Independent TV Broadcasts to China May Cease

A Taiwanese government-controlled telecommunications company has decided to shut down satellite broadcasts to China by a TV station that provides independent, uncensored reporting on China. Critics say this was meant to curry favor with the Chinese regime & represents a threat to Taiwan’s democracy.

A Chinese man carries a TV satellite dish by motorcycle in 2005 in Jinzhai county, Anhui Province of China. Cancan Chu/Getty Images