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China Shadow Looming, Taiwan's Ma Set For 2Nd Term
yahoo.com 1 week, 3 days agoTaiwan's Ma Ying-jeou is set to begin his second presidential term caught between China's desire to exert greater influence over his democratic island and Taiwanese determination to maintain their de facto independence.
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Taiwan: When News Is Sold To The Chinese Government
globalvoicesonline.org 4 days agoIn recent years, more and more Taiwanese media workers have been worried that press freedom has been eroding since the lifting of martial law in 1987. In fact, Taiwan's ranking in Freedom House's Annual Press Freedom Report has been regressing since 2008. In addition to the “embedded marketing” practice which cloaks advertising as news and makes journalistic articles less reliable, the mainland China government has extended influence on the Taiwan public sphere through news industry acquisitions. Influence










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