The News Lens

Taiwan-based digital news outlet publishing in Chinese and English. Covers East Asian politics, business, and culture with an international focus.

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The News Lens at a glance

Country: Taiwan
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups The News Lens

Crosswire groups The News Lens as Centrist for comparisons within Taiwan's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Taiwan, Taipei Times is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open The News Lens beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings. This profile does not include an individual assessment citation. Page updated 2026-09-28; this is a content-change date, not a fresh fact-check of the outlet. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Where The News Lens sits in Taiwan's press

The News Lens is one of 6 outlets tracked in Taiwan, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Taiwan News. By outlets tracked, Taiwan ranks fourth of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The News Lens outside Taiwan, starting with East Asia, are Jakarta Globe (Indonesia), Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia), Khaosod English (Thailand) and Mothership (Singapore). Opening one of them beside The News Lens is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.