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Social Movements

Coolloud’s Virulently Pro-China Editorial Direction And The Political Bankruptcy Of The Pro-Unification Left

Brian Hioe07/22/2017

Probably it is best at this point to refer to Coolloud not as a left-wing publication which writes on social movements in Taiwan, but an outright Chinese nationalist publication of the pro-unification Left... Read More

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苦勞網的惡性親中與左統在政治上的破產

Brian Hioe07/21/2017

苦勞網最近刊登的一篇香港教育大學語言學及現代語言系講師鄧健苓的文章，讓苦勞網再也不能被視為報導台灣社會運動的左翼刊物，而是徹頭徹尾的中國民族主義左統刊物。苦勞網也因這篇醜態百出的親中文章而飽受抨擊。那麼，我們就來分析一下鄧健苓的文章，看看左統對香港、台灣和中國產生了多麼嚴重的幻想症狀，貫串這篇文章的邏輯，根本上是披著左翼外衣的中國民族主義。鄧文關注的是不久前香港主權移交二十周年。在鄧健苓看來，這在一切意義上都應當被歌頌，香港從西方帝國主義──她眼中一個如漫畫中邪惡魔頭般的存在──回歸「社會主義祖國」的懷抱，但這個高度理想化的玫瑰色中國，卻只存在於她和其他左統人士的想像之中。... Read More

July 2017LaborSocial Movements中文0 Comments 03 min read

Universiade Controversy Leads To Calls To Clear Up Corruption in Taiwanese Sports

Brian Hioe07/18/2017

A controversy has broken out following an online video released by college athlete Mitzi Ting, a senior at the National Taiwan University School of Business Administration and a competitive swimmer, regarding the selection process for participants in the Taipei Summer Universiade... Read More

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Kaohsiung Gaming Tournament Illustrates Esports As New Site Of Identity Contestation

Brian Hioe07/13/2017

Esports become another arena for contestation between Taiwanese and Chinese identity with a recent incident in Kaohsiung involving Taiwanese, Chinese, and South Korean League of Legends players participating in the Asia section of Rift Rivals international tournament, held in Kaohsiung from July 6th to July 9th... Read More

EnglishJuly 2017Self-DeterminationSocial Movements0 Comments 05 min read

Arts/Culture

Radio New Bloom #5: Interview With Alexander Synaptic

newbloomeditor06/24/2017

New Bloom presents the fifth installment of our podcast, Radio New Bloom! For this installment we spoke with Alexander Synaptic. Alexander Synaptic is a blogger, web developer, and photographer known for his documentarian approach to urban exploration in Taiwan... Read More

Arts and CultureEnglishJune 2017Photography0 Comments 01 min read

Review: Joshua: Teenager Vs. Superpower

06/11/2017

Review: Small Talk (日常對話)

05/17/2017

Hidden Agenda Live House Raid In Hong Kong Draws Parallels To Taiwan

05/10/2017

Interviews

Interview: Yvonne Leung Lai Kwok (梁麗幗)

Brian Hioe07/07/2017

On February 22nd, Brian Hioe and Ferran Pérez Mena interviewed Yvonne Leung Lai Kwok through Skype regarding the state of Hong Kong, regarding both electoral and social movement politics. As part of our new collaboration with Yuanfang Magazine, a Spanish translation of the interview is available on Yuanfang Magazine... Read More

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