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

Brian Hioe04/19/2024

A controversy involving illegal investments by SET News in March is likely to be leveraged on by the pan-Blue camp to attack the DPP. In particular, SET News has come under fire for violating promises to the National Communications Commission and investing in Homeplus Digital. The exchange took place in 2018, with SET TV co-founder Chang Rong-hua investing in shareholders of Homeplus Digital...

April 2024EnglishPolitics5 min read

Despite Controversy, Mirror TV Approved for Broadcast

Brian Hioe06/29/2023

The National Communications Commission approved the broadcast of Mirror TV earlier this week. Mirror TV is the first television network approved for broadcast in a decade and could start broadcasting as early as June...

EnglishJune 2023Politics5 min read

Controversy Breaks Out Over Allegations of Political Pressure on Mirror TV’s Approval

Brian Hioe10/02/2022

Controversy has broken out after recordings were leaked by New Power Party chair Chen Jiau-hua of what she claimed were comments leaked by former Mirror TV Chairman Pei Wei at a shareholders’ meeting in December...

EnglishOctober 2022Politics6 min read

CTS Ticker Controversy Points to Larger Issues with Taiwanese Television Networks

Brian Hioe05/05/2022

Publicly-run CTS caused controversy late last month after an incident involving a televised news program broadcasting a ticker as though a Chinese invasion of Taiwan were underway. CTS is part of the government-operated Taiwan Broadcasting Systems. This took place on a morning news program on Wednesday, April 20th...

EnglishMay 2022Politics6 min read

Mirror Media Sees Successive Controversies Before Launch of Television Network

Brian Hioe04/23/2022

Mirror Media's efforts to establish a television network have faced continual issues in the past months. Mirror Media currently hopes to establish a television network called Mirror News...

April 2022EnglishPolitics6 min read

Reactions To Cannabis Arrest Of Independence Activist Prove Taiwan Is Far From Liberal On Drug Policy

Brian Hioe10/01/2018

Taiwan again proves that it is far from a liberal country on drug policy with the controversy following the arrest of Taiwanese independence advocate Lo Yi on charges of using cannabis...

EnglishOctober 2018Politics5 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

Mirror Media

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

Despite Controversy, Mirror TV Approved for Broadcast

Controversy Breaks Out Over Allegations of Political Pressure on Mirror TV’s Approval

CTS Ticker Controversy Points to Larger Issues with Taiwanese Television Networks

Mirror Media Sees Successive Controversies Before Launch of Television Network

Reactions To Cannabis Arrest Of Independence Activist Prove Taiwan Is Far From Liberal On Drug Policy

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