| People's Republic | Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| We see this everyday | Some minister-level official signed an agreement with his/her counterpart. Our leaders are busy. | Key found in drink, dog jumped off a building, automatic doors of a convenient store slammed on customer, disputes between restaurants and consumers (news with no journalistic values) |
| International news | Israel is bombarding Palestine again. Civilian death toll has reached X. (But never mention how many civilians Hamas has killed.) | Did Beyoncé mime when she performed at the U.S. presidential inauguration? |
| Political alignment | align with The Party | TVBS, CTI, China Times, Era, ETTV, UDN, and the China Post obviously pro-Pan-Blue FTV, SET, the Liberty Times, and Taipei Times obviously pro-Pan-Green |
| Workers and farmers | now produce much more, thanks to xyz program from the government | are protesting on Ketagalan Boulevard |
| College/grad students | innovate new techonlogy | are protesting on Ketagalan Boulevard |
| Bad habits die hard | like to educate viewers so and so land has been Chinese territory since antiquity | like to speculate the emotion of the person being reported. Must use literary 4-worded idioms. |
| Female anchor's voice | low | sharp |
| Languages | Mandarin, dialects of Han Chinese, Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan, Zhuang, English, Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic, Korea, Japanese, and Portuguese | Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, English |
| English news | Propaganda to native English speakers | English learning material. Sometimes they speak very slowly. |
If I were to describe the two positively, then I'd have to say that Mainland news have broader vision, while Taiwanese news enjoy higher press freedom.
Last but not least, let's enjoy 2 new clips
