全球媒體已經報道了整個香港的故事。但是在台灣附近，人們也不願阻止中國對台灣島，尤其是新聞媒體的影響力日益增強。
今年6月，成千上萬的抗議者上街遊行，抗議他們所謂的「紅色媒體」。據報道，這些媒體是從北京接受其編輯命令的。
全球台灣研究所高級研究員邁克爾·科爾（Michael Cole）解釋說：「這在很多方面都是我們在2011-2012年間看到的抗議活動的延續，以應對台灣人對其媒體的不當影響。顯然，紅色是與中國共產黨相關聯的，它是指受北京政府影響或受其控制的傳統和社交媒體。」
《新聞自由的政治經濟學：台灣與中國的悖論》一書的作者黃在年補充說：「中國影響台灣媒體的努力已經進行了相當長的時間。某些台灣媒體已經受到財務控制。通過推動中國的宣傳，輕描淡寫或無視中國認為敏感的故事，已經成為中國政府實現某些政治目標的本地工具。」
中國對台灣的拉鋸戰可以追溯到1949年。那一年，中國共產黨推翻了由國民黨領導的中國政府，迫使其逃往台灣。此後，該島實際上已享有與大陸的獨立性，但北京在雄心勃勃地奪回該領土（如有必要用武力奪回領土）方面從未言過。
在過去的70年中，中國一直在入侵台灣，建立密切的經濟關係，在台灣海峽部署導彈，並參與台灣的政治事務，特別是通過在台灣媒體上的影響。
當台灣人在今年年初抗議「紅色媒體」時，他們的主要目標是旺旺組織。旺旺的媒體，包括著名的《中國時報》和廣播電視台CTiTV，均被指責為中國共產黨的媒體喉舌，推動公然支持北京的宣傳。
隨著明年1月的總統大選臨近，台灣許多人擔心中國利用旺旺來影響選舉，並使其首選的對華友好候選人漢國於當選。
「紅色媒體」抗議組織者之一黃國昌告訴《聽力郵報》的約翰娜·霍斯：「從理論上講，任何滲透我們民主的媒體公司都在我們的雷達上。但是，旺旺集團無疑是我們的主要目標。自2008年該集團董事長蔡英文（Tsai Eng-meng）接管《中國時報》和CTiTV以來，旺旺的媒體一直在宣傳中國的宣傳。統一。」
旺旺集團一直否認其媒體是中國在台灣的代理。但是裡面的人講的故事略有不同。廖朝祥，《中國時報》前記者。他今年早些時候辭職，原因是他說的是旺旺的親北京社論。
「我開始從事新聞工作，希望能夠改變台灣社會。但是，自蔡英文開始掌控《中國時報》以來，我開始注意到報紙的運作方式以及扭曲和錯誤的信息發生了巨大變化。他們的內容確實開始違背我的基本新聞道德，例如，我注意到該報紙已從他們的資料庫中刪除了有關天安門大屠殺的任何信息，我認為旺旺集團的任何經理都不會承認這一點，但我確實相信會有來自中國的指導。作為一名記者，我沒有權力改變公司的內部系統，所以我就離開了。」
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廖朝祥-中國時報前記者
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Taiwan with Hong Kong and Macau must created and signed extradite Treaty right away. To protect Taiwanese children's life safety, equal protection.
In Current situation, Taiwan country is great dangerous of Taiwanese life threatened daily basis. Hong Kong or Macau killers can enter or out Taiwan freely, can kill or murdering innocent Taiwanese repeatedly, than escaped from Taiwan, back to Hong Kong freedom of crimes, SIN or felonies.
Or Taiwan gov must close those 2 China Han Chinese to visit Taiwan until extradite treaty is sighed and valid.
Former US President B. Expressed in the public:
"When you stand for your LIBERTY, we will stand for YOU", repeatedly many times.
Said ROC/China was Established in China1912. DIDN'T include Formosa Island(Taiwan). Taiwan was colony of Japan before1952…..
U.S must first supporting freedom of Taiwan to be solid democracy country first primary important.
