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'''CTi News''' ({{zh|t=中天新聞臺|p=Zhōng Tiān Xīnwén Tái|zhu=ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄞˊ}}) was a Taiwanese 24-hour online news outlet and, until December 2020, [[cable television|cable]] television channel, operated by [[Chung T'ien Television]].

CTi News was known for its support of [[Kuomintang]] politician [[Han Kuo-yu]], who attracted a huge wave of supporters and led the opposition party to a sweeping victory in the [[2018 Taiwanese local elections]] when he was elected mayor of [[Kaohsiung]]. It is alleged to be a "[[People's Republic of China|China]]-friendly"<ref name="afp-20201118">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2020 |title=Taiwan Pulls Plug on China-Friendly News Channel |language=en |work=Yahoo! News (Singapore) |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/taiwan-pulls-plug-china-friendly-100647617.html |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118105425/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/taiwan-pulls-plug-china-friendly-100647617.html |archive-date=18 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="reuters-20201118">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2020 |title=Taiwan to Shut Down China-Friendly Tycoon's News Channel |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-media-china/taiwan-to-shut-down-china-friendly-tycoons-news-channel-idUSKBN27Y0YA?edition-redirect=in |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123001313/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-media-china/taiwan-to-shut-down-china-friendly-tycoons-news-channel-idUSKBN27Y0YA?edition-redirect=in |archive-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> or "pro-Beijing".<ref name="AP20201212">{{Cite news |date=12 December 2020 |title=Taiwanese Pro-Beijing Television News Channel Taken Off Air |language=en |work=South China Morning Post |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3113697/taiwanese-pro-beijing-television-news-channel-taken-air |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>

In 2023, ''[[The Wire China]]'' reported that CTi News on [[YouTube]] produced 10 segments containing [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] [[misinformation]] about a "plan to destroy Taiwan."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Apostoaie |first=Ella |date=2023-03-26 |title='The Plan to Destroy Taiwan' |url=https://www.thewirechina.com/2023/03/26/the-plan-to-destroy-taiwan-want-want-china-times-media-group/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=[[The Wire China]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The segments were subsequently echoed by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]].<ref name=":0" />

== Closure on cable television ==
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CTi News's application to renew its broadcast license was rejected by Taiwan's broadcast regulator, the [[National Communications Commission]] (NCC), on 18 November 2020. The NCC's decision cited repeated violations of rules regarding accuracy in reporting.<ref name="AP20201212" /> It is the first television news channel to have its license terminated in this way since the NCC was created in 2006.

There is dispute over whether the NCC's non-renewal of CTi News's broadcast license represents a violation of [[freedom of the press]]. [[Reporters Without Borders]] issued a press release stating that while the licence cancellation's effect on CTi News staff was unfortunate, the action did not represent infringement of press freedom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Taiwan: The Non-Renewal of CTi News Channel's Licence Does Not Go Against Press Freedom |language=en |work=Reporters Without Borders |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/taiwan-non-renewal-cti-news-channels-licence-does-not-go-against-press-freedom |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124234830/https://rsf.org/en/news/taiwan-non-renewal-cti-news-channels-licence-does-not-go-against-press-freedom |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the other hand, CTi News said that press freedom in Taiwan had died and the Kuomintang party denounced the decision as an attack on press freedom which sent out a chilling effect.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 November 2020 |title=Taiwan to Shut Down China-Friendly Tycoon's News Channel |language=en |work=Channel News Asia |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-cti-cable-shut-down-china-tycoon-tsai-eng-meng-13585436 |accessdate=11 December 2020}}</ref> Kuomintang had accused the ruling [[Democratic Progressive Party]] of seeking to close the news channel, saying that the renewal consideration process was scripted by [[Tsai Ing-wen]]'s government. Referring to a classified document from the Presidential office leaked out in May 2020, which described two newly appointed members of the "supposedly independent" regulator as siding with the ruling party and able to cooperate in dealing with CTi News, Kuomintang pointed out the fact that a renewal application hearing, the first of its kind in Taiwan, was hosted by these two members in October 2020, just as written in the document.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Fuqi 黃福其 |last2=Huang |first2=Shiqi 黃世麒 |date=15 October 2020 |title=Guómíndǎng: Zǒngtǒng fǔ mìjiàn lòu tiān jī zhōng tiān xīnwén tái shěn zhào yī jùběn yǎn |script-title=zh:國民黨：總統府密件漏天機 中天新聞台審照依劇本演 |language=zh |work=China Times |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20201015002379-260407?chdtv |accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=December 2020|reason=China Times is owned by the same company as CTi News, Want Want Group}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuomintang Culture and Communications Committee |date=15 October 2020 |title=Zǒngtǒng fǔ mìjiàn lòu tiān jī, zhōng tiān xīnwén tái shěn zhào yī jùběn yǎn? |script-title=zh:總統府密件漏天機，中天新聞台審照依劇本演？ |url=http://www.kmt.org.tw/2020/10/blog-post_15.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |website=Kuomintang |language=zh}}</ref>

