Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, Other Thai Activists Targeted Over Pro-Democracy Student Orientation

Brian Hioe07/23/2021

Controversy Over Accommodations for Taiwan’s Olympic Athletes Reflects Culture of Abuse, Authoritarian Legacy

Brian Hioe07/22/2021

Behind the Zhiben Solar Farm Controversy

Yu Chen Chuang07/21/2021

Political Disqualifications in Macau Draw From the Template of Hong Kong

Brian Hioe07/15/2021

We All Must Learn from the Ming Dih Fire in Thailand

Akrawat Siripattanachok07/14/2021

Lessons from the Miaoli Lockdown: The Truth About Racism in the Asia Pacific

Alec Stimac07/07/2021

Social Movements

Climate Change in Indonesia: Denial and Disasters

Valeria Rogova07/04/2021

Anthropogenic activities have drastically altered ecological systems that facilitate life support systems. A close impact assessment of the January 15th, 2021 Sulawesi earthquake demonstrates how human interactions with the environment have contributed to climate change in Indonesia. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake affected individuals, businesses, institutions, and the overall economy in the Majene district of West Sulawesi...

EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2021Social Movements7 min read

The Bold and Unruly Legacy of Chen Wen-chen

Wendy Cheng07/02/2021

In the forty years since Chen’s death, within Taiwan and in its diaspora, Chen has been remembered as a kind and courageous person, a brilliant scholar, a loving husband and father, and a martyr for Taiwan independence. And yet, percolating around the edges, were hints of more complicated narratives...

EnglishFeaturedJuly 2021Self-DeterminationSocial Movements22 min read

Miaoli Clusters Show That Attention to the Plight of Migrant Factory Workers Is Long Overdue

Brian Hioe06/24/2021

There has been increased international attention to the plight of migrant workers in Taiwan, after clusters broke out among migrant workers at eight electronics factories in Miaoli over the last month. The Miaoli clusters consisted of a total of 471 individuals, of which 400 were migrant workers, and of which 71 were Taiwanese...

EnglishJune 2021LaborSocial Movements8 min read

After Funds Frozen, Apple Daily Closure May Be Imminent

Brian Hioe06/22/2021

The Apple Daily may close in a matter of days, with the pro-democracy Hong Kong tabloid’s funds frozen...

EnglishJune 2021Self-DeterminationSocial Movements6 min read

Apple Daily Police Raid Could Have Large Implications for Hong Kong Media Going Forward

Brian Hioe06/17/2021

The Apple Daily was raided by police today, with five executives of the media organization arrested. The raid involved 500 police officers and could have large implications for media in Hong Kong going forward...

EnglishJune 2020Self-DeterminationSocial Movements7 min read

Discriminatory Policies Target Migrant Workers in Wake of Miaoli Clusters

Brian Hioe06/09/2021

COVID-19 clusters broke out among migrant workers at electronics factories in Miaoli over the weekend, with 243 workers at three factories testing positive. This has, unfortunately, led to the rollout of discriminatory policies against migrant workers...

EnglishJune 2021LaborRaceSocial Movements8 min read

How the Datan Algal Reef Became a Wedge Issue

Chia-Shen Tsai06/05/2021

As the March 2021 deadline for proposing topics for the August referendum approached, turmoil and contention arose amongst Taiwan’s progressive groups. The issue at hand: a liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving station that the government plans to construct on Taoyuan’s Datan algal reef...

EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2021Social Movements16 min read

Online Commemoration for the 32nd Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Anniversary Held in Taiwan

Brian Hioe06/04/2021

An online for the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre was held today by livestream. The event began at 7 PM and lasted until 9:15 PM, while livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube....

EnglishJune 2021Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Beyond Physical Attacks: Economic and Cultural Violence also Threaten the Asian American Community

Save Cantonese05/27/2021

The brutal stream of assaults on Asian Americans does not occur in a vacuum. While American leaders have issued statements decrying anti-Asian attacks, they have largely ignored the underlying structural racism that facilitates them...

EnglishMay 2021Self-DeterminationSocial Movements10 min read

Tama Talum Pardon Does Little to Address the Structural Issues that Led to the Case

Brian Hioe05/21/2021

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen pardoned Indigenous hunter Tama Talum yesterday. This was Tsai’s first use of the presidential pardon during her two terms as president, as well as the seventh time that the pardon was used in ROC history...

EnglishIndigenousMay 2021RaceSocial 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

China Dispatches 28 Warplanes to Taiwan’s ADIZ, Likely in Reaction to G7 Summit

Ma Ying-jeou Calls for Return to “Original 1992 Consensus”, Attacks Tsai

Chinese Disinformation About Fukushima Wastewater Points to Attempts to Alienate Taiwan from Allies

Interviews

Radio New Bloom #15: Chi Ta-wei on Taiwanese and Asian American Queer Literature

Radio New Bloom #14: Jiaqi Kang on Sino Diaspora and Identity

Politics

23 Domestic Cases Confirmed, Level Three Alert to be Lifted on July 27th

30 Domestic Cases Announced, Tsai Administration Signs Deal to Buy 36 Million Moderna Vaccines

16 Domestic Cases Announced, Tzu Chi Inks Deal for BioNTech Purchase