Tag: Chinese internet censorship

Interview: James Griffiths on The Great Firewall of China

Brian Hioe06/03/2020

New Bloom editor Brian Hioe spoke to James Griffiths, the author of The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet, on May 28th. The Chinese edition of The Great Firewall of China will be released in Taiwan on June 4th, featuring recommendations from Puma Shen, Freddy Lim, Lai Pin-yu, Chen Bo-wei, and others...

EnglishInterviewsJune 202022 min read

Confusion Over Winnie The Pooh Trolling Illustrates MOFA’s Unclear Social Media Strategy

Brian Hioe08/17/2018

Hesitancy by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its social media outreach strategy is self-evident in a tweet it issued taunting China on its ban of the recent movie Christopher Robin...

August 2018EnglishPolitics5 min read

Peppa Pig Becomes Unusual Target Of Hip Hop Ban In China

Brian Hioe05/14/2018

What has been read as the “banning” of children’s cartoon character Peppa Pig in Chinese media can be seen as the begin of what will probably be an expansive cycle of relatively harmless icons being banned in China because they come to be perceived as too politically sensitive. We might take a closer look...

EnglishMay 2018Politics5 min read

Recent Actions By China Push Bleeding Edge Of Internet Surveillance And Censorship

Brian Hioe09/02/2017

Recent actions by the Chinese government may evidence a push for Internet censorship on a scale with few parallels in human history...

EnglishPoliticsSeptember 20175 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Social Movements

Chinese internet censorship

Interview: James Griffiths on The Great Firewall of China

Confusion Over Winnie The Pooh Trolling Illustrates MOFA’s Unclear Social Media Strategy

Peppa Pig Becomes Unusual Target Of Hip Hop Ban In China

Recent Actions By China Push Bleeding Edge Of Internet Surveillance And Censorship

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers