{"id":52929,"date":"2022-09-30T01:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T08:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52929"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:11:32","slug":"cnn-international-opens-new-taipei-bureau-and-names-senior-international-correspondent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52929","title":{"rendered":"CNN International opens new Taipei bureau and names senior international correspondent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"published\">Posted\u00a0<time datetime=\"Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:39:00 -0400\"><span class=\"weekday\">Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"monthday\">September 29, 2022\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"time\">4:39 pm<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"body main-body clearfix\">\n<div class=\"floating-items pull-left hidden-xs\">\n<div id=\"widget_detail_floated\">\n<div id=\"rail_pullqoutes\" class=\"floated_item first\">\n<div class=\"pullquote first\">\n<div class=\"quote-body\">\n<p>\u201cAs the world order shifts, we are seeing the increasingly pivotal role of Taiwan. Having a team permanently based there gives us vital insight into that piece of the Asia-Pacific jigsaw in a rapidly evolving global geopolitical picture.\u201d said Ellana Lee, senior vice president and managing editor APAC, CNN International<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"divider\">Press Release | CNN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN International has opened a new bureau in Taipei with award-winning Senior International Correspondent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/profiles\/will-ripley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Ripley\u00a0<\/a>based there.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 12 months Ripley has spent extended periods of time in Taiwan to report on the growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing. He has secured exclusive interviews with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, and reported extensively on the controversial visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the world order shifts, we are seeing the increasingly pivotal role of Taiwan,\u201d said Senior Vice President &amp; Managing Editor APAC, CNN International, Ellana Lee. \u201cHaving a team permanently based there gives us vital insight into that piece of the Asia-Pacific jigsaw in a rapidly evolving global geopolitical picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to Taipei, Ripley was based in Hong Kong where he reported on some of the biggest stories from the region including the mystery surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, last year\u2019s postponed Tokyo Olympics, the coronavirus pandemic and the Hong Kong protests.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Ripley was CNN\u2019s Tokyo-based correspondent. A journalist with more than 20 years experience, Ripley has also traveled to North Korea 19 times since joining CNN in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McCarthy, executive vice president and general manager, CNN International, added: \u201cWill is an outstanding journalist with in-depth knowledge and understanding of this complex and important region. With correspondents permanently based in mainland China, Hong Kong and now Taiwan, CNN is uniquely placed to offer strategic analysis and insight across our TV and digital platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taipei marks CNN\u2019s 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0bureau in Asia, with editorial operations in Beijing, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Islamabad, New Delhi, Seoul and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0September 29, 2022\u00a04:39 pm \u201cAs the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52932,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52929\/revisions\/52932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}