Is the bizarre spectacle of KMT members demonstrating in front of KMT headquarters this past Wednesday revealing of new and significant splits within the KMT?...
James Soong recently draw controversy after an ad lashing out at DPP and KMT presidential candidates Tsai Ing-Wen and Hung Hsiu-Chu on the basis of their both being unmarried women. Can we draw broader implications?...
With the possibility of Hung's replacement as KMT presidential candidate, is it time to start speaking of Hung in past tense? We might look back on her meteoric rise and fall....
In early August, New Bloom interviewed Wuer Kaixi, longtime democracy activist and Chinese dissident about his run for legislator in Taichung as an independent....
To date, instead of taking a step forward, China has tightened its political control. From the arrest of more than a hundred human rights activist and lawyers to the recent crackdown of the Christian communities, China has not improved at all....
In late August, New Bloom interviewed social movement veteran Lee Hsing-Chang (李幸長) about his campaign for Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. Lee is running as an independent candidate in New Taipei City District 9 (Yonghe and Zhonghe), a traditional stronghold for the KMT. ...
On September 11, 2015, Singapore will hold its first election after the death of Lee Kuan Yew. We will see as to how use of the memory of Lee Kuan Yew may help the PAP secure its foothold for at least another five years....