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New media firm gets Taiwan animated
Taipei company causes controversy with its graphic representation of the news.
Last Modified: 03 Jan 2010 04:29 GMT

Taiwan's overcrowded media landscape has been joined by a company providing animated representations of the news online.

But the sometimes graphic animated stories have brought the company trouble with the law and sparked debate on what images news organisations can reasonably show.

Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports from Taipei on the popular but controversial new medium for getting the news.

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