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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

Want Want Group Threatens Apple Daily with Defamation Suit After Report on Chinese Funding

Brian Hioe05/06/2019

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...

April 2019EnglishPolitics5 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Social Movements

Media monopoly in Taiwan

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

Want Want Group Threatens Apple Daily with Defamation Suit After Report on Chinese Funding

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security