Category: January 2020 | Page 3 | New Bloom Magazine

With One Day Before Elections, Results Prove Hard to Predict

Brian Hioe01/10/2020

Speculation abounds regarding the possible outcome of 2020 elections, with elections set to take place tomorrow. In particular, a large demonstration by Han Kuo-yu supporters yesterday in Taipei, which was attended by several hundred thousand people, has led to fears that Han may do quite well in the election. Yesterday’s rally was scheduled to be the last major rally of the Han campaign...

EnglishJanuary 2020Politics5 min read

Alex Tsai of the KMT Implicated in Death Threats Against Self-Confessed Chinese Spy

Brian Hioe01/09/2020

Australian newspaper The Age reported yesterday that Alex Tsai of the KMT attempted to force accused Chinese spy Wang Liqiang to recant his claims that he assisted in Chinese infiltration efforts aimed at influencing the Taiwanese elections...

EnglishJanuary 2020Politics6 min read

Aesthetics and Politics in 2020 Elections

Brian Hioe01/09/2020

As with the past several elections since the 2014 Sunflower Movement, young candidates continued to be the source of much creativity during 2020 election campaigning, where aesthetics were concerned...

ArtArts and CultureEnglishJanuary 2020Politics13 min read

Whither the Pan-Green Camp and Third Force in 2020 Elections?

Brian Hioe01/09/2020

The past year has been an unusual one for the“Third Force” parties which emerged after the Sunflower Movement. Third Force parties can be thought of as part of the pan-Green camp due to the fact that they generally support Taiwanese independence, but Third Force parties sought to establish third parties that were not KMT or DPP...

EnglishJanuary 2020Politics10 min read

Unexpected Reversals in the Pan-Blue Camp Over the Past Year Indicate Party’s Tenuous Future

Brian Hioe01/09/2020

The KMT appeared to have experienced a reversal of political fortunes in 2018 elections, in which against expectations, the KMT proved resurgent. Some half a year later, the KMT’s fortunes seem to have reversed. Backlash against the KMT ensued after it released its party list, which was stacked with pro-China candidates. Han is increasingly unpopularity as candidate, having incensed the public with numerous gaffes and having gained a reputation for mismanagement as mayor of Kaohsiung...

EnglishJanuary 2020Politics7 min read

More Radical Than the DPP?: An Interview with Chen Bo-wei

Brian Hioe01/08/2020

New Bloom interviewed Chen Bo-wei, legislative candidate for the Taiwan Statebuilding Party in Taichung City District 2, on December 11th. Chen was originally a film worker, before becoming well-known for a series of videos criticizing Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu, with his catchphrase being "3Q"...

EnglishInterviewsJanuary 202011 min read

2020大選的「年輕世代」: 陳柏惟專訪

Brian Hioe01/08/2020

《破土》在12月11日訪問了台灣基進臺中市第二選舉區立委候選人陳柏惟，以下為訪談內容。...

InterviewsJanuary 2020中文2 min read

Running for Legislature at Twenty-Three Years Old: An Interview with Yan Ming-wei

Brian Hioe01/08/2020

New Bloom interviewed Yan Ming-wei, legislative candidate for the Taiwan Statebuilding Party in Taipei City District 8, on December 30th. Yan first became well-known for throwing a copy of Formosa Betrayed at then-president Ma Ying-jeou in 2014, then as a spokesperson for the TSP...

EnglishInterviewsJanuary 202015 min read

2020大選的「年輕世代」: 顏銘緯專訪

Brian Hioe01/08/2020

《破土》在12月30日訪問了台灣基進臺北市第八選舉區立委候選人顏銘緯，以下為訪談內容。...

InterviewsJanuary 2020中文2 min read

Environmental and Labor Demonstrations Take Place Before Elections

Brian Hioe01/07/2020

Two recent demonstrations prove significant, for attempting to raise key issues before the elections by targeting all of the major parties in Taiwan...

EnglishEnvironmentalJanuary 2020LaborSocial 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

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

January 2020

With One Day Before Elections, Results Prove Hard to Predict

Alex Tsai of the KMT Implicated in Death Threats Against Self-Confessed Chinese Spy

Aesthetics and Politics in 2020 Elections

Whither the Pan-Green Camp and Third Force in 2020 Elections?

Unexpected Reversals in the Pan-Blue Camp Over the Past Year Indicate Party’s Tenuous Future

More Radical Than the DPP?: An Interview with Chen Bo-wei

2020大選的「年輕世代」: 陳柏惟專訪

Running for Legislature at Twenty-Three Years Old: An Interview with Yan Ming-wei

2020大選的「年輕世代」: 顏銘緯專訪

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy