Wave of Racism Sweeps Taiwanese Social Media Over Plans to Allow for Indian Migrant Workers

Brian Hioe11/26/2023

Bahuan Community Demonstrates at NTU to Call for Return of Ancestors’ Remains

Brian Hioe11/20/2023

Unions Demand Reform of Pension System

Brian Hioe11/19/2023

Zookeepers Call For, Win Higher Salaries and Hazard Pay

Brian Hioe11/17/2023

Unpaid Fees to Female Soccer Players Reflects Longstanding Issues Regarding Sports in Taiwan

Brian Hioe11/16/2023

Ministry of Health and Welfare Indicates Plans to Legalize Surrogacy in Taiwan

Brian Hioe11/12/2023

Social Movements

Corporal Punishment, Student Representation Prove Linked Issues on Taiwan’s Campuses

Brian Hioe06/25/2023

The Control Yuan issued a report in April, linking issues of violence in schools to the lack of the student representation on school committees. This connects two issues that have been widely reported on as an issue facing Taiwanese schools as of late, that being the lack of representation on school committees of students and issues of corporal punishment facing students...

EnglishJune 2023PoliticsSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Death of Vietnamese Intern in Factory in May Should Raise Questions

Brian Hioe06/19/2023

The death of a twenty-year-old Vietnamese intern in a factory in New Taipei in May should raise questions, particularly in light of the pattern in past years of students from mostly Southeast Asian and African countries being forced to work in factories as part of what are billed as “work study” programs or “internships"...

EnglishJune 2023LaborRaceSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Migrant Worker Advocates Demonstrate Attempted Police Arrest in Church

Brian Hioe06/16/2023

Migrant worker groups criticized the actions of the Shulin police in a press conference earlier this week. Namely, police entered the premises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Shulin, New Taipei in search of migrant workers they suspected to be members of a fraud ring. The members of the fraud ring were thought to be in the process of handing off money by police. The incident took place on May 28th...

EnglishJune 2023LaborRaceSocial Movements5 min read

Hongkongers Rally in Taipei to Commemorate Four Years Since the 2019 Protests

Brian Hioe06/13/2023

Hongkongers and advocates rallied on Saturday to mark four years since the start of the Anti-ELAB movement in Taipei. Around 600 attended. The rally took place despite bouts of rain...

EnglishJune 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Me Too Allegations Spread to Pan-Blue Camp, As Allegations Continue to Take Place

Brian Hioe06/08/2023

Me Too-style sexual harassment allegations continue to embroil Taiwan. Accusations remain mostly centered on the political world, though there have been accusations more related to the academic or art worlds...

EnglishGender/SexualityJune 2023PoliticsSocial Movements11 min read

At Work Treated Like a Robot, Through Metal Feeling Like a Human

Ralf Ruckus06/05/2023

Indonesian migrants in Taiwan are exploited as cheap labor and racially marginalized. To support each other, they form subcultures, for example around the metalcore band Jubah Hitam...

EnglishJune 2023LaborRaceSocial MovementsYouth Movements16 min read

Vigil Held for the 34th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Taipei

Brian Hioe06/04/2023

Taiwanese civil society groups demonstrated in Liberty Plaza tonight to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Several hundred were in attendance, despite bouts of rain. The event began at 10 AM and was larger in scale than commemorations in preceding years...

EnglishJune 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

National Taiwan University Sees Controversies Over Racism, Sexism in Student Body

Brian Hioe05/30/2023

A public outcry has ensued after a number of incidents at the National Taiwan University involving racism and sexism among the student body. NTU is traditionally thought of as Taiwan’s most prestigious university...

EnglishGender/SexualityIndigenousMay 2023PoliticsSocial Movements5 min read

April Silent Protest Attempts to Call Attention to Plight of Hong Kong 47

Brian Hioe05/28/2023

A silent protest took place outside of the Ximen MRT last month on April 16th to call attention to the plight of the 47 defendants in what is Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to date. The protest began at 2 PM and lasted until 4 PM...

EnglishMay 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Beating in Convenience Store Leads to Discussion of Police Violence

Brian Hioe05/24/2023

Police brutality become discussed in Taiwan after an incident involving police beating a man causing a disturbance in a 7/11. The 7/11 was located in Zhongli, Taoyuan...

EnglishLaborMay 2023PoliticsSocial Movements7 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

KMT Seeks to Attack Tsai Administration Over US and Chinese Vessels Passing Near Itu Aba/Taiping Island

Natural Disaster Disinformation Leans on Conspiratorial Thinking

China Threatens to End ECFA Ahead of Elections

Interviews

Cartoons as a Tool for Democracy: A Conversation with Stellina Chen

Radio New Bloom #19: Coen Blaauw on Thirty Years of Pro-Taiwan Advocacy in Washington

Radio New Bloom #18: SueAnn Shiah on HuanDao

Politics

Hundreds Gather in Daan Park for Taipei Peace Rally for Palestine

Hou and Ko Register Separate Runs, Gou Withdraws From Election

Pan-Blue Unity Ticket Dissolves Spectacularly with Televised Spat Between Candidates