Brian Hioe

Cathay United Comes Under Fire For Use of China-Backed Technology Company in Credit Card System

Brian Hioe
One of Taiwan's largest banks, Cathay United, has come under fire over core technologies in its new credit card system being developed by a company alleged to have China ties. The company in question, AnyTech, frames itself as a Singaporean company that had set up a subsidiary in Taiwan. However, the company is accused of having close ties with Huawei and being backed by Chinese capital, including China’s Ministry of Finance...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMarch 2025Politics4 min read

South Africa Unilaterally Changes the Name of Taiwan’s Representative Office, Pressures Move

Brian Hioe
The Taiwanese government is considering responses to South Africa ordering it to move its representative office out of the capital of Pretoria. In particular, the Taiwanese government has suggested that it may end official cooperation on projects with the South African government or raise visa requirements for South African travelers to Taiwan...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMarch 2025Politics4 min read
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Brian Hioe

Brian Hioe is one of the founding editors of New Bloom. He is a freelance journalist, as well as a translator. A New York native and Taiwanese-American, he has an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University and graduated from New York University with majors in History, East Asian Studies, and English Literature. He was Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy from 2017 to 2018 and is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the University of Nottingham's Taiwan Studies Programme.

丘琦欣，創建破土的編輯之一，專於撰寫社會運動和政治的自由作家偶而亦從事翻譯工作。他自哥倫比亞大學畢業，是亞洲語言及文化科系的碩士，同時擁有紐約大學的歷史，東亞研究及英文文學三項學士學位。