Taiwan Journal

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Taiwan Journal (台灣紀事報) is an English-language weekly newspaper published by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its purpose is to inform English readers around the world about current events taking place on the island nation. The newspaper, with both print and online editions[1], is published every Friday, 51 issues per year (no publication during the lunar new year week), with National Day and occasional special editions.

The weekly ceased publication May 22, 2009 and was relaunched June 1, 2009 as 'Taiwan Today' (今日台灣), an English-language news portal, to keep the international community better informed of events and developments in Asia’s most vibrant and dynamic democracy.

Instead of weekly postings, the new site includes daily updates of 12 translations of political, economic, social and cultural news stories from the nation’s mainstream Chinese-language newspapers Monday through Friday (“In the News”); photos of the day (“Snapshots”); as well as weekly opinion pieces and features offering in-depth analyses and follow-up reports on current affairs (“Opinion” and “Features”).

The new Web site can be accessed at [2].

History of the newspaper

Founded as the Free China Weekly—as opposed to the communist Chinese mainland—on March 1, 1964, the newspaper was renamed the Free China Journal on January 1, 1984, Taipei Journal on January 7, 2000, and changed to its present name in March 2003. The newspaper was changed, for a period of time, to a semi–weekly format, from July 4, 1988 to June 18, 1993.

Content of the newspaper

For the past 40 years, Taiwan Journal has been at the forefront in providing reliable, up-to-the-minute information on developments in Taiwan. The eight-page newspaper, publishing an average of 15 articles weekly, covers Taiwan-related international news, national news, and economic news. It also features an editorial, opinion and political cartoon page, a critical issues page, as well as society, arts and culture, and industry pages. The newspaper, with privileged access to first-hand information on the ROC government agencies, offers authoritative accounts on national policies, and the government’s stance on national and international affairs.

Readership

Taiwan Journal is published simultaneously in Taipei and Los Angeles once each week. With a circulation of 16,000 print copies, this newspaper reaches to more than 160 countries and territories around the globe, including some 5,000 copies in the United States alone. The newspaper’s audience includes members of the mass media, government institutions, political circles, academic research institutes, university libraries, and the business sector.

See also

• Taiwan Review
• NOTICIAS
• Taiwan aujourd'hui
• Taiwan Info
• Taiwan Hoy
• Taiwan heute
• Taiwan Panorama
• Taiwan Review (Russian)
• Radio Taiwan International

External links

• Official website with free access to archives
• List of periodicals published by Taiwan's GIO
• Other publications of Taiwan's GIO