Taiwan has the same problem with regard to the mainland. Most information in Taiwan about the PRC comes from the democracy movement or from the ROC Mainland Affairs Council. Neither of these is objective, so the media can't get real news.
台灣對大陸的情況也類似，台灣的大陸訊息大多來自海外民運人士和陸工會，這兩方面都不客觀，得不到真的消息。