Articles: Taiwanese and China

articles: Far from being a threat to Taiwan, the program to give economic incentives to Taiwanese to start businesses in the mainland was an unprecedented opportunity, it said. ; While the articles were presented as straight news, they were actually paid for by the Chinese government, according to a person with direct knowledge of the arrangement and internal documents from the Taipei-based newspaper, according to The Japan Times. The placement of the articles was part of a broader campaign by China to burnish its image in the Taiwanese media as part of efforts to win hearts and minds in Taiwan for China's reunification agenda. China treated Taiwanese businessmen like its own people, one of the articles said, citing multiple perks. Reuters has found evidence that mainland authorities have paid at least five Taiwan media groups for coverage in various publications and on a television channel, according to interviews with 10 reporters and newsroom managers as well as internal documents reviewed by Reuters, including contracts signed by the Taiwan Affairs Office, which is responsible for overseeing China's policies toward Taiwan. Reuters is withholding the name of the media groups at the request of the former and current employees who provided the documents. These efforts have been going on since China and Taiwan deepened their economic collaboration nearly a decade ago, but details like the financial arrangements of such partnerships had not previously been reported. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.