Taiwan news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Taiwan news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Taiwan media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Taiwan's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. Of the 6 titles tracked here, 1 lean left and 5 sit near the centre; Crosswire currently lists no right-leaning outlet in Taiwan, so for a contrasting perspective it is worth reading one of these beside a title from another country.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (Taiwan News and The News Lens), 2 daily newspapers (Taipei Times and Liberty Times Net), 1 news agency (Focus Taiwan) and 1 public broadcaster (TaiwanPlus). The public-service broadcaster is TaiwanPlus — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line. The wire service tracked here is Focus Taiwan; agency copy is written to be resold across the spectrum, which makes it the plainest baseline for spotting the framing a newsroom adds on top.
Taiwan sits in East Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 4th of the 6 countries in East Asia and 13th of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in East Asia with hubs of their own are China (6), Japan (6), South Korea (6), Hong Kong (6) and Mongolia (4).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Taiwan's main news outlets?
Across Taiwan's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Taipei Times; near the center, Focus Taiwan, Taiwan News, Liberty Times Net, TaiwanPlus and The News Lens. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Taipei Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Taiwan. Part of the Liberty Times Group, it is generally seen as sympathetic to the pan-green political camp and supportive of Taiwanese identity and sovereignty. It covers domestic politics, cross-strait relations, business, and culture, and is widely read by Taiwan's English-speaking residents and observers of Taiwanese affairs abroad.
Focus Taiwan is the English-language news service of the Central News Agency (CNA), Taiwan's official national news agency. It publishes wire-style reporting on Taiwanese politics, economics, society, science, and cross-strait and international affairs. As a public news agency, it aims for factual, straightforward coverage and serves as a primary English-language source on developments in Taiwan.
Taiwan News is an English-language online news outlet based in Taiwan. It reports on Taiwanese domestic affairs, cross-strait relations, business, and international news for an English-reading audience. The publication covers breaking news and current events and is among the English-language sources commonly cited for coverage of Taiwan.
Digital edition of the Liberty Times, Taiwan's largest-circulation Chinese-language daily. Covers Taiwanese politics, business, and society and is regarded as pro-independence in outlook.
Taiwan's English-language public media platform, launched in 2021. Provides news, documentaries, and current-affairs coverage of Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region.
Taiwan-based digital news outlet publishing in Chinese and English. Covers East Asian politics, business, and culture with an international focus.
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