Brian Hioe

Ko’s Position On Cross-Strait Relations Remains Ambiguous, But Suspicion Is Warranted

Brian Hioe
A recent article by Sunflower Movement student leader Lin Fei-Fan in The Diplomat has provoked strong reactions, with Lin raising questions about whether current Taipei mayor Ko Wen-Je has capitulated to China in terms of his position on cross-strait issues. While some claim that this is baseless, suspicion of Ko is warranted given Ko's increasing closeness to the pan-Blue camp in the years since he became Taipei mayor ...
EnglishPoliticsSeptember 201812 min read

CEC Faces Challenge Of Combining Conflicting Referendum Proposals

Brian Hioe
In past months, one has observed a number of conflicting referendum proposals achieving the necessary political benchmarks to be held. The number of referendum proposals currently on the table is inclusive of referendums calling for gay marriage, against gay marriage, for nuclear power, for coal power, and for changing the name under which Taiwan is to participate in 2020 Tokyo Olympics...
EnglishPoliticsSeptember 20185 min read

Interview: James X. Morris

Brian Hioe
New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed James X. Morris, who is currently crowdfunding to write a book on historical preservation for the Xindian Cemetery on Indiegogo, entitled Grassroots Heritage. Morris is a Ph.D. candidate residing in Taipei and a freelance writer and anthropologist with a background in politics, government, and cross-Taiwan Strait trade...
EnglishInterviewsSeptember 201815 min read

Anger Against Hong Kong Chief Executive Following Typhoon Mangkhut

Brian Hioe
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has come under fire for her administration’s handling of Super Typhoon Mangkhut, particularly with regards to a failure to declare the day off for residents of Hong Kong. Mangkhut, the world’s strongest storm in 2018 to date, battered Hong Kong this weekend, injuring over 100 and causing damage to property and infrastructure in Hong Kong...
EnglishPoliticsSeptember 20186 min read

Retaliation Against Efforts To Investigate Chinese Spying In Taiwan?

Brian Hioe
Chinese spying efforts in Taiwan have been under closer scrutiny in past months, as observed in government investigation of the New Party and Chinese Unification Promotion Party. However, reports by Chinese state-run media in the last week warning against Taiwanese spies in China could be retaliation for the Tsai administration's recent efforts against Chinese spying...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalSeptember 20187 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。