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: 9.1 anxiety · 27.2 anger · 17.9 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 2026-10-03). Tone split: 75% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• China (490)
• Taiwan (437)
• United States (102)
• Japan (65)
• Philippines (28)
• Indonesia (24)
• Russia (18)
• Australia (14)

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 -1.0%, reader interest -15.6%.

Top recent articles

1. China accused of new form of transnational repression in Taiwan — beijingbulletin.com
2. China accused of new form of transnational repression in Taiwan — shanghaisun.com
3. China accused of new form of transnational repression in Taiwan — shanghainews.net
4. China accused of new form of transnational repression in Taiwan — bignewsnetwork.com
5. China accused of new form of transnational repression in Taiwan — aninews.in
6. Starnieuws - Xi benadrukt vertrouwen in China en herhaalt harde lijn over Taiwan — starnieuws.com
7. New F-16s buy Taiwan time and space against China's air coercion — wn.com
8. Philippines, China Move Closer To Military Confrontation Near Taiwan (Worthy News Briefing) — worthynews.com
9. Taiwan's first F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defenses against China — staradvertiser.com
10. Coast Guard Taiwan Usir Kapal China Pakai Water Cannon — cnnindonesia.com
11. Taiwan's first two F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defenses against China — defensenews.com
12. US delivers F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan as island eyes threat from China — aljazeera.com
13. US delivers F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan as island eyes threat from China - Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And Caribbean News — grenadachronicle.com
14. US delivers F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan as island eyes threat from China - Dominican Republic Post – Caribbean News, Business, Travel & Culture — dominicanrepublicpost.com
15. 吳奇隆揮五星旗遭取消開球 海基會 ： 有兩個不可逾越的紅線 - 政治 — news.ltn.com.tw
16. 《 飄香夢 》 CP天人永隔 ！ 劉尚謙曬照痛悼藍琪 ： 像鳳飛飛走的那刻 | 藝人動態 — stars.udn.com
17. Taiwan's first new F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defences against China — tert.am
18. Taiwan's first two F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defences against China — straitstimes.com
19. Taiwan's first two F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defences against China — whbl.com
20. First new F-16V fighter jets to arrive in Taiwan to bolster defences against China — asiaone.com
21. Day 18 | 從單機到聯防 實作 SOAR 多節點自動化防禦 - iT 邦幫忙 :: 一起幫忙解決難題 ， 拯救 IT 人的一天 — ithelp.ithome.com.tw
22. 圖解 》 台海還有10年和平 ？ 美國重量級學者米爾斯海默說話了 ，「 3件事 」 讓北京不敢打 ， 美國一定介入 ！ | 楊騰凱 | 新聞 — storm.mg
23. First new F-16V fighter jets arrive in Taiwan to bolster defenses against China — japantoday.com
24. 海基會秋節活動240人出席 台商關切陸出入境新規及風險 | ETtoday大陸新聞 — ettoday.net
25. Amerykańskie myśliwce wreszcie na Tajwanie . Mają powstrzymać potencjalną inwazję Chin — bankier.pl
26. Na Taiwane pristáli prvé dve americké stíhačky F - 16V Viper — hnonline.sk
27. 崔东树 ： 1～8月中国占世界汽车份额32 ％ _ 东方财富网 — finance.eastmoney.com
28. สหรัฐมองจีนไม่น่าบุกไต้หวันในปีหน้า แม้ สี จิ้นผิง สั่งกองทัพเตรียมพร้อมใช้กำลัง — dailynews.co.th
29. Taiwan Receives First New F-16Vs After Delays as China Tensions Persist — slguardian.org
30. Russia Navy Shows Its Reach Around Japan Southwestern Islands – The Diplomat — thediplomat.com
31. 圖解 》 2028年中共將因 「 這件事 」 攻台 ？ 梁文傑回應曝光 ： 也有人說國民黨上台反而加速統一 | 楊騰凱 | 新聞 — storm.mg
32. Taiwan : first new F - 16V fighters arrive amid China threat — dw.com
33. Taiwan's Local Elections Are Not About China, President Lai, or the United States – The Diplomat — thediplomat.com
34. 吳奇隆舉五星紅旗挨轟 「 滾回中國 」 取消開球 他響應護旗手也被抵制 — ent.ltn.com.tw
35. Da li će Kina 2027 . napasti Tajvan ? Ovo je procena američkih zvaničnika , mnogo toga zavisi o jednoj stvari ! — telegraf.rs
36. 被戲稱 「 台啤一 、 二號 」 的F - 16終返國 航迷 ： 挽救很多人婚姻 | F - 16交機返台 | 要聞 — udn.com
37. Na Taiwane pristáli prvé dve americké stíhačky F - 16V Viper — teraz.sk
38. 「 彩雲 」 將90度北轉 颱風論壇曝 「 1地區 」 防大雨 ： 恐釀明顯雲雨帶 - 生活 — news.ltn.com.tw
39. 【 中国ウオッチ 】 テレサ ・ テンと抗日戦争◇ 「 中華民国 」 目立った習主席訪米 ： 時事ドットコム — jiji.com
40. มาเลเซียจับแก๊งไลฟ์สดหลอกเงินรางวัล - สิงคโปร์สอบสวน 259 คน เชื่อมโยงสแกม 648 คดี — prachatai.com

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  FalseRappler · 2024-06-17
• China has launched an attack against Taiwan.
  FalseRappler · 2024-05-28

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 October 3, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.004% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 8 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Taiwan Strait increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is steady 1.0% 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 -5.20, which reads as strongly 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 three 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.