Taipei Times

History

Published by the Liberty Times Group, the Taipei Times launched its first edition on 15 June 1999. It was the third English-language newspaper founded in Taiwan. President Lee Teng-hui attended its launch ceremony. The other two English-language media before the Taipei Times were Taiwan News and The China Post. It is a participant in Project Syndicate.

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. In 2002, the daily circulation stood at 280,000 copies.

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.

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.

Editorial positions

Its editorial position leans toward Taiwan independence, and supports the development of Taiwan's own nuclear arsenal.

Opinion writers

• Jerome F. Keating

References

References

1. (1999-06-15). "英文台北時報創刊".
2. Cheng, Kathy. (May 21, 2018). "It’s Not Too Late to Save the Taipei Times".
3. Huang, Sandy. (16 June 2002). "'Taipei Times' celebrates anniversary". Taipei Times.
4. (15 June 2004). "Taipei Times and Taiwan Timeline". Taipei Times.
5. Lai, Tzu-yun. (2005-09-30). "Chinese-to-English News Translation Explored: A Case Study on Taipei Times Opinion Page". National Taipei Normal University.
6. (2023-08-16). "Member Papers".
7. (15 June 2004). "The 'Taipei Times' grows up". www.taipeitimes.com.
8. Cheng, Kathy. (12 April 2019). "It's Not Too Late to Save the Taipei Times".
9. (2009-03-25). "Faleomavaega: no friend of Taiwan".
10. (2009-03-27). "Faleomavaega says he will not bow to FAPA".
11. (2010-09-14). "美科学家指扁主政时曾有意发展核武".
12. (2011-09-02). "慕可舜與寇謐將". Liberty Times.
13. (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".
14. 郭賽華. (2002). link. [[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.
15. (2004-08-13). "Taiwan needs nuclear deterrent".
16. "Book Review: Charting Taiwan's future through its past". Taipei Times.