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Taiwan's broadcast regulator orders closure of pro-China TV channel

The National Communications Commission will not renew the broadcast license of Chung T'ien News, its chairman Chen Yaw-shyang said at a briefing in Taipei on Wednesday

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Chung T’ien News, among Taiwan’s most-watched cable news stations, is widely seen as the most vocal supporter of unification with China among the main TV news networks | (Bloomberg)

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Taiwan’s broadcast regulator has ordered the closure of one of the island’s most ardently pro-China cable news networks following a monthslong battle over journalistic standards and freedom of the press.
 
The National Communications Commission will not renew the broadcast license of Chung T’ien News, its chairman Chen Yaw-shyang said at a briefing in Taipei on Wednesday. The station had repeatedly violated broadcast regulations, including frequent failure to fact check news items and the network owner’s involvement in the editorial process, Chen said.
 
“The key issue is its largest shareholder Tsai Eng-meng is directly and indirectly involved in the production of