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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founder(s) | Lin Rong-San |
| Publisher | The Liberty Times Group |
| Founded | 15 June 1999 (25 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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The Taipei Times is the last surviving English-language print newspaper in Taiwan.
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]
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]
