Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

 
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Home Editorials of Interest Jerome F. Keating's writings Taiwan and China, Geographically Close but Miles Apart Otherwise

Taiwan and China, Geographically Close but Miles Apart Otherwise

Taiwan and China are two countries separated by some 100 miles of the Taiwan Strait; they are close but so far apart in so many ways. Take today for example, it is ironic that as Google is leaving China because it no longer wishes to be part of its censorship of news and information, in Taiwan, Portico Media is launching WOW (Watch our World) tv. With WOW tv, Portico presents what it terms a "bouquet" of channels for Taiwan on Chunghwa Telecom's IPTV (Internet Protocol television) MOD (Multimedia on Demand).

Now this is not an advertisement or a promotion; it is just an observation. Taiwan has many sources of information including search engines as uncensored Google. The bouquet of channels that happen to be offered by WOW tv includes 5 Universal Networks International channels--Universal Channel, Hallmark Channel, SCI FI, Kidsco, CNBC and 2 European channels--Euronews and DW Asia. It means that Taiwanese will have access to additional multiple sources of news, beyond the many it already has.

There are also many other existing news channels and programs available to Taiwanese. The point is simple. One country wants to restrict, censor and control what its citizens get and the other country provides more and more unrestricted sources. Where would you rather live?


Source:
Jerome F. Keating's writings



Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
Reddit! Del.icio.us! Mixx! Google! Live! Facebook! StumbleUpon! Facebook! Twitter!  
 

Newsflash


Members of the Taiwan Solidarity Union take over the podium at the legislature in Taipei yesterday as Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng steps in to sort out the issue.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

The legislature’s caucus leaders, including the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), yesterday approved a non-binding resolution demanding that President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration lodge an official protest with China over its unilateral demarcation of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea.

The resolution asks Ma to file a stern protest against the Chinese demarcation, which it said has destabilized regional stability, and to take concerted action with the nation’s democratic allies by refusing to submit flight plans as Beijing has requested.