Finding Formosa
On Trend: How China's Apps Are Taking Over Taiwan
- CLASSIFICATION
- Finding Formosa
- FORMAT
- DOCUMENTARY
- ROLE
- FULL PRODUCTION
- RUNTIME
- 11:26
- LOCATION
- TAIWAN
- YEAR
- 2026
ABOUT
Chinese social media apps are increasingly popular in Taiwan. In middle schools and high schools, TikTok has been the fastest growing app for three years straight, with RedNote not far behind. Their parent companies' links to the Chinese government are not fully understood, but experts fear that the platforms could be used as covert influence vectors for Beijing. This episode takes us behind the glossy UIs to see just what threat they might pose.
This episode was produced in 2025.
CREW
Alex RednaxelaWriter, Director, Producer, Editor, VFX
Ruskin FoxDOP, Editor
Autumn LeiProducer, Assoc. Editor
Leso LiaoCamera, Grip
Robert SurreyVoiceover Artist
Harriet BeeSubtitle Editor
SPECIAL THANKS
Jaw Nian-Huang; Yu-Hui Tai; Charles Yeh; Brian Hioe; Ting-Yu Wang; Musingxer
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