Government Information Office (GIO) Minister Su Jun-pin (蘇俊賓) said yesterday the GIO will launch an online newspaper titled Taiwan Today tomorrow to replace the 45-year-old Taiwan Journal and enhance the timeliness of the government’s information service.
“In light of the fact that the Taiwan Journal was mostly in print copies, which limited its circulation and time validity, the launch of the new online daily news service, Taiwan Today, is aimed at providing up-to-the-minute information of developments in Taiwan to people abroad,” Su said.
“Taiwan Today will select important political, economic, social, cultural and lifestyle news from major Chinese-language newspapers every day to be translated into English, presenting the diversity of Taiwanese society through the Internet,” he said.
Taiwan Today, to go online at www.taiwantoday.tw, will also offer authoritative accounts of national policies and the government’s stance on national and international affairs, Su said. However, he added that it is designed to be an information service platform rather than government propaganda.
Established in 1964, Taiwan Journal was an English-language weekly newspaper published by the GIO and distributed in more than 74 countries.
In addition to an online edition that was set up in 1995, the weekly newspaper was published every Friday, covering Taiwan-related international news, national news and economic news. It also featured an editorial, opinion and political cartoon page, and a critical issues page, as well as pages covering society, the arts, culture and industry.
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