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How does a TV newsroom decide what leads the show? At the Assignment Desk, we take you behind the scenes for a closer look at the day’s top stories and how our team is covering them. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, our assignment editors share the careful decisions and considerations that shape fair and balanced coverage of Taiwan for a global audience.--Hosting provided by SoundOn
TaiwanPlus News hosts Assignment Desk, a news show with 44 episodes published.
Assignment Editor Chia Chang takes us through coverage of the RIMPAC exercise now underway off Hawaii and Taiwan’s five-day combat readiness drills closer to home. Meanwhile, another kind of drill is being planned to hel
From COMPUTEX and Jensen Huang's Taiwan tour to flood-hit communities in eastern Taiwan and political reporting in Washington and New York, TaiwanPlus reporters have had a busy month. Laurel Stewart takes us behind the s
Assignment editor Laurel Stewart walks us through the top stories of the week in Taiwan, including the 17-year prison sentence handed down to Taiwan People’s Party founder and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je for corruption
In this week’s Assignment Desk, Jeremy Olivier talks us through the takeaways for Taiwan from Nvidia’s annual AI conference in California. Plus, a new US intelligence report concludes China does not plan to invade Taiwan
Taiwan thought it had negotiated a solution to US tariffs in the form of its trade deal with Washington. But this week the country finds itself the target of a Section 301 investigation over alleged failure to prevent fo
How do you cover the World Baseball Classic when you don’t have the broadcast rights? Get creative. For this Assignment Desk, we talk with assignment editor Chia Chang, who walks us through how we sent one reporter to Ja
Assignment editor Chia Chang talks us through the newsroom’s coverage of two of the week’s biggest stories: the signing of a long-awaited trade deal with the US and the 20-year prison sentence that a Hong Kong court hand
A newly seated lawmaker is putting Taiwan’s citizenship rules under the spotlight. On today’s Assignment Desk, we look at the first legislator known to still hold PRC citizenship — and the questions her case is raising a
Chia Chang picks over the events of the week with Charlie Storrar, including TaiwanPlus News’s field coverage of the military’s spring drills, an opposition counterproposal on defense spending and talks with the US beari
Assignment editor Laurel Stewart joins Andrew and Charlie for a look back on the week’s events. Taiwan’s recently announced trade deal with the US and its prospects for ratification have taken center stage domestically,
After weeks of rumors, a long-teased trade deal finally materialized on Thursday, bringing Taiwan’s tariff rate down to 15% in return for US$500 billion in investment. Chip giant TSMC looks set to double its existing inv
Jeremy Olivier breaks down a dramatic first full week of the year, from concerns sparked by US actions in Venezuela to US President Donald Trump’s latest comments on Taiwan in a New York Times interview. We also touch on
Assignment editor Chia Chang discusses the newsroom’s planned coverage for the year ahead, with Taiwan on the cusp of officially becoming a super-aged society. In diplomacy, the Pacific Island Forum may offer opportuniti
For the final Assignment Desk of the year, we go behind the scenes of TaiwanPlus’s 2025 Year-in-Review. Producer Eric Tsai walks us through how the team planned the project, sifted through a year’s worth of footage, and
Assignment editor Laurel Stewart walks us through the opposition’s attempt to impeach President Lai Ching-te, what happens next, and why it’s not likely to pass. We also check in on the Twin Cities Forum, and the steps b
Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang is suing five Constitutional Court justices who ruled against legislation regulating the court’s quorum rules. Laurel Stewart helps unpack the latest developments in Taiwan’s unfolding cons
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court has issued a surprise ruling, finding that a move intended to prevent it from functioning was itself unconstitutional. In today’s Assignment Desk, host Stacy Hsu breaks down a dramatic day t
Charlie Storrar talks with editor Stacey Hsu about the top stories of the day, including the guilty verdict for Jimmy Lai in the Hong Kong media mogul’s landmark national security trial, why Taiwan’s government gave a de
A new US-led coalition aims to shake up the world’s semiconductor supply chain, yet Taiwan has not been named as a partner. Time Magazine hails the “Architects of AI” as Person of the Year. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s deputy for
In addition to today’s top story about Chinese military activity in the region, we’re also focusing on a major domestic story about labor rights. Migrant workers held their annual march in Taipei over the weekend, callin
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