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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

Tens of Thousands Demonstrate in Taipei Against Chinese Media Influence

Brian Hioe06/24/2019

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...

EnglishJune 2019Self-DeterminationSocial Movements7 min read

The Return of Media Monopoly?

Brian Hioe04/03/2019

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...

April 2019EnglishSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

China’s Recent Attempts to Crack Down on Press Freedoms

Brian Hioe02/05/2016

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....

EnglishFebruary 2016Politics9 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

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

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

Media Monopoly

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

China’s Recent Attempts to Crack Down on Press Freedoms

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

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

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

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy