Central News Agency (Taiwan)
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Central News Agency of Taiwan | |
中央通訊社 | |
Non-profit organisation[1] | |
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Region served | Worldwide, 30 locations[1] |
Products | News |
Services | Journalism |
Official languages | Standard Chinese, English, Japanese,[1] Spanish (closed 2021[2]) |
Owner | Government of the Republic of China |
Parent organization | Executive Yuan |
Employees | 300 |
Website | cna.com.tw focustaiwan.tw |
Central News Agency | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè |
The Central News Agency (CNA) is Taiwan's semi-official wire service.
In addition to its Chinese language edition, it also has English and Japanese editions. It has a 300-strong employee base, and overseas branches in some 30 countries. It works with a number of well-known news agencies around the world, such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, and Agence France-Presse.
History
The CNA agency was founded 1 April 1924
, by theDespite the corporatisation of the agency in 1973, it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's official agency. At the time, CNA journalists received preferential treatment on various occasions, mostly government-related press conferences.[citation needed]
After democratization, on 1 July 1996, the agency became a
English version website is Focus Taiwan. A Spanish language edition, Enfoque en Taiwán, was closed 31 March 2021.[2] In August 2021, CNA oversaw the launch of the TaiwanPlus streaming platform.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "About Us - Focus Taiwan - CNA English news". FocusTaiwan.tw. Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b "CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español". Enfoque en Taiwán. Central News Agency (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Yeh, Joseph (August 30, 2021). "Taiwan+ a window to the world to discover Taiwan: Tsai". FocusTaiwan. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
External links
- 中央社 — Central News Agency official website
- Focus Taiwan — Central News Agency - English news
- フォーカス台湾 — Central News Agency - Japanese news