Without reading between the lines, many recent news reports make it seem as though after the election victory of Tsai Ing-Wen, China would be seeking to marginalize Taiwan economically by “shutting off” trade to Taiwan...
On May 6th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Shawna Yang Ryan through Skype. Ryan is most recently the author of Green Island, which depicts Taiwan’s White Terror and authoritarian era...
The reappearance of abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee and revelations of forced confessions of wrongdoing extracted from him by the Chinese government have rocked Hong Kong in recent days...
As evidenced in reactions to the annual June 4th vigil in Hong Kong this year, the kind of questioning demanded by the current situation seems to be thus: in the context of Hong Kong where nationalist and post-nationalist mentalities are so inextricably intertwined, how would democratic governance be envisaged?...
The Ko administration continues to be embattled regarding the longstanding Taipei Dome debacle, the latest chapter of which would be accusations of Ko asking city councillors to resign if they refused to submit to a polygraph test...
On May 9th in New York City, New Bloom interviewed LIMA Taiwan Indigenous Youth Working Group regarding their visit to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues...
Controversy has erupted after an upcoming planned trip by Ma Ying-Jeou to Hong Kong was cancelled when the Presidential Office refused to grant Ma approval to leave the country...