Therefore U.S White House should helps Taiwan with Hong Kong and Macau to created and signed extradite Treaty right away. To protect Taiwanese children's life safety, Equality human Right and protection, RIGHT?
In Current situation, Taiwan country is great dangerous of Taiwanese children's life threatened daily basis.
Alien Hong Kong or Macau killers can enter or out Taiwan freely, can kill or murdering innocent Taiwanese repeatedly, than escaped back to Hong Kong freedom of crimes, free of SIN or felonies.
Or Taiwan gov must close those 2 China Han Chinese to visit Taiwan until extradite treaty is sighed and valid.
Why such a small Island CAN'T find suspect killer? Was killer escaped to Hong Kong for free of SIN?
New revealed Hong Kong Han BANDITS played dirty political tricks, robbery, stealing in PASSION. LIARS.
Then shares little loot to FLATTER political powers, or foreigners listen faked stories, or DISTORTED history falling to TRAPS.
30 yrs ago US Disneyland group investors had interesting a hillside piece land, at middle of dealing of purchase transactions, a stranger called to stop, faked stories saying the local people rejected…. ?
Then drags group investors to Hong Kong bought little piece land to build Disneyland RELUCTANT.
H. K. Han BANDITS is playing doubles standard dirty political tricks schemes.
1. In the bright side. Appears friendly to share little loot with political powers, or foreigners listen faked stories blindly, to FALL in TRAPS.
2. In the Dark side. Helps China communist expanding powers abroad to aggressive Taiwan country under H K 1 country 2 systems.
Taiwan democracy is in JEOPARDY.
3. Disguised Taiwanese to cheat children or foreigners with faked up perjury stories, against or scares foreigners or investors interesting in Taiwan country.
The above illegal SCAMS FOR the purposes of Hong Kong Banks, consortium or entrepreneur chances to expand powers abroad on Taiwanese homeland ILLEGALLY. Cheating and stealing in PASSION.
Taiwan is NOT always ASYLUM for Han BANDITS, than DISTORTED history to CLAIM Taiwan is part of China,Taiwanese is appreciated White House to stand truth & Justices; URGENTLY! to recover "Taiwan" is true country name. Gets rid of ROC/China Bogus gov. To prevent H K BANDITS disguised Taiwanese,keeps murder/Genocide Taiwanese children,replaced w/HK BANDITS…
1949 Exiled China ruler Chiang Kai Shek was occupied Formosa Island ILLEGALLY. (Taiwan was colony of Japan before 1952).
Chiang K S was TAMPERED "Taiwan" name, replaced w/ROC(China) slogan of bogus gov. By himself.
He was FAILED to return China in 5 yrs, as he promised.
He kept stayed on Taiwan until ended his life ILLEGALLY.
China (ROC = PRC) is represented China communist, Hong Kong and 14 billions Chinese on United Nations members.
ROC is slogan of bogus gov. On Taiwanese homeland ILLEGALLY.
For alien Han Chinese or H K Han BANDITS to BULLY the weaker (Taiwanese), disguised (Genocides)Taiwanese to occupy Taiwan.
Because ROC/China is on Taiwanese homeland ILLEGALLY, for alien Hong Kong Han BANDITS take advantage to immigrants Taiwanese homeland ILLEGALLY, Robbery, cheating, stealing in PASSION. As CULPRIT to DOMINATE and conspired Exiled Chiang Kai Shek party Komintong occupied Formosa ILLEGALLY.
Instigated Taiwan financial institutions COMMITTED Crimes, bribery, money LAUNDERING, since 1949.
Make China Great Again! Love it or leave it. But still Chinese people stay in China for a great life!!
free speech goes both ways…. welcome to red media, white media, black media, fake media….
Why can't we all agree to say Taiwan shall reunite with China but NOT with a communist China.
Quick question, why is when it』s pro-China, it』s propaganda, when it』s pro-west, it』s freedom of press?
Go back china free Hong Kong Tibet shinjiyang provisnce sauth China sea AKSAI CHINA Taiwan go back china free Hong Kong
Please, I beg you, Want Want Media Group! File any law suit to the international media who reports you as a "PRO-CHINA" red media as soon as possible! Let the public realize how you are deteriorating the media environment of Taiwan. You traitor!
