July 2021

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

For the latest installment of Radio New Bloom, Sheng Kao spoke with Chi Ta-wei, a teacher and scholar of queer literature at National Cheng Chi University. We speak with him about his introduction to Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and the recent English translation of his novel, The Membranes. This is the third episode of our current season...

47 Domestic Cases Announced, Daily Cases Fall Below 50 for First Time in a Month

47 domestic cases and three imported cases were reported at the CECC daily press conference today. 21 of the new cases were found while already in quarantine. 13 deaths were also announced, which is higher than in past days. The CECC also announced shifts in policy for PCR testing of inbound travelers today, among some other policy adjustments...