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Radio New Bloom #11: Lev Nachman on Surveying Hong Kong Citizens About the Possibility of Leaving

newbloomeditor08/27/2020

For this week's installment of Radio New Bloom, editor Garrett Dee spoke with Lev Nachman. Lev Nachman is a Fulbright Research Fellow in Taiwan and a Ph. D candidate in political science at UC Irvine currently conducting fieldwork in Taiwan...

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Solidarity Rally for Demonstrations in Thailand Held in Taipei Main Station

Brian Hioe08/16/2020

A solidarity rally for the ongoing protests in Thailand was held in Taipei Main Station today. Many participants were Thai residents of Taiwan, particularly students...

August 2020EnglishSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Video: One Year Anniversary of Start of Hong Kong Protests Remembered in Taipei

newbloomeditor06/29/2020

One day before the anticipated passage of new national security legislation in Hong Kong, New Bloom presents a look back at the solidarity rally for Hong Kong that took place in Taipei earlier this month in Liberty Plaza. The rally commemorated one year since the start of the protests in Hong Kong, with calls for asylum policies to be passed for Hongkongers by the Tsai administration...

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Radio New Bloom #9: Vincent Wong on the National Security Law in Hong Kong

newbloomeditor06/16/2020

For this week's installment of Radio New Bloom, editor Garrett Dee spoke with Vincent Wong. Vincent is a lawyer and research associate at the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law, and a member of the Lausan Collective...

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What American Protestors Can Learn From East Asia

Tristan Reynolds06/12/2020

Over the past two weeks, Americans across the country have engaged in a protest movement against their police forces. Police have responded with militarized force against what are overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations...

EnglishJune 2020RaceSocial Movements9 min read

Video: 31st Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Commemorated in Taipei

newbloomeditor06/11/2020

New Bloom presents a look back at last week's commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Liberty Plaza...

EnglishJune 2020Self-DeterminationSocial Movements中文0 min read

Tiananmen Square Massacre, Ongoing Hong Kong Protests Commemorated in Taipei

Brian Hioe06/04/2020

A vigil commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre took place in Liberty Plaza in Taipei today. According to organizers, over 2,000 were present...

EnglishJune 2020Self-DeterminationSocial Movements6 min read

Tiananmen, Hong Kong and the US in the Age of COVID, Trump, and Xi

Adam K. Dedman06/04/2020

Whether it be young black men targeted in disproportionate numbers amidst white revanchism led by Trump or Hong Kong students beaten and arrested by security forces implementing a reign of terror engendered by Xi’s trampling of the city’s Basic Law, we must look past nationalistic rhetoric that obscures dark legacies of American and Chinese empire and policies of state violence that continue to operationalize in the present. On the 31st anniversary of Tiananmen Square, this is what we should keep in mind...

EnglishJune 2020Social MovementsYouth Movements9 min read

Protest Against Restrictions Targeting Migrant Worker Gatherings Also Highlights Hong Kong Issues

Brian Hioe05/23/2020

Between one hundred fifty and two hundred people gathered in the main hall of the Taipei Main Station today in protest against new regulations by the Taiwan Railways Administration that would prevent individuals from sitting or congregating in the main hall...

EnglishLaborMay 2020RaceSocial Movements6 min read

Han Kuo-yu’s “Hong Kong Village Plan” Met With Derision

Brian Hioe03/22/2020

Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu provoked anger and derision through comments advocating the creation of a “Hong Kong Village” in Kaohsiung earlier this month...

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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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

Anti-ELAB Movement

Han Kuo-yu’s “Hong Kong Village Plan” Met With Derision

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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