Twilight of the Idols? Brian Hioe03/11/2015 What we see at present with the defacement of Chiang Kai-Shek statues across Taiwan is a struggle over Taiwanese history itself... EnglishMarch 2015Politics10 min read
Film Notes: Red Sorghum (紅高粱) Freda Nada03/09/2015 Red Sorghum is a life-affirming film that functions as a shallow critique of contemporary Chinese life... Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionFilm NotesMarch 20156 min read
Interview: Ian Rowen Brian Hioe03/07/2015 New Bloom interviews Ian Rowen, Ph. D candidate at the University of Colorado, and one of the few individuals to have experienced both the Sunflower movement and the Umbrella movement ... EnglishInterviewsMarch 2015Youth Movements26 min read
Against Both KMT and DPP? Brian Hioe03/05/2015 In the lead up to 2016, how are we to evaluate the New Power Party in the larger rubric of candidates from civil society running for office?... EnglishMarch 2015Social MovementsYouth Movements14 min read
Interview: Tsay Ting-Kuei (蔡丁貴) Brian Hioe03/04/2015 New Bloom’s Brian Hioe sat down with Dr. Tsay Ting-Kuei, noted Taiwanese independence activist, for an extended interview... #11#5EnglishInterviewsMarch 2015Self-Determination29 min read
Interview: I Have It Maid (快跑三十六小時) Brian Hioe03/02/2015 New Bloom interviewed Alex Wolfgram, director of I Have It Maid, a documentary about runaway Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan... EnglishInterviewsLaborMarch 201531 min read