On 11 December, Kuomintang Chairperson [[Chiang Chi-chen]] and former President [[Ma Ying-jeou]] dressed in mourning clothes and called for international attention to the deteriorating press freedom in Taiwan at an international news conference. Ma commented that President Tsai's actions went against her pledge to protect freedom of speech, and questioned that the statement made by Reporters Without Borders "does not resemble commentary from professional media personnel".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shih |first1=Hsiao-kuang |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |date=12 December 2020 |title=CTi Denied Press Freedom, KMT Says |language=en |work=Taipei Times |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/12/12/2003748583 |accessdate=13 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hsiao |first=Vivian |date=12 December 2020 |title=Johnny Chiang, Ma Ying-jeou Protest CTi News Shut-Down |language=en |work=The China Post |url=https://chinapost.nownews.com/20201212-1915387 |accessdate=13 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|NHoduUwQp6Y|"Safeguard Press Freedom, Hold Gov't Accountable" international news conference}}</ref>

CTi News was forced to end its broadcasts on Taiwan's cable television channel 52 when its broadcast license expired at 00:00 on 12 December 2020. It continues to broadcast on its YouTube channel and its own app, while its sister channels [[CTi International]] (abroad only), [[CTi Entertainment]] and [[CTi Variety]] also continue to broadcast on cable and satellite.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ZfCASz0Eh4&t=100s | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118031652/https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ZfCASz0Eh4| archive-date=2021-01-18 | url-status=dead|date=December 12, 2020 |language=zh |publisher=JY TV [[YouTube]] Channel |access-date=Dec 12, 2020 |script-title=zh:【中天亞洲台轉播】中天新聞52台停播倒數活動 2020-12-12}}</ref> Four months later on 19 April 2021, [[CTS News and Info|CTS News and Info Channel]] (owned by the state-owned [[Taiwan Broadcasting System]]), CTi News' long time rival took over Taiwan's cable channel 52 after NCC approved CTS News and Info Channel's transfer from cable channel 130 to cable channel 52.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2021 |title=CTS News to Begin Broadcasting on Channel 52 Next Week |language=en |work=Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) |agency=Central News Agency |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202104130018 |access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Yin |first1=Zhigang 尹智剛 |last2=Chen |first2=Zhixue 陳知學 |date=April 14, 2021 |title=Huá shì xīnwén zīxùn tái rù zhǔ 52 píndào 4/19 kāibō |script-title=zh:華視新聞資訊台入主52頻道 4/19開播 |language=zh |work=CTS |url=https://news.cts.com.tw/cts/general/202104/202104142038436.html |access-date=April 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2021 |title=CTS News to Move to Vacant Channel 52 on Top Cable Provider |language=en |work=Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) |agency=Central News Agency |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202103310015 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>

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==External links==
*{{Official website}}{{in lang|zh}}
*{{YouTube|u=ctitv}}

{{Chinese News Television}}
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