Taiwan launched the first international streaming platform on Aug. 30 to reach the English-speaking world, as Beijing continues pushing propaganda campaigns on the world stage. “Our story deserves to be told by Taiwanese voices,” said the president of the self-ruled island, describing the launch as “an exciting new initiative.” Government-funded TaiwanPlus will broadcast online the latest local news, international affairs, culture, and technology, targeting English speakers for the first time, according to a Monday press release distributed by Business Wire. TaiwanPlus funding comes at a time when China is increasingly active in English-language media, putting across the ruling Communist Party’s views to the West, especially via the regime’s overseas English mouthpiece media CGTN (China Global Television Network). Taiwan needed a platform to highlight to the world the island’s “aspirations to contribute to the international community,” Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a recorded message for the opening ceremony at a …