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CtiTV License Ruling to Prove a Litmus Test for Tsai in Combating Disinformation

Brian Hioe11/18/2020

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...

EnglishNovember 2020Politics17 min read

KMT Likely to Make CtiTV’s Operations License Renewal into a Contested Issue

Brian Hioe10/24/2020

With hearings held by the National Communications Commission coming up next week regarding television outlet CtiTV’s renewal of its operations license, the issue has become one with which the KMT has sought to attack the DPP. In particular, the KMT has framed the issue as the DPP seeking to shut down CtiTV, as a means of targeting political critics...

EnglishOctober 2020Politics6 min read

Government Moves to Ban Taiwanese Agents of Chinese OTT Providers, Though No Outright Ban Planned

Brian Hioe08/22/2020

The Tsai administration continues to face challenges regulating Chinese OTT providers, as observed in recent legislation that will ban Taiwanese companies or individuals from acting as local agents for Chinese OTT providers. OTT providers are online streaming services such as Netflix, as distinguished from traditional cable or satellite networks...

August 2020EnglishPolitics8 min read

Tsai Administration Efforts to Regulate Chinese OTT Providers Face Obstacles

Brian Hioe07/18/2020

Concerns have been raised regarding the Chinese government disseminating propaganda and disinformation in Taiwan through unregulated OTT providers in past weeks by members of the pan-Green camp. OTT providers are online streaming services such as Netflix, as distinguished from traditional cable or satellite networks...

EnglishJuly 2020Politics6 min read

Chinese Government Likely to Use Expulsion of Reporters to Attack the Tsai Administration

Brian Hioe07/07/2020

The expulsion of two Chinese reporters from Taiwan proves a rare incident in which the Taiwanese government has taken action against Chinese media operating in Taiwan...

EnglishJuly 2020Politics6 min read

Financial Times Reports That Taiwanese Media Outlets Are Seeking Chinese Government Approval for Stories

Brian Hioe07/18/2019

A recent Financial Times report has made waves in Taiwan, seeing as the report states that the Want Want Group-owned China Times newspaper, as well as the Want Want-owned CTV and CtiTV television networks, are directly seeking approval from China’s Taiwan Affairs Office before running some stories...

EnglishJuly 2019Politics10 min read

Recent Incidents Point to Increasing Chinese Influence on Taiwanese Media

Brian Hioe05/13/2019

Concerns regarding Chinese influence on Taiwanese media have again been raised in the past week through a number of incidents. However, it generally should not surprise that large elements of the Taiwanese media remain firmly beholden to China...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMay 20196 min read

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CtiTV License Ruling to Prove a Litmus Test for Tsai in Combating Disinformation

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CTV

CtiTV License Ruling to Prove a Litmus Test for Tsai in Combating Disinformation

KMT Likely to Make CtiTV’s Operations License Renewal into a Contested Issue

Government Moves to Ban Taiwanese Agents of Chinese OTT Providers, Though No Outright Ban Planned

Tsai Administration Efforts to Regulate Chinese OTT Providers Face Obstacles

Chinese Government Likely to Use Expulsion of Reporters to Attack the Tsai Administration

Financial Times Reports That Taiwanese Media Outlets Are Seeking Chinese Government Approval for Stories

Recent Incidents Point to Increasing Chinese Influence on Taiwanese Media

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Shih Sentencing Shows That Not Just Independence Advocates Face Threats From China

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Shih Sentencing Shows That Not Just Independence Advocates Face Threats From China

Ask the Sheep