 The "Taiwan Review" was established in April 1951 under the name Free China Review – as opposed to the communist Chinese mainland – and at that time was the first ROC government-funded English-language publication targeting overseas readers.The "Free China Review" title stayed for half a century before it was renamed Taipei Review in April 2000, and finally "Taiwan Review" in March 2003 to better reflect the origin of the publication.For more than half a century, the magazine has been the periodical of record concerning Taiwan's socio-economic development, as well as its democratization, through in-depth reports, features and commentaries.