Tag: Liu Xia | New Bloom Magazine

Uncertainty Lingers As The Trial Of Lee Ming-che Commences

Garrett Dee09/10/2017

The Chinese government announced Wednesday September 6 that it would begin proceedings on the trial of Lee Ming-che, the Taiwanese democratic and human rights advocate who disappeared in March while attempting to cross the China-Macau border and who was later confirmed to have been taken prisoner by the central Chinese government. The announcement came in the form of a phone call to his wife, Lee Ching-yu, from a man name Zhang Zhongwei who claimed to be her husband’s state-appointed attorney...

EnglishSeptember 20176 min read

Handling Of Liu Xiaobo’s Funeral Shows That Not Even The Dead Are Safe In China

Brian Hioe07/17/2017

Following the death of Liu Xiaobo, China has taken a heavy-handed approach to preventing commemorations of Liu’s death, with the Chinese government ordering the cremation of Liu’s body and the dispersal of his ashes at sea...

EnglishJuly 2017Politics7 min read

After The Death Of Liu Xiaobo, What Now For China’s Democracy Movement?

Brian Hioe07/14/2017

With the death of Liu Xiaobo yesterday at age 61 from cancer which would have been treatable had he not been detained by China, China has seen international condemnation for what many see as its killing of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner. But what now for the democracy movement in China?...

EnglishJuly 2017Politics8 min read

Liu Xiaobo’s Cancer Diagnosis Comes At Time Of Global Retreat On Human Rights

Brian Hioe07/02/2017

China may soon be facing a PR nightmare on its hands from the possible death of Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and an imprisoned political dissident since 2008, from a late stage cancer diagnosis. But the irony of this raising awareness of China's human rights situation is that it comes at a time of a global retreat from human rights discourse...

EnglishJuly 2017Politics5 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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

Liu Xia

Uncertainty Lingers As The Trial Of Lee Ming-che Commences

Handling Of Liu Xiaobo’s Funeral Shows That Not Even The Dead Are Safe In China

After The Death Of Liu Xiaobo, What Now For China’s Democracy Movement?

Liu Xiaobo’s Cancer Diagnosis Comes At Time Of Global Retreat On Human Rights

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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