Taiwan Panorama
Taiwanese state media
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Taiwan Panorama (traditional Chinese: 台灣光華雜誌; simplified Chinese: 台湾光华杂志; pinyin: Táiwān Guānghuá Zázhì) is a multilingual monthly magazine published in Taiwan. It was founded as Sinorama Magazine (Chinese: 光華雜誌) in 1976 and renamed in 2006.[1][2] The magazine is published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote Taiwanese culture.[3]
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| Categories | Culture, Politics, Economics |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Founded | Government Information Office |
| First issue | January 1976 |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Based in | Taipei |
| Language | English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Bahasa Indonesia |
| Website | taiwan-panorama |
| ISSN | 2412-4060 |
History
The magazine was founded as Sinorama Magazine in January 1976, and was published by the Government Information Office. In 2006, it was renamed as Taiwan Panorama.[4][5]
In 2015, the magazine, originally published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chinese, English and Japanese, also began to be published in Vietnamese, Thai, and Bahasa Indonesia.[4] The magazine is available in more than 100 countries across the world, offering writing, photographs, and in-depth reports on Taiwan's ongoing political, economic, social, and cultural evolution.[6]
In 2018, according to a Foreign Affair Ministry spokesperson, the Southeast Asian edition of Taiwan Panorama magazine has a circulation of 2,000 copies for each language edition per issue, mainly provided to embassies and consulates, public libraries, and immigrant organisations or distributed in government events.[7]