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Eviction Of Indigenous Vendors In Chingchuan Touches Upon Broader Issues

Brian Hioe04/02/2018

The eviction last week of indigenous vendors outside a former residence of Zhang Xueliang in Chingchuan, Wufeng Township near Hsinchu raises a number of issues. Namely, indigenous vendors have operated outside the residence for twenty years. Many vendors have no other means of livelihood if they are forced to relocate...

April 2018EnglishIndigenousRaceSocial Movements5 min read

Interview: Aurélien Jegou

Garrett Dee04/01/2018

Aurélien Jegou is an actor and director. Recently, he directed The Mermaid and the Whale, which was shot in Taiwan. The following is an interview with Jegou conducted by New Bloom editor Garrett Dee...

April 2018EnglishInterviews15 min read

Should Taiwan Celebrate Bolton and Navarro Appointments While The Rest Of The World Recoils In Terror?

Brian Hioe03/31/2018

The return to power of John Bolton and Peter Navarro in the Trump administration, after a period in which both were relegated to lesser roles in favor of other political actors, have been celebrated by some in Taiwan. But such appointments are signs of the incoherence and irrational hawkishness of the Trump Administration much more than they are indications of any more supportive policy of Taiwan...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMarch 201819 min read

Moves By Ko To Evict Protest Occupations Around The Legislative Yuan?

Brian Hioe03/30/2018

Taipei mayor Ko Wen-Je seems to intend to evict longstanding political occupations nearby the government buildings around Shandao Temple and NTU Hospital in the near future. Civil society groups have been critical of such plans, seeing them as part of broader attempts by Ko to restrict political gatherings in Taipei...

EnglishMarch 2018Politics8 min read

No End In Sight For NTU Presidential Appointment Controversy?

Brian Hioe03/29/2018

Controversy regarding the appointment of Kuan Chung-Ming as president of National Taiwan University, Taiwan’s most prestigious academic institution, continue to drag on without settlement by either NTU’s administration or the Ministry of Education...

EnglishMarch 2018Politics7 min read

Anti-Abe Protests Take Place In Japan Once Again

Brian Hioe03/28/2018

Protests against Shinzo Abe are on the rise in Japan again, as evidenced in a recent protest in Tokyo that drew several thousand over the past week...

EnglishInternationalMarch 2018Regional Tensions5 min read

Taiwan Set To Face Impact Of Trump Administration’s Steel And Aluminum Tariffs

Brian Hioe03/27/2018

Concerns in Taiwan that it will be severely affected by steel and aluminum tariffs by the Trump administration are ironic, illustrating in a nutshell what the perils of placing one’s faith in the Trump administration are. Perhaps Taiwan could learn something from this...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMarch 20186 min read

Tillerson Ouster Sign That Hawkish, Protectionist Wing Of Trump Administration Is Again Ascendant

Brian Hioe03/26/2018

With the replacement of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, head of the CIA, it appears that the protectionist wing of the Trump administration is again ascendent. As such, fears prevail that individuals within the Trump administration viewed as stabilizing of it will similarly depart the Trump administration in the near future...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMarch 20186 min read

With Moves Towards Lifetime Rule, Xi Threatens Taiwan

Brian Hioe03/25/2018

With the recent removal of term limits that a Chinese president can serve, possibly paving the way for Chinese president Xi Jinping to move towards lifetime rule, bluster by China against Taiwan has increased...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMarch 20186 min read

ART Encampment Outside Legislative Yuan Dismantled By Police

Brian Hioe03/24/2018

Anger has broken out from Taiwanese activists after the forced removal of the Alliance of Referendum for Taiwan/Free Taiwan Party’s occupation encampment outside the Legislative Yuan by the Taipei city police...

EnglishMarch 2018Self-DeterminationSocial 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

No, the DPP is Not About to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statues En Masse

Tsai Administration Seeks to Reassure on US Support After Aid Package

Pension Reform Set to Become a Battleground Issue Between the Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Social Movements

English

Interview: Aurélien Jegou

Should Taiwan Celebrate Bolton and Navarro Appointments While The Rest Of The World Recoils In Terror?

Moves By Ko To Evict Protest Occupations Around The Legislative Yuan?

No End In Sight For NTU Presidential Appointment Controversy?

Anti-Abe Protests Take Place In Japan Once Again

Taiwan Set To Face Impact Of Trump Administration’s Steel And Aluminum Tariffs

Tillerson Ouster Sign That Hawkish, Protectionist Wing Of Trump Administration Is Again Ascendant

With Moves Towards Lifetime Rule, Xi Threatens Taiwan

No, the DPP is Not About to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statues En Masse

Tsai Administration Seeks to Reassure on US Support After Aid Package

Pension Reform Set to Become a Battleground Issue Between the Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Immigration Policy Debated in Legislature in Past Months

No, the DPP is Not About to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statues En Masse

Tsai Administration Seeks to Reassure on US Support After Aid Package

Pension Reform Set to Become a Battleground Issue Between the Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Immigration Policy Debated in Legislature in Past Months