Bluebird Movement

In Wake of Bluebird Movement, KMT Attacks DPP Over Tracking Concerns

Brian Hioe
The KMT has sought to attack the DPP on ostensible concerns about the tracking of protestors after comments by DPP legislator Wang Yi-chuan. Wang’s comments, which were rather vague about their specifics, were interpreted as suggesting that data could be gathered from protesters outside of the Legislative Yuan during the Bluebird Movement protests based on their age and gender...
EnglishJune 2024Politics4 min read

Fu Kun-chi’s Infrastructure Legislation Lead to Pushback, Potential Splits

Brian Hioe
The DPP has stated that it will seek a constitutional interpretation against infrastructure bills that the KMT intends to push through with. The bills are primarily advanced under the auspices of KMT legislative caucus convener Fu Kun-chi, who has framed the bills as to benefit his home constituency of Hualien and areas of Taiwan’s east coast that have historically lacked resources compared to urban areas. This takes place in the same timeframe as the Executive Yuan calling for the Legislative Yuan to reconsider the legislative powers that the KMT is hoping to obtain, with the Executive Yuan framing them as unconstitutional, and the DPP also suggesting that it will seek constitutional interpretation...
EnglishJune 2024Politics7 min read

The Aesthetics of the Bluebird Movement

Brian Hioe
The “Bluebird Movement” evidenced many characteristics of an occupation-style movement, even if it was not truly one. After all, though the name “Bluebird” took its name from how the main street on which the protests took place, “Qingdao East Road”, is visually similar to “bluebird” in Chinese, the protest took the form of day-long demonstrations starting when the contested legislative powers were discussed in the legislature...
EnglishMay 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements8 min read

Reflecting on the Bluebird Movement in Photos

newbloomeditor
The "Bluebird Movement" protests have made their mark on Taiwan, even if this was not successful in preventing the third reading of the legislative changes pushed for by the KMT and TPP. At present, we are putting a call out to readers to contribute their photo and video documentation of the demonstration through this Google form, in the interests of archiving the protest. Here are some of the contributions to date. Thank you again to all who have contributed so far...
EnglishMay 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read