Taipei Times

The Taipei Times is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the third established there.[1] Online competitors include the state-owned Focus Taiwan and Taiwan News; The China Post was formerly a competitor but is no longer operational. Established on 15 June 1999,[2][3] the Taipei Times is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes a Chinese-language newspaper, the Liberty Times, Taiwan's biggest newspaper by circulation, with a pro–Taiwan independence editorial line.[4]

This article is about the newspaper in Taiwan. For the time zone commonly known as Taipei Time, see Time in Taiwan.

Taipei Times
台北時報
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Liberty Times Group
Founder(s)Lin Rong-San
PublisherThe Liberty Times Group
Founded15 June 1999 (1999-06-15)
Political alignmentPan-Green
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
ISSN1563-9525
Websitewww.taipeitimes.com
Taipei Times
Traditional Chinese台北時報
Simplified Chinese台北时报

With English-language competitors Taiwan News and The China Post ceasing print publication in 2010 and 2017 respectively, the Taipei Times is consequently offered at most points of sale, hotels and libraries as the sole local English-language newspaper.

It is a participant in Project Syndicate.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Taipei Times and Taiwan Timeline". Taipei Times. 15 June 2004. p. 24. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. Huang, Sandy (16 June 2002). "'Taipei Times' celebrates anniversary". Taipei Times. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. Lee, Chang-kuei (15 June 2004). "Opening a window on Taiwan". Taipei Times. p. 23. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. "Member publications". Project Syndicate. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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