Politics would be behind much of the contestation in Taiwan about whether the ban on Japanese food from areas affected by radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster should be lifted...
The recent appointment of Meng Hongwei as president of Interpol is one worrisome to human rights advocates across the world. Meng, China’s vice minister of public security, would be the first Chinese president of Interpol...
Taiwanese sound art pioneer Wang Fujui’s solo exhibition at Project Fulfill Art Space, “Transparent Imagery of Sounds”, largely consists of meditations on the influence of random chance in art and intermediality...
In the days since the victory of Donald Trump in 2016 American presidential elections, much hand-wringing has ensued about what American foreign policy under Trump will look like...
New Bloom’s next issue will focus on recent Taiwanese labor demonstrations, regarding demonstrations over the issues of “one flexible rest day” and one set day off and against planned cuts by the Tsai administration to public holidays / 下一期破土將聚焦於最近的台灣勞工抗爭，探討針對『一例一休』問題，以及蔡英文政府計畫刪除國定假日所引發的抗爭...
