Category: Youth Movements | New Bloom Magazine

Will Restrictions Be Placed on the Basic Political Freedoms of Hongkongers in Taiwan?

Brian Hioe01/05/2023

A document posted on the National Immigration Agency website, specifying regulations on the rights of Hongkongers in Taiwan has caused consternation after being reported on by BBC. Though the document was quickly removed website, the document suggests restrictions on basic freedoms for Hongkongers in Taiwan, including restriction of the freedom of speech, freedom of political participation, and restriction of political assembly...

EnglishJanuary 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Solidarity Rally for China’s “A4 Revolution” Held in Liberty Plaza

Brian Hioe12/04/2022

A solidarity rally for China’s “A4 Revolution” was held in Liberty Plaza in Taipei this afternoon. This took place on the heels of a week that saw at least four solidarity rallies for protests in China in Taipei, two of which were framed as vigils for the victims of the fire in Urumqi that sparked the protests...

December 2022EnglishSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Breakthrough News Program on Protests in China Proves Self-Contradictory

Brian Hioe12/01/2022

It was only a matter of time until tankies–leftist apologists for authoritarian regimes such as China or Russia–weighed in on the current protests in China. The most recent example of this in Anglophone discourse may be Tricontinental Institute researcher and Dongsheng News collective Tings Chak’s appearance yesterday on Breakthrough News’ “The Socialist Program.” The program was hosted by Brian Becker, founder of the ANSWER Coalition and one of the founders of the PSL...

December 2022EnglishLaborSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements11 min read

Recent Incidents Should Draw Attention to Issue of Corporal Punishment at Schools

Brian Hioe10/09/2022

A recent investigation by the Control Yuan, which resulted in the oversight body censuring the Yuan Ming Junior High School and Yunlin County Department of Education, should point to broader issues in Taiwan regarding corporal punishment in schools. The investigation was carried out by Control Yuan members Lai Ting-ming...

EnglishOctober 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Civil Society Groups Demonstrate Against Chinese National Day

Brian Hioe09/30/2022

Civil society groups demonstrated against Chinese National Day today in Taipei. Chinese National Day is commemorated on October 1st, which is tomorrow...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Hong Kong Government Targets Speech Therapists’ Union Over Children’s Books

Brian Hioe09/15/2022

Five members of a speech therapists’ union were sentenced t in Hong Kong earlier this month on sedition charges over a series of children’s books. The charges used by police date back to British colonial times and the five have been sentenced to nineteen months in prison...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

47 Hong Kong Activists to Face Trial Without a Jury

Brian Hioe09/04/2022

Though delayed multiple times, 47 high-profile Hong Kong activists may face trial without a jury in the first case of its kind in recent memory...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Rally Marks Third Anniversary of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests in Taipei Yesterday

Brian Hioe06/13/2022

Civil society groups marked the third anniversary of the 2019 Hong Kong protests in Taipei yesterday, with a rally that took place in front of the Bank of China building in Xinyi...

EnglishJune 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Foreign or Local Memory?: Hong Kong’s Pillar of Shame in Taiwan

Will Leung06/08/2022

On December 25th, 2021, just two days after the University of Hong Kong plastic-wrapped and removed the Pillar of Shame from its campus, Taiwan’s New School For Democracy held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan in response to the university administration’s actions...

EnglishJune 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements19 min read

The Hong Kong Church on the Frontline in Ukraine

Alexander Butler05/19/2022

Hongkongers—whose freedoms were crushed by the same party who entered into an agreement of ‘no limits’ with Russia in February—are well aware of the fight against authoritarianism currently being waged in Ukraine...

EnglishMay 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements9 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

Will COVID Cases Affect Perceptions of China in Taiwan?

US Denies Delays in Arms Shipments to Taiwan Being a Product of War in Ukraine

China Again Seeks to Intimidate Taiwan with Drills, Taiwan Scarcely Blinks

Interviews

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

Radio New Bloom #18: SueAnn Shiah on HuanDao

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Politics

Nationwide Data Leaks Raise Security Concerns

What Does the Tsai Administration’s Cabinet Reshuffle Indicate?

What Would the Implications of a McCarthy Visit to Taiwan Be?

Social Movements

Youth Movements

Nationwide Data Leaks Raise Security Concerns

What Does the Tsai Administration’s Cabinet Reshuffle Indicate?

What Would the Implications of a McCarthy Visit to Taiwan Be?

Restrictions on Transnational Gay Marriages Lifted, Following Four Years of Advocacy

Nationwide Data Leaks Raise Security Concerns

What Does the Tsai Administration’s Cabinet Reshuffle Indicate?

What Would the Implications of a McCarthy Visit to Taiwan Be?

Tax Rebate Delayed Until At Least April, Following Opposition Pushback