Taiwan: Freedom of the press threatened from within

'Although 20 years have passed, people should still remember the institutions that restricted press freedom back in the Martial Law era: The Taiwan Garrison Command, the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) Cultural Affairs Department, the Government Information Office and the entire authoritarian regime that those institutions represented. Taiwan has seen a major leap forward in freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the past 20 years.'

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Author Organisation: Taipei Times