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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founder | Lin Rong-San |
| Publisher | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founded | 15 June 1999 (26 years ago) (1999-06-15) |
| 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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TheTaipei Times is anEnglish-language print newspaper inTaiwan published by theLiberty Times Group. Founded as the third English-language newspaper on 15 June 1999,[1] it is currently the last survivingEnglish-language print newspaper inTaiwan.[2]
Published by theLiberty Times Group, theTaipei Times launched its first edition on 15 June 1999.[3] It was the third English-language newspaper founded in Taiwan.[4][1] PresidentLee Teng-hui attended its launch ceremony.[1] The other two English-language media before theTaipei Times wereTaiwan News andTheChina Post.[5] It is a participant inProject Syndicate.[6]
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 ofCarlsberg in a pub with Anthony Lawrence, the paper's first managing editor.[7] In 2002, the daily circulation stood at 280,000 copies.[8]
By 2017, theTaipei Times had become the last daily print newspaper in Taiwan, after competitorsTaiwan News andChina Post switched to digital-only formats.[8]
TheTaipei Times has been involved in several controversies over the years, including an argument with a member of theUnited States House of Representatives, a push for nuclear weapons underPresidentChen Shui-bian, and misleading readers about the origin of a letter toThe Wall Street Journal.[9][10][11][12][13]
Its editorial position leans towardTaiwan independence, and supports the development ofTaiwan's own nuclear arsenal.[14][15]