In an ironic twist, the inclusion of the ROC flag amongst the states ISIS considers its enemies constitutes, in the estimation of Beijing, a recognition of Taiwan as a separate state...
As we reach the one year anniversary of the Umbrella Movement's beginning, we might look back on Hong Kong and Taiwan after the year of the Umbrella Movement and Sunflower Movement...
In early August, New Bloom interviewed Wuer Kaixi, longtime democracy activist and Chinese dissident about his run for legislator in Taichung as an independent....
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?...
On August 17th, a deadly “organized” detonation was ignited close to Erawan Shrine, downtown Bangkok. Why were Uyghurs singled out as possible suspects?...
Is it possible that China's recent economic woes may lead to both increasingly aggressive foreign policy as well attempts to crack down on perceived domestic dissidence?...
Since the Chinese economic miracle, the Taiwanese film industry has been awash with Chinese money. Does beneath this lurk the specter of Chinese attempts to influence Taiwan through soft power?...
How was it that the Tianjin explosions became an object of international media spectacle? And what are implications going forward based on Chinese government responses?...
Shanghai in the last month has seen massive mobilizations, some reports of which claim that up to 50,000 participated in environmental demonstrations against the building of a chemical plant....