November 2017

Despite Occurring Under Ma Administration, KMT Attempts To Pin Ching Fu Scandal On DPP

Brian Hioe
The Ching Fu scandal continues to unfold, regarding the suspicious circumstances in which a 35.8 billion NTD contract was awarded to the Ching Fu Corporation to construct minesweepers for the navy, something it later proved unable to do. The KMT has taken the unusual tactic of trying to pin a scandal that occurred under Ma Ying-Jeou onto the DPP, however...
EnglishNovember 2017Politics6 min read

Flattery During Asia Trip Shows That Asian Pacific Countries Hope To Pacify Trump’s Unpredictability

Brian Hioe
Donald Trump's recently concluded Asia trip was the site of much bizarre spectacle and pageantry, with Asia Pacific leaders going out of their way to tickle Trump’s ego. This illustrates that Asia Pacific leaders hope to keep Trump pacified through flattery, even when they could otherwise benefit from an American loss of face on the world stage...
America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalNovember 20177 min read

Far Eastern Flight Attendants’ Union Alleges Sexism From Management

Brian Hioe
The ongoing struggle of Far Eastern Air Transport flight attendants against their management has taken on another layer, with accusations by female flight attendants that they were called on to serve alcohol for clients by their management, something decidedly not part of the job of flight attendants. Union representatives allege that this evidences sexism and objectification of female flight attendants by the management...
EnglishLaborNovember 2017Social Movements5 min read

Interview: Maggie Shen King

Garrett Dee
Maggie Shen King is a Taiwanese-American author living in the San Francisco Bay area whose debut novel An Excess Male has garnered attention from audiences and critics for its imaginative take on the long term effects of the Chinese One Child policy. The following is an interview with King conducted over email with New Bloom writer Garrett Dee...
EnglishInterviewsNovember 201712 min read

Attempts By China To Engineer New Pro-Unification Figures In The Media Spotlight

Brian Hioe
A new trend can be discerned in recent news coverage of Taiwan by pro-China media and pro-China commentators that act as the unofficial spokespersons of the Chinese state. This would be to claim in some way that the rising tide of pro-independence views in Taiwan and the growing strength of independent Taiwanese identity has reversed itself, pointing to exciting new figures taking the political scene by storm who are staunchly unification...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalNovember 20175 min read