Daily Mail Online Article Rating

Taiwan's Lai says island must show 'determination' to defend itself

Jan 01, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -24% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : President Lai Ching-te said in a New Year's speech Taiwan must show its determination to protect itselfTaiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday the island must boost defence spending and "demonstrate its determination" to protect itself, in a New Year's speech just weeks before Donald Trump takes office in the United States.
17% : Trump rattled nerves during his election campaign by suggesting Taiwan should pay the United States for protection and accusing the island of stealing the US chip industry.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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