Taiwan Strait

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 2 anxiety · 14.6 anger · 44.2 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 50% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• China (298)
• Taiwan (259)
• United States (42)
• Japan (37)
• Philippines (21)
• Indonesia (14)
• Russia (12)

Countries where Taiwan Strait coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -52.4%, reader interest +4.9% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. YOURSAY | China or Taiwan? Our foreign policy should be Malaysia first — malaysiakini.com
2. China condemns Taiwan's military drills, cites disruption to residents' lives — asianews.network
3. Notes from Central Taiwan: The blockade Taiwan is not ready for — taipeitimes.com
4. What Did Sen. Darline Graham Say About Taiwan and China? — attackofthefanboy.com
5. Training für Taiwan-Invasion? China beschießt nachgebaute US-Schiffe in der Wüste — derstandard.at
6. Taiwan island's DPP rattled as Malaysian PM reaffirms Taiwan is part of China — globalsecurity.org
7. Taiwan island's DPP rattled as Malaysian PM reaffirms Taiwan is part of China — globaltimes.cn
8. China completes work on man-made island that is 'ideally placed' for Taiwan invasion — dailymail.com
9. China descreve proposta de aumento de Defesa de Taiwan como "desperdício" — rtp.pt
10. 台灣民防崛起 紐時 ：「 刺蝟防線 」 力抗中國軍演與認知戰 | ETtoday國際新聞 — ettoday.net
11. China descreve proposta de aumento de Defesa de Taiwan como "desperdício" — executivedigest.sapo.pt
12. 紐時 ： 力抗中國軍演與認知戰 台灣民防崛起築 「 刺蝟 」 防線 | 政治 — cna.com.tw
13. PM backs China's right to use force on Taiwan, Taipei hits back with trade threat — malaysiakini.com
14. Taiwan Using Frankenstein-Style Tanks to Guard Vital River From China — businessinsider.com
15. 第18號颱風 「 沙德爾 」 生成 ！ 天氣風險 ： 下週四 、 五最接近 - 生活 — news.ltn.com.tw
16. Taiwan records heightened Chinese military activity around its territory — economictimes.indiatimes.com
17. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 _ 今日关注 _ 天津政务网 — tj.gov.cn
18. 今日 （ 8 / 19 ） 重點新聞 ！ 5類人擁台胞證赴中國恐回不來 ？／ 六都重陽敬老禮金來了 ！ 9 / 1起最高領20000元 ／ 1縣市符合資格每人領6500元 | 風傳媒新聞焦點 | 風生活 — storm.mg
19. 「 護憲平和 」 はぜいたく 台湾からみた戦後日本 — mainichi.jp
20. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 — news.china.com.cn
21. 台青e家 遭抹黑 国台办 ： 任何人为的封锁都挡不住两岸走亲走近的民心民意 _ 新浪科技 _ 新浪网 — finance.sina.com.cn
22. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 — stcn.com
23. 台湾军方演练乌克兰FPV无人机战术 — voachinese.com
24. 636型 基洛 进入退役流程 _ 军事频道 _ 中华网 — military.china.com
25. По примеру Украины . Как Тайвань готовится к нападению КНР — svoboda.org
26. 漢光剛落幕 ！ 中國海警船闖我東沙水域 遭海巡驅離還囂張嗆 「 中國台灣 」 | 政治 | 三立新聞網 SETN . COM — setn.com
27. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 -- 时政 -- 人民网 — politics.people.com.cn
28. Напад РФ на НАТО . Захід і війна на два фронти — news.bigmir.net
29. Напад РФ на НАТО . Захід і війна на два фронти — ua.korrespondent.net
30. America Pivot to Asia Takes a U - Turn — livemint.com
31. 【 禁聞 】 歷史罪人 : 江澤民留給中國的幾大遺禍 （ 下 ） | 江澤民遺禍 | 維穩鎮壓體制 | 政法系統 — ntdtv.com
32. Indonesian neutrality and Beijing - Taipei Times — taipeitimes.com
33. PLA Navy Task Force 83 returns after completing far - sea training and visits to Russia , Vietnam , Brunei and Indonesia — globaltimes.cn
34. باحثة : تغيير العقيدة العسكرية لتايوان يستهدف ردع الصين — dostor.org
35. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 _ 大陆 _ 国内新闻 _ 新闻 _ 齐鲁网 — news.iqilu.com
36. 中國海警侵擾東沙水域 海巡雲林艦併航監控 、 廣播驅離 | 社會 — cna.com.tw
37. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 - 泉州网|泉州晚报社 泉州新闻门户网站 — qzwb.com
38. Trump North Korea overture triggers fears for US alliances — dw.com
39. Cash , gold bars by drone : China PLA stages wartime Taiwan drill — indiatimes.com
40. 习近平同厄瓜多尔总统诺沃亚会谈 _ 深圳新闻网 — sznews.com

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Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Taiwan Strait receiving right now?

As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.006% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 2 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Taiwan Strait increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 52.4% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Taiwan Strait?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.79, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.