Taipei Times

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The Taipei Times is one of the three major English-language newspapers in the Republic of China (Taiwan), the other two being the Taiwan News and the The China Post. Established in 1999, the Taipei Times is published by the Liberty Times Group, which publishes the Chinese language newspaper the Liberty Times.

In contrast to the China Post, it is widely regarded as taking an editorial line that leans toward the Pan-Green Coalition.

Along with such newspapers as The Guardian, it is a participant of Project Syndicate, established by George Soros. The Taipei Times sources articles from talented writers at The Guardian almost every day, including travel writers.

In March 2005, the Taipei Times web site incorporated a "Wikipedia feature" for its online articles. By following a link marked "wiki links", the reader can view a new version of the article with links to the Wikipedia pages about certain subjects mentioned in the news article.

Every year since it was founded, the Taipei Times has won awards for excellence in newspaper design from the Society of News Design.^[1]

Sidebars featured in the Taipei Times' layout provide readers with a daily recap of global mine deaths, bizarre stories similar to "News of the Weird", acts of extreme depravity and perversion, religious rituals, space achievements, who's on the lam, and more, sourced from all around the world.