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As Democracy Further Deteriorates in Hong Kong, Taiwan Proposes Increasing Barriers to Hong Kong Permanent Residency

Brian Hioe05/03/2023

The deterioration of what is left of electoral democracy continues in Hong Kong, with plans by the Hong Kong government to decrease the number of directly elected district councilor seats from over 90% to around 20%. Despite this, the Mainland Affairs Council may move forward with plans to increase the barriers for Hongkongers seeking to obtain permanent residency in Taiwan...

EnglishMay 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Largest National Security Trial to Date Starts in Hong Kong

Brian Hioe02/07/2023

The largest national security trial to date in Hong Kong started on Monday, with 47 defendants standing trial over charges of “conspiracy to commit subversion", with the act of subversion being directed at the state. The trial is over the defendants’ participation in or involvement in organizing primaries for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong LegCo elections...

EnglishFebruary 2023Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

High-Profile Activists Aside, Hongkongers Still Face Challenges Seeking Permanent Residency

Brian Hioe12/05/2022

Lam Wing-kee, the only one of the Hong Kong Causeway Bay booksellers to remain free, applied for permanent residency in Taiwan last month. This application is on the basis of being a professional in arts and culture...

December 2022EnglishPolitics5 min read

Hong Kong Government Targets Speech Therapists’ Union Over Children’s Books

Brian Hioe09/15/2022

Five members of a speech therapists’ union were sentenced t in Hong Kong earlier this month on sedition charges over a series of children’s books. The charges used by police date back to British colonial times and the five have been sentenced to nineteen months in prison...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

47 Hong Kong Activists to Face Trial Without a Jury

Brian Hioe09/04/2022

Though delayed multiple times, 47 high-profile Hong Kong activists may face trial without a jury in the first case of its kind in recent memory...

EnglishSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2022Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Apple Daily Taiwan Rebrands as Next Apple News, Questions Remain About Sensitive Data

Brian Hioe09/01/2022

The saga of the Apple Daily Taiwan has taken a strange turn, with the announcement by Singaporean entrepreneur Joseph Phua that 96% of the current Apple Daily Taiwan staff will move with him to a new publication called Next Apple News (壹蘋新聞網). The announcement was posted on the existing Apple Daily Taiwan website, along with a statement that the website would cease publication on August 31st, with the new website for Next Apple News launching today on September 1st...

EnglishPoliticsSeptember 20226 min read

Hong Kong Protesters Sentenced, Arrested for Escape Attempt to Taiwan on Same Day

Brian Hioe07/18/2022

Seven Hongkongers that attempted to flee to Taiwan were sentenced to between seven and ten months of imprisonment earlier this week, for an escape attempt that took place in August 2020. On the same day, four Hongkongers were arrested for an attempt to flee to Taiwan...

EnglishJune 2022Politics5 min read

Following Sale, Apple Daily Taiwan Applies to Layoff Staff, Concerns Raised About Confidential Data

Brian Hioe06/14/2022

Reports from Hong Kong’s Ming Pao and local media outlets suggest that the Apple Daily Taiwan has a buyer. This is reported as being Hong Kong businessman Kenny Wee and Singaporean 17LIVE co-founder Joseph Phua...

EnglishJune 2022Politics7 min read

Rally Marks Third Anniversary of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests in Taipei Yesterday

Brian Hioe06/13/2022

Civil society groups marked the third anniversary of the 2019 Hong Kong protests in Taipei yesterday, with a rally that took place in front of the Bank of China building in Xinyi...

EnglishJune 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Foreign or Local Memory?: Hong Kong’s Pillar of Shame in Taiwan

Will Leung06/08/2022

On December 25th, 2021, just two days after the University of Hong Kong plastic-wrapped and removed the Pillar of Shame from its campus, Taiwan’s New School For Democracy held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan in response to the university administration’s actions...

EnglishJune 2022Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements19 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

Anti-ELAB Movement

High-Profile Activists Aside, Hongkongers Still Face Challenges Seeking Permanent Residency

Apple Daily Taiwan Rebrands as Next Apple News, Questions Remain About Sensitive Data

Hong Kong Protesters Sentenced, Arrested for Escape Attempt to Taiwan on Same Day

Following Sale, Apple Daily Taiwan Applies to Layoff Staff, Concerns Raised About Confidential Data

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy