New Bloom interviewed Linda Gail Arrigo, longtime veteran of the Taiwanese democracy movement, on her views on present political developments in Taiwan...
2016 elections in Taiwan drew attention in Thailand even from the first announcement. Interestingly, in Thai cyberspace, netizens converse about Taiwan politics in relation to the current Thai politics...
Recent comments by current DPP general-secretary Joseph Wu recently stirred waves. Wu stated the incoming DPP government under Tsai Ing-Wen will preserve the spirit of cooperation of the 1992 Consensus. What is surprising about Wu’s comments is that the DPP has in the past never acknowledged the existence of the 1992 Consensus...
The striking results of 2016 elections have come about not only because of “regular” rumblings of economic discontent or the “traditional cleavages” of identity politics...
On January 20th, 7 PM, Taipei time, a mass wave of Facebook traffic sourced from China began to systematically "attack" any and all politicians, public figures, and media outlets that were identified as pro-Taiwanese independence...
That no satisfactory method of resolving the question of what do about KMT party assets has emerged reflects that there is still no satisfactory answer of how to resolve questions of lingering authoritarianism by the KMT...
Tsai Ing-wen’s judicial reform platform stresses citizen participation in the judiciary through jury trials. What does this mean for judicial reform in Taiwan?...
Can we trace the victory of Tsai Ing-Wen for president and the overwhelming victory of the DPP in legislature back to the Sunflower Movement? Both yes and no...