently has 57 COVID-19 cases, with one death having occurred so far...
The Central Epidemic Command Center, which is coordinating efforts in Taiwan to combat the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, reported the first death in Taiwan due to the epidemic yesterday...
In the midst of the Coronavirus epidemic, publishing unsubstantiated rumors and misinformation poisons the well of public discourse, and performs a disservice to society. Perhaps the most egregious example of this in domestic English-language media is Taiwan News, an online media platform owned by Luis Ko, the CEO of I-Mei Foods, a major Taiwanese brand. Taiwan News recently published a number of articles making extraordinary claims about the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Two articles in particular deserve additional scrutiny; both were written by Keoni Everington, whose bylines list him as either “editor” or “staff writer”
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The 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak continues to have widespread implications in Taiwan, with a number of measures rolled out by the government in past days aimed at stopping the spread of the disease...
The Chinese Communist Party has put its political priorities over the need to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic within China. But Beijing’s growing international clout means that the international community also suffers from the primacy of the party...