Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/13
By: Elaine Hou and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Nov. 13 (CNA) Germany’s public international broadcaster Deutsche
Logo image taken from Deutsche Welle’s official website.
Welle (DW) opened an office in Taipei last month — its first office in East Asia — because of the high level of press freedom in Taiwan, according to DW Chinese Service chief Philipp Bilsky.
The Taipei office became fully operational Oct. 15 with four full-time staff members, three of whom are from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong, Bilsky told CNA via e-mail. It is the first time DW’s Chinese Service has had a field office employing exclusively local staff, he added.
“The most important reason for opening the office in Taipei is to bridge the time gap between Germany and our main target region, China,” said Bilsky, noting that DW can now react much more quickly to events in the region.
He pointed out that the main focus of the Taipei office is not on Taiwan. “Rather, we report from Taipei about the whole world for our Chinese service and also provide news to DW’s English news channel.”
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