America and the Asia Pacific

The American Red Princelings

Garrett Dee
It came to light this past week that three Chinese labor rights activists who had been investigating three separate factories in southern China had been detained by the Chinese government, their whereabouts currently unknown. The suspected cause of the arrest? The factory the men were investigating for accounts for one-third of the production for Ivanka Trump's shoe brand... Read More
America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJune 20170 Comments 015 min read

Radio New Bloom #4: Interview With Indivisible Taiwan

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New Bloom presents the fourth installment of our podcast, Radio New Bloom! For this installment, we spoke with members of Indivisible Taiwan regarding the formation of their group after the election of Donald Trump, and actions of theirs such as the Women's March, March for Science, and other coordinated group actions... Read More
#17America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMay 2017Radio New Bloom1 Comment 00 min read

Reflexive Defensiveness Of The Trump Administration From Western Commentators On Taiwan?

Brian Hioe
It is strange to observe the means by which many otherwise sharp western observers on Taiwanese politics, particularly Americans, continue to cling to strange delusions regarding Trump’s potential positive influence on Taiwan or at least his lack of any harmful influence on Taiwan. Such views may ultimately be reflexive in nature for many... Read More
America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMay 20172 Comments 019 min read