On September 30th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Meredith Huang of the New Power Party, who is running in the Shilin-Beitou area of Taipei. This is part of New Bloom's ongoing series of interviews with independent city councilor candidates, as part of its special 2018 election coverage...
On September 28th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Chen You-xin of the Social Democratic Party, who is running in the Neihu-Nangang area of Taipei. This is part of New Bloom's ongoing series of interviews with independent city councilor candidates, as part of its special 2018 election coverage...
On September 26th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed You Yi of the Social Democratic Party, who is running in the Songshan-Xinyi area. This is part of New Bloom's ongoing series of interviews with independent city councilor candidates, as part of its special 2018 election coverage...
Recent comments by Ma Ying-Jeou outlining three “Noes” for Taiwan are a clear attempt to influence the course of 2018 local elections in favor of the KMT...
On October 23rd, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Radical Party candidate Dolly Hsiao, who is running in the Nangang-Neihu area. This is part of New Bloom's ongoing series of interviews with independent city councilor candidates, as part of its special 2018 election coverage...
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, as well as board member of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club.