Rebels in Taiwan province days are numbered, let the liberation process begins. Non Chinese should get out of the island province, Chinese soil.
PLA is the new IJA. No longer Mao's egalitarian guerilla force.
Seems like nothing good comes from China these days.
Taiwan number 1, China number two…
Thank you for making these quality reports !
Haha Fake news it』s Reality. They cant accept it so they call it Fake news. They willing to fool themself.. lmao soo much for freedom of speech. I lost all respect for them.
Down with Red China
It's been 6 months not 4
Taiwan needs to concentrate on the elite billionaire take over of that island nation. The same problems that Hong Kong faces, so does Taiwan. Both places have been captured by the ultra wealthy. Both play to the wealthy interests. Both have sky rocketing cost and exspenses for the 70 to 80% of the people living there. Both are seeing a tsunami of homelessness and older and often retired having to do extraordinary things to bring in pennies to survive. Land and housing is rapidly gone well beyond what the majority can afford. And like Hong Kong, Taiwan plays to western powers to crush the PEOPLE. China may be a bad actor in both cases. But China is not the root cause of the pain struggle, and desperation of the majority. It is the Hong Kong & Taiwanese government. Who actively work against the people they are supposed to represent. And the USA and Western countries are hard at work to copy both countries, while playing a active role in the sqeezing of people in both places.
I really appreciate Democracy of Qatar ??
If he's a pro china taiwanese you cant call that fake china news guys.. China news is fare and boring, when I say "fare" I mean non smearing, they dont give opinionated views like the west does..
Just DONT LET ANY BRITISH POLITICIANS GET NEAR IT. I GUARANTEE NO DEFINITELY WOULDNT MEAN NO BY THE END OF THE FIRST HOUR. IT WOULD MOST LIKELY END UP AS SURRENDER LIKE THEY DID IN BRITAIN WHEN WE VOTED TO LEAVE. LEAVE MEANS LEAVE THEY TOLD US. AND PROMPTLY SURRENDERED OUR MARITIME BOUNDARIES FOR NO KNOWN REASON .
The sole purpose of media is to make noise to disturb and distract the public under the guise of 'entertainment'.
Every single politicalitical party in every nations use this machinery as one of marketing / brain washing campaign.
Thus the question the of who is the influcing source isn't the the main question, but rather how informed the public are and their accessibility to multiple media outlet for comparison and analysis before arriving to an informed decision.
That should be the focus. The term 'Red Media' is just a label for media outlet under the influence of China. The key term to remember is that China is not alone. USA does that too on multiple media outlet throughout the world.
Every powerful nation and institution has mechanism of propaganda and hoodwink. After all, the people consuming the bullshit are equally to blame. And a state run institution like Al Jazeera itself is a mouth-piece of selective news and propaganda (what ever the agency and agenda might be) Less we forget, more than half of mainstream news and information is created for profit.
The government sitting in Taiwan is called Republic of China (ROC) claiming to be the legitimate of China which controls all Chinese territories in the mainland including Tibet, bit of border towns with Indian, South China Sea, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. However the government has lost the civil war when CCP defeated the KMT in 1949. KMT fled to the outskirt island of the Chinese island called Taiwan. This island was occupied by Japan in WW2. The CCP won because it liberated China's peasants from tyranny by the warlords and formed the People's Public of China (PRC) to govern china. For a long time ROC sat as a permanent member of the UN Security Council until the UN recognised PRC as the legitimate government of China. The narratives by this and other western media seems to be all twisted.
Freedon of the press is under siege in taiwan.
When you cant win the battle of ideas, smear them as red media.
Just like trump calling the media fake news.
Those are fake news like CNN
If Taiwanese that wants China to take Taiwan back they should go to China and get China citizenship and throw away their Taiwan citizenship. And don't claim themselves a Taiwanese.
Taiwan will always be a province of China always has been and always will be no matter how much white ex BBC reporters of AJ argue otherwise. Keep boycotting Qatar.