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....
In early April, New Bloom’s Brian Hioe interviewed the Social Democratic Party's Jennifer Lu (呂欣潔) by Skype. Although several months have passed since then, we still believe the interview still to be insightful about the Social Democratic Party and its political positions in the present. This was our second interview with Jennifer Lu, we first interviewed her in August of 2014....
Lien Chan, who served as vice president of Taiwan from 1996 to 2000, departed Taipei to attend a World War II military parade to be held in neighboring People's Republic of China on September 3, 2015....