To date, instead of taking a step forward, China has tightened its political control. From the arrest of more than a hundred human rights activist and lawyers to the recent crackdown of the Christian communities, China has not improved at all....
The readers of Taiwan usually are familiar with the horrors happening in China under Mao, but there is seldom an exploration of how Mao’s betrayal of Marxism resulted in these horrors....
In late August, New Bloom interviewed social movement veteran Lee Hsing-Chang (李幸長) about his campaign for Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. Lee is running as an independent candidate in New Taipei City District 9 (Yonghe and Zhonghe), a traditional stronghold for the KMT. ...
With the mass participation of young people, can we understand present protests in Japan as something along the lines of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement?...
On September 11, 2015, Singapore will hold its first election after the death of Lee Kuan Yew. We will see as to how use of the memory of Lee Kuan Yew may help the PAP secure its foothold for at least another five years....
What was the mass spectacle of China's recent military parade aimed at accomplishing in regards to invoking past historical memory of the Sino-Japanese War?...
The complete account of last month's Ministry of Education occupation from New Bloom editor Brian Hioe, who was present for most of the occupation from the beginning....
