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Anger Over Firing Of China Airlines Union Leaders By Management

Brian Hioe12/14/2017

Anger has broken out from activists after punishment against China Airlines workers for participation in the China Airlines strike last year, the first strike in the history Taiwan’s airline industry. This took the form of the firing of China Airlines workers Lin Xinyi, forced transfer of Zhang Shuyuan, and Zhu Liangjun facing punishment and being made to sit down and talk with management...

#20December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements5 min read

Referendum Changes A Step Forward For Democratic Experimentalism In Taiwan?

Brian Hioe12/13/2017

With the passage of amendments to the Referendum Act, celebrations have broken out from some of Taiwan’s post-Sunflower Movement activists with the view that this accomplishes a longstanding demand of activists to lower the benchmarks needed to hold public referendums in Taiwan. However, the implications of these changes remain to be seen...

EnglishSocial MovementsYouth Movements13 min read

Does Huang Kuo-Chang’s Recall Vote Boil Down To Older Versus Younger Voters?

Brian Hioe12/12/2017

With NPP chair Huang Kuo-Chang facing a recall vote on December 16th, whether Huang can survive his recall vote regarding his support of gay marriage is, in some way, a sign of whether youth voters stand any chance of changing older, more traditionally conservative electoral districts such as Huang’s New Taipei 12th District...

December 2017EnglishPolitics7 min read

30,000 Protest Against Labor Law Changes In Kaohsiung, Pressure On DPP Growing

Brian Hioe12/11/2017

With reportedly over 30,000 taking to the streets yesterday in Kaohsiung in demonstration against planned changes according to some counts, significantly larger than any protest in Taipei to date, pressure upon the DPP regarding planned changes to the Labor Standards Act will continue, increasing the likelihood of divides within the party...

#20December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements7 min read

Suspension Of Young Macau Lawmaker A Warning Sign For Hong Kong And Taiwan

Brian Hioe12/08/2017

The suspension from legislature of 26-year-old Macau lawmaker Sulu Sou, for a demonstration which crossed over into the street rather than remaining only on the sidewalk, would mark the deterioration of democracy in Macau along the lines of what has occurred in Hong Kong. This may be a warning sign for Hong Kong and Taiwan...

December 2017EnglishSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Arrest Of 22-Year-Old Vietnamese Blogger For Reporting On Wrongdoings Of Taiwanese Company

Brian Hioe12/05/2017

The sentencing of 22-year-old Nguyen Van Hoa to seven years in jail for online reporting on the massive fish die-off caused by pollution caused by a steel plant operated by the Taiwanese-owned company, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, should be something that the Taiwanese public pays more attention to...

December 2017EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements6 min read

Day To Night Demonstration Against Labor Law Changes Concludes With Clashes Against Police

Brian Hioe12/05/2017

Following a dramatic series of attempts to invade the Legislative Yuan, clashes with police, and a blockade of the intersection of Zhongshan South Road and Qingdao West Road, protest today against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act were not successful in preventing the act from passing. One can expect outrage from Taiwanese activists to lead to further protest...

December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements11 min read

Demonstrations Take Place Against Planned Labor Law Changes From Morning Into Night

Brian Hioe12/04/2017

Demonstrations against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act have taken place through the course of the past day outside the Legislative Yuan, beginning at 9 AM and lasting until nightfall. Three attempts to storm the Legislative Yuan have taken place in the course of this. Protests continue into the night, as the review of these planned changes also continues within the Legislative Yuan...

December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements8 min read

Satirical Buddhist-Themed Protest Against Changes To Labor Laws Held

Brian Hioe12/03/2017

A theatrical Buddhist-themed demonstration against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act by the Tsai administration was held today outside the Executive Yuan today. The demonstration, which was intended to be humorous in nature, went from 1:30 PM to 4 PM and largely took the form of chanting of satirical Buddhist scriptures regarding changes to labor laws...

December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements10 min read

Public Anger After Severe Smog Hits Northern Taiwan

Brian Hioe12/02/2017

Anger has broken out in Taiwan over growing industrial pollution from coal-burning power plants, given the severe haze that swept across northern Taiwan on Wednesday. However, it still remains to be seen how to address problems of growing air pollution in Taiwan while still meeting Taiwan's energy needs in an environmentally-friendly manner...

December 2017EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements5 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

Brian Hioe

Does Huang Kuo-Chang’s Recall Vote Boil Down To Older Versus Younger Voters?

Brian Hioe

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