How does a TV newsroom decide what leads the show? At the Assignment Desk, we take you behind the scenes for a closer look at the day’s top stories and how our team is covering them. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, our assignment editors share the careful decisions and considerations that shape fair and balanced coverage of Taiwan for a global audience.
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Reporting from Palau, Taiwan’s Singles Crisis, and What’s Ahead
Reporter Tiffany Wong is in Palau, where she sat down with President Surangel Whipps Jr. and is covering the Pacific Islands Forum. Assignment Editor Chia Chang walks us through the historical significance of Taiwan’s participation and why it matters for the region.
We also look at why young Taiwanese are increasingly choosing to stay single and how that could pose a national security risk. Then, we look ahead to the stories our team plans to pursue through the end of the year.
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21 Aug 2026
Budget Battles and AI Choices
Stacy Yang takes the assignment editor’s chair this week for the penultimate episode of Assignment Desk, unpacking the political wrangling behind next year’s government spending plans. Plus: cash handouts fueled by a booming tech sector, how AI is reshaping the choices students make about their futures, and a look at TaiwanPlus’s two new correspondents reporting from London and Sydney.
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14 Aug 2026
Farewell to Han Kuang, Hello to Friday
Yvonne Yang joins Charlie Storrar to look back on a week and a half’s coverage of the Han Kuang military exercises with a shout-out to our hardworking defense desk reporters. Taiwan’s digital affairs ministry responds to reports of a cyberattack in July by hackers using a publicly available AI model. A new US tariffs on drone imports spell bad news for Taiwan – or do they? And St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Godwin Friday is in Taiwan to celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations.
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