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Utopia to Dystopia?: On The Failure of Solidarity Among Taiwanese Artists After the Huashan Tragedy

Brian Hioe
Conservative social reactions to the Huashan murder case have continued, with further attempts to pin blame on the residents of the 120 Grassroots Self-Autonomous Zone artistic community by the media and society. As with before, much outrage has been centered on PTT, which has hardly proven to be a progressive social force in this case, and instead an enforcer of a highly conservative social morality. On the other hand, we might note that members of Taiwan’s artistic community have in many cases proven little better, with greater emphasis on pointing fingers, and apportioning blame than rallying together in solidarity...
ArtArts and CultureEnglishJuly 201826 min read

烏托邦成了敵托邦？：論華山悲劇後，一盤散沙的台灣藝術家

Brian Hioe
華山殺人事件至今，社會上保守勢力的反應仍在繼續發酵，媒體及社會試圖將責任推到整個草原居民身上。正如過往歷史，許多憤怒來自於 PTT。在這次事件中，PTT 顯然不是進步的社會力量，反而成了極度保守的社會道德的打手。另一方面，台灣藝術界的成員大多仍呈一盤散沙，互相怪罪、推卸責任。許多人的反應也顯示出台灣藝術界已內化台灣社會的保守態度，當然了，藝術界本身即為台灣的一部分。...
ArtArts and CultureDJ TaoJuly 2018中文5 min read

Seeds: Straw Free NYC

Enbion Micah Aan
On June 21st, 2018, with Intro No 936, New York City officially joins the movement in an attempt to ban single-use plastic straws, spearheaded by Council Member Espinal with the support of a coalition of business leaders, activists, and environmental organizations. Given public discussion in Taiwan regarding an upcoming ban on plastic straws, we might take a look at this in comparison...
EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2018SeedsSocial Movements5 min read

Few Reactions To Wang Ping-Chung Arrest Indicate That Taiwanese Society Accepts Veracity Of Spying Charges

Brian Hioe
With Wang Ping-Chung, his father Wang Ching-Pu, and fellow New Party officials Ho Han-ting and Lin Ming-cheng indicted on charges of espionage for spying on China earlier this month, this has prompted few reactions from Taiwanese society. This likely indicates that Taiwanese society has largely come to accept the veracity of charges against them...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 20185 min read

人權之恥：台灣的諾魯難民秘密協定

Brian Hioe
台灣與澳洲簽署的秘密協定中，對待那些澳洲滕博爾（Turnbull）政府拒絕入境的諾魯難民的方式，證明了台澳兩國共謀侵犯人權，可恥至極。然而，蔡政府卻試圖將此事件美化為台灣對國際人權的貢獻，以及和國際間關係密切往來的里程碑。《雪梨先驅晨報》揭露了這則新聞之後，台灣和澳洲政府先後證實了報導的確屬實。...
InternationalJune 2018Regional Tensions中文陳黃金菊2 min read

Debate About Two-Stroke Scooters, Plastic Straws Point To Challenges Facing Environmental Legislation

Brian Hioe
Demonstrations by two-stroke scooters owners as well as recent controversy regarding plastic straws illustrate some of the difficulties facing efforts to introduce environmental legislation in Taiwan. As with elsewhere in the world, efforts at environmental legislation will meet resistance when they infringe upon long-held social habits...
EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2018Social Movements6 min read