Category: June 2025 | New Bloom Magazine

New Cross-Strait Discourse by the DPP Aimed at Healing Split Between Moderates and Partisans

Brian Hioe07/10/2025

A recent speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung proves a point of departure for the Lai administration when it comes to cross-strait discourse, as well as understandings of ROC sovereignty. The speech took place at the ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum, a legal conference attended by fifty experts from twenty countries, which took place in Taipei...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2025Politics5 min read

Lai’s Speeches About Recalls, Not Effort to Shift Cross-Strait Relations

Brian Hioe06/30/2025

President Lai Ching-te has begun a series of ten speeches to be held nationwide, aimed at establishing political unity. Lai’s speeches are probably directed at the recalls. Namely, Lai is attempting to drive up national participation in the recalls through his speeches, as would benefit the DPP electorally...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2025Politics4 min read

Migrant Worker Groups Demonstrate for Inclusion in Labor Insurance Earlier This Month

Brian Hioe06/29/2025

Migrant worker groups demonstrated ahead of International Domestic Workers’ Day earlier this month to call for the inclusion of migrant workers in the labor insurance system...

EnglishJune 2025LaborSocial Movements4 min read

Did Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan in Czechia Include an Attempt on Hsiao Bi-Khim’s Life?

Brian Hioe06/28/2025

A recent interview by the Director of the Czech Military Intelligence Agency, General Petr Bartovský, with Czech Public Radio stated that China sought to intimidate Taiwanese vice president Hsiao Bikhim during a visit by Hsiao to Prague in March 2024...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2025Politics4 min read

KMT Proposals Accused of Seeking to Expand Chinese Influence Over Outlying Islands of Taiwan

Brian Hioe06/27/2025

The KMT has alarmed with a new push to pass a slate of legislation directed at outlying islands of Taiwan...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 20255 min read

KMT Accuses Puma Shen of Being an American Spy, War Profiteer

Brian Hioe06/26/2025

Attacks by the KMT on DPP legislator Puma Shen have continued. In recent days, however, this has taken the unusual turn of claiming that Shen is an American spy. KMT legislative caucus leader Fu Kun-chi has been particularly emphatic on such claims...

EnglishJune 2025Politics6 min read

存在就是抵抗：天安門、福爾摩沙、圖博與巴勒斯坦的共同掙扎

June06/24/2025

去年，我在學校的巴勒斯坦抗議營地裡，曾和一位猶太復國主義者對峙。他指著地圖笑我：「巴勒斯坦在哪裡？這裡只有以色列。」...

June 2025Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements中文1 min read

“Demand a Red Line Against Genocide” in Photos

P S06/23/2025

Today we bring you photos from yesterday's “Demand a Red Line Against Genocide" protest in Liberty Plaza, which demonstrated against the genocide in Gaza, from contributor PS...

EnglishJune 2025Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements0 min read

“Demand a Red Line Against Genocide” Protest Held for Gaza in Liberty Plaza

Brian Hioe06/22/2025

A demonstration in support of Gaza was held today in Liberty Plaza, despite sweltering heat. The main organizer of the protest was Amnesty International Taiwan. The demonstration began at 4 PM under the archway in Liberty Plaza, a frequent site for protests in Taiwan, and participants were called on to wear red to the protest. All speeches and moderation for the protest were conducted bilingually in English and Mandarin...

EnglishJune 2025Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

China Times Faces Investigation Over Participation in Cross-Strait Summit

Brian Hioe06/21/2025

The China Times is being probed over its participation in the Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit in China. Specifically, what has led to attention from the Taiwanese government is statements by representatives of the China Times at the summit, doubling down on the view of Taiwan as part of China...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2025Politics6 min read

Arts

Would Taiwanese Culture Have Representation on the World Stage, if the KMT Had Its Way?

Artists Carry Out Guerrilla Art Installation in Bangkok Art and Culture Center to Resist Chinese Censorship

Review: Ká-sióng, A Collection of Taiwanese Short Fiction

International

Journalist Expelled from China Over Interview with Lai

Despite Cheng’s Appeals, Taiwan Still Excluded from the World Health Organization

Adam Tooze Op-Ed Proves Usual Example of Western Navel-Gazing About China with Little Knowledge of It

Interviews

Politics

Drug Driving Increasingly Under Scrutiny After Recent Incidents

Movements

June 2025

New Cross-Strait Discourse by the DPP Aimed at Healing Split Between Moderates and Partisans

Lai’s Speeches About Recalls, Not Effort to Shift Cross-Strait Relations

Did Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan in Czechia Include an Attempt on Hsiao Bi-Khim’s Life?

KMT Proposals Accused of Seeking to Expand Chinese Influence Over Outlying Islands of Taiwan

KMT Accuses Puma Shen of Being an American Spy, War Profiteer

China Times Faces Investigation Over Participation in Cross-Strait Summit

What New Zealand and Taiwan Can Learn From Each Other About Disaster Resilience

Civil Society Groups Demonstrate Lack of Progress on Social Housing

Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary, Protest Held to Call for Release of Hong Kong Activists

Drug Driving Increasingly Under Scrutiny After Recent Incidents

Drug Driving Increasingly Under Scrutiny After Recent Incidents

Journalist Expelled from China Over Interview with Lai