An unusual split has opened up in the NPP with NPP legislator Hsu Yung-ming suggesting that the party should keep its options open with regards to the idea of running a presidential candidate in 2020 elections...
Demonstrations in Hong Kong against the extradition bill continue, with thousands demonstrating yesterday ahead of the G20 conference scheduled to take place in Osaka, Japan from June 28th to June 29th. At night, demonstrators again surrounded Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai...
It may not be surprising to note that recent demonstrations in Hong Kong against the new extradition law pushed for by the Hong Kong government have had a significant impact on Taiwan...
Weeding the rice paddy at 6 AM. Eating at a vegan cafe that showcases local art. And now, sitting in their bookstore that functions as a community space for queer student organizers. Throughout my days with Land Dyke, we moved between worlds that I once subconsciously viewed as separate, the result of a lifetime of being taught to view Taiwan one-dimensionally. Positioned at a complex intersection, Land Dyke embodies wholeness...
A demonstration against so-called “red media” was held yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard, “red media” referring to increasing Chinese influence in Taiwanese media. According to organizers, 100,000 attended, despite rain...
New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Valerie Soe, the director of Love Boat: Taiwan. Love Boat: Taiwan is a recently released documentary about the Overseas Compatriot Youth Formosa Study Tour, better known as the "Love Boat", a program which provides a monthlong tour of Taiwan for individuals of Taiwanese or Chinese descent born outside of Taiwan or China from 1967 onward. The "Love Boat" program remains widely known among diasporic Taiwanese even today...
Protests continue in Hong Kong, with a series of protests yesterday culminating in demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai into the early morning hours...
EVA flight attendants from the Taoyuan Flight Attendants' Union began a strike at 4 PM on Thursday. 2,949 of EVA Air’ 4,600 or so flight attendants are striking. Workers also held a sit-in outside EVA headquarters, with over one thousand participating...
