Taipei Times Explained

Taipei Times
Type:Daily newspaper
Founder:Lin Rong-San
Format:Broadsheet
Owners:The Liberty Times Group
Political Position:Pan-Green
Publisher:The Liberty Times Group
Headquarters:Taipei, Taiwan
Issn:1563-9525
Language:English
Taipei Times
T:台北時報
S:台北时报
Tp:Táiběi Shíhbào
W:T'ai²-pei³ Shih²-pao⁴
Hp:Táiběi Shíbào
Poj:Tâi-pak sî-pò

The Taipei Times is the last surviving English-language print newspaper in Taiwan.

History

Published by the Liberty Times Group, Taipei Times launched its first edition on 15 June 1999.[1] The Taipei Times claims to be the third English-language newspaper founded in Taiwan.[2]

In a column celebrating the paper's fifth anniversary, then-Taipei Times associate editor Laurence Eyton wrote that much of the initial planning of the paper was concluded over pints of Carlsberg in a pub with Anthony Lawrence, the paper's first managing editor.[3]

In 2002, the daily ciruclation stood at 280,000 copies.[4]

By 2017, Taipei Times would become the last daily print newspaper in Taiwan, after competitors Taiwan News and China Post switched to digital-only formats.[4]

The Taipei Times has been involved in several controversies over the years, including an argument with a member of the United States House of Representatives, a push for nuclear weapons under then-R.O.C. President Chen Shui-bian, and misleading readers about the origin of a letter to The Wall Street Journal.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Editorial positions

Its editorial position leans toward Taiwan independence, and supports the development of Taiwan's own nuclear arsenal.[10] [11] It is a participant in Project Syndicate.[12]

Opinion writers

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Huang . Sandy . 16 June 2002 . 'Taipei Times' celebrates anniversary . 1 . Taipei Times . 15 December 2015 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122124736/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2002/06/16/0000140553 . live .
  2. News: 15 June 2004 . Taipei Times and Taiwan Timeline . 24 . Taipei Times . 15 December 2015 . 13 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220813173746/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/supplement/archives/2004/06/15/2003175210 . live .
  3. News: The \'Taipei Times\' grows up - Taipei Times . www.taipeitimes.com . 15 June 2004 . 7 January 2024 . 7 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240107004657/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/supplement/archives/2004/06/15/2003175216 . live .
  4. Web site: Cheng . Kathy . It's Not Too Late to Save the Taipei Times . Tricky Taipei . 12 April 2019.
  5. Web site: 2009-03-25 . Faleomavaega: no friend of Taiwan . Taipei Times . 16 August 2023 . 16 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230816071648/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/03/25/2003439322 . live .
  6. Web site: 2009-03-27 . Faleomavaega says he will not bow to FAPA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503115207/http://faleomavaega.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/washington-dc-faleomavaega-says-he-will-not-bow-to-fapa . 2014-05-03 . Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega.
  7. Web site: 2010-09-14 . 美科学家指扁主政时曾有意发展核武 . 美国之音 . 16 August 2023 . 16 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230816054752/https://www.voachinese.com/a/article-20100914-taiwan-nuclear-weapons-102893569/768772.html . live .
  8. Web site: 2011-09-02 . 慕可舜與寇謐將 . Liberty Times . 16 August 2023 . 16 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516180330/http://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/521090 . live .
  9. Web site: 2021-07-08 . 日媒諷藍營「AZ特攻隊」 鄭照新質疑「大內宣」：特定專欄作者觀點偏頗 . 風傳媒 . zh-TW . 16 August 2023 . 12 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210712142520/https://www.storm.mg/article/3801026 . live .
  10. Web site: 郭賽華 . 2002 . zh:語言與意識型態：台灣媒體論述分析 . Language and ideology: Taiwanese Media editorial analysis . http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/handle/987654321/10698 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208051719/http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/handle/987654321/10698 . 2015-12-08 . National Tsing Hua University Department of Foreign Languages . The data page is in Chinese and there are abstracts in both Chinese and English, but the document body is only in English.
  11. Web site: 2004-08-13 . Taiwan needs nuclear deterrent . Taipei Times.
  12. Web site: 2023-08-16 . Member Papers . Project Syndicate.
  13. Web site: Cheung . Han . Book Review: Charting Taiwan's future through its past . www.taipeitimes.com . Taipei Times . 15 July 2020 . 13 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513100102/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2020/07/16/2003740005 . live .

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