Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese officials

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese…?

Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 78% are rated left, 22% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese… left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese… biased?

Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese officials is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese…?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Hsu Chun-ying sentenced to seven years for conspiring with Chinese…?

10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What was Hsu Chun-ying sentenced for?

Hsu Chun-ying was sentenced to seven years in prison for violating Taiwan’s Anti-Infiltration Act and Banking Act. The court found she conspired with Chinese officials to influence Taiwanese politics and transferred 24.5 million New Taiwan Dollars outside regulated channels. Prosecutors said she met with Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs officials.

Which outlets reported on the criticism of the charges?

The Associated Press and Washington Top News reported that critics said the charges were vaguely worded. Both quoted writer Shangguanluan, who said the government was avoiding clear red lines to weaponise the charge arbitrarily. The centre-rated digests did not mention this criticism.

Did any right-rated outlet cover this story?

No right-rated outlet ran this story. The reports printed were from left-rated and centre-rated outlets, with no coverage from the right at all. This was the story’s blindspot in the sample provided.