Responses by Coolloud leading figure Wang Haozhong to criticisms by New Bloom against its republication of statements by the “Protect The Family Alliance” and its pro-unification stance have been facile. We might here offer some responses to Wang’s criticisms...
Coolloud has declared itself to be one of the most dedicated, independently funded leftist media in Taiwan. Traditionally, they have reported on social movements and protests that were seldom covered by the mainstream press. However, with the rise of independent media in the recent years, the political direction of Coolloud has increasingly become a position of opposition against the so-called “mainstream” social movements in Taiwan instead of right-wing forces or the state...
Probably it is best at this point to refer to Coolloud not as a left-wing publication which writes on social movements in Taiwan, but an outright Chinese nationalist publication of the pro-unification Left...
The pro-Taiwanese unification Left has become increasingly aggressive in its attacks conducted on Taiwanese civil society after the Sunflower Movement. We might venture a criticism of our own....