One reason it’s hard to combat disinformation in Taiwan about the US election is that people here are conscious that foreign outlets often don’t permit their reporters to call Taiwan a country (or choose to avoid the label). So there is already some resentment to contend with...

Taiwanese know they’re labeled in certain ways to avoid arousing Chinese anger. It’s all too easy to assume other choices by foreign outlets are also made for the same reasons. & unless you read foreign news frequently it’s hard to tell that coverage of Taiwan has really improved

For a generation now Taiwan has had one of the freest media environments in the Asia Pacific. Yet few credible foreign outlets paid for staff to be here, resulting in coverage Taiwanese people often didn’t recognize as true - while outlets like Epoch Times took shelter instead...