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Taipei Times
台北時報

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	The Liberty Times Group
Founder(s)	Lin Rong-San
Publisher	The Liberty Times Group
Founded	15 June 1999 (24 years ago) (1999-06-15)
Political alignment	Pan-Green
Language	English
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
ISSN	1563-9525
Website	www.taipeitimes.com

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

• Jerome F. Keating ^[13]

See also

• Media of Taiwan

References

External links

• Official website