Taipei Times
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founder(s) | Lin Rong-San |
| Publisher | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founded | 15 June 1999 |
| Political alignment | Pan-Green |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| ISSN | 1563-9525 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 台北時報 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台北时报 | ||||||||||||||
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The Taipei Times is an English-language print newspaper in Taiwan published by the Liberty Times Group. Founded as the third English-language newspaper on 15 June 1999,[1] it is currently the last surviving English-language print newspaper in Taiwan.[2]
History
Published by the Liberty Times Group, the Taipei Times launched its first edition on 15 June 1999.[3] It was the third English-language newspaper founded in Taiwan.[4][1] President Lee Teng-hui attended its launch ceremony.[1] The other two English-language media before the Taipei Times were Taiwan News and The China Post.[5]
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.[6] In 2002, the daily circulation stood at 280,000 copies.[7]
By 2017, the Taipei Times had become the last daily print newspaper in Taiwan, after competitors Taiwan News and China Post switched to digital-only formats.[7]
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 President Chen Shui-bian, and misleading readers about the origin of a letter to The Wall Street Journal.[8][9][10][11][12]
Editorial positions
Its editorial position leans toward Taiwan independence, and supports the development of Taiwan's own nuclear arsenal.[13][14] It is a participant in Project Syndicate.[15]
Opinion writers
See also
References
- ^ a b c "英文台北時報創刊". CTS News. 15 June 1999.
- ^ Cheng, Kathy (21 May 2018). "It's Not Too Late to Save the Taipei Times". Tricky Taipei.
- ^ Huang, Sandy (16 June 2002). "'Taipei Times' celebrates anniversary". Taipei Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Taipei Times and Taiwan Timeline". Taipei Times. 15 June 2004. p. 24. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Lai, Tzu-yun (30 September 2005). Chinese-to-English News Translation Explored: A Case Study on Taipei Times Opinion Page (PhD thesis). National Taipei Normal University.
- ^ "The \'Taipei Times\' grows up". www.taipeitimes.com. 15 June 2004. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ a b Cheng, Kathy (12 April 2019). "It's Not Too Late to Save the Taipei Times". Tricky Taipei.
- ^ "Faleomavaega: no friend of Taiwan". Taipei Times. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Faleomavaega says he will not bow to FAPA". Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
- ^ "美科学家指扁主政时曾有意发展核武". 美国之音. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "慕可舜與寇謐將". Liberty Times. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "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 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ 郭賽華 (2002). 語言與意識型態：台灣媒體論述分析 [Language and ideology: Taiwanese Media editorial analysis]. National Tsing Hua University Department of Foreign Languages. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. The data page is in Chinese and there are abstracts in both Chinese and English, but the document body is only in English.
- ^ "Taiwan needs nuclear deterrent". Taipei Times. 13 August 2004.
- ^ "Member Papers". Project Syndicate. 16 August 2023.
- ^ Cheung, Han. "Book Review: Charting Taiwan's future through its past". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2020.