Brian Hioe

Court Upholds Legality of EVA Strike, After Attempts by Management to Retaliate

The Taipei District Court ruled late last month that the 2019 strike by EVA Air flight attendants was legal. This took place after an attempt by the company to retaliate against strike organizers through a lawsuit that claimed the strike was illegal. Though the ruling stymies what is the latest attempt by EVA Air to retaliate, it is the ruling in the first instance, and EVA Air can appeal. EVA has already indicated that it intends to do so...

33 Domestic Cases Announced by CECC, Cases with Unknown Sources of Greater Concern

33 domestic cases, 63 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. This is slightly down from yesterday’s 34 cases, but Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung stated that what is a matter of concern is multiple cases with unknown sources of infection. Only four of the domestic cases were found while in quarantine, with thirteen imported cases found on arrival, and fifty found while in quarantine. There were fewer imported cases due to fewer arrivals today...

As Vaccination Rates Slow, Will Taiwan Become a Vaccine Hoarder?

Vaccination rates have largely stalled in Taiwan at a time in which Taiwan debates if and whether to loosen COVID-19 measures. This would be in the interests of transitioning away from Taiwan’s current COVID-zero approach, so as to avoid Taiwan becoming disconnected from the international world at a time in which many countries are loosening their COVID-19 restrictions, something that would have a severe impact on Taiwan’s economy...
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Brian Hioe

Brian Hioe is one of the founding editors of New Bloom. He is a freelance journalist, as well as a translator. A New York native and Taiwanese-American, he has an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University and graduated from New York University with majors in History, East Asian Studies, and English Literature. He was Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy from 2017 to 2018 and is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the University of Nottingham's Taiwan Studies Programme.

丘琦欣,創建破土的編輯之一,專於撰寫社會運動和政治的自由作家偶而亦從事翻譯工作。他自哥倫比亞大學畢業,是亞洲語言及文化科系的碩士,同時擁有紐約大學的歷史,東亞研究及英文文學三項學士學位。