Taipei Times

Published by the Liberty Times Group, the Taipei Times launched its first edition on 15 June 1999.^[3] It was the third English-language newspaper founded in Taiwan.^[4][1] President Lee Teng-hui attended its launch ceremony.^[1] The other two English-language media before the Taipei Times were Taiwan News and The China Post.^[5] It is a participant in Project 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 of Carlsberg 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, the Taipei Times had become the last daily print newspaper in Taiwan, after competitors Taiwan News and China Post switched to digital-only formats.^[8]

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 President Chen Shui-bian, and misleading readers about the origin of a letter to The Wall Street Journal.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Its editorial position leans toward Taiwan independence, and supports the development of Taiwan's own nuclear arsenal.^[14][15]

• Liberty Times
• Media of Taiwan