New Bloom interviewed Zoe Lee, party list legislative candidate for the Green Party, on November 29th. Lee is a human rights and environmental lawyer, best known for handling cannabis-related cases, and her podcast about weed-related issues...
Amending the so-called “Birdcage Referendum Act” has long been a demand of Taiwanese activists. In particular, holding a nationwide referendum was seen as a way to settle long-standing domestic issues in Taiwanese politics, such as with regards to the usage of nuclear energy in Taiwan, as well as the fundamental issue of independence versus unification, which goes to the heart of Taiwan’s unique political situation in global politics. It may not be too surprising, then, that calls for referendum have now become an object of political contestation on a number of issues. At least four campaigns for referendum are now under way in Taiwan that have been launched in the two months since changes to the Referendum Act in December of last year...
A “civil war” between post-Sunflower Movement “Third Force” parties, composed of activists that sought to enter electoral politics after the movement, is a possibility in the lead-up to 2018 elections. Namely, it is possible that multiple Third Force parties will run in the same areas, leading to conflict....
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...
If most international attention has focused on Tsai Ing-Wen's victory over Eric Chu in presidential elections, who were the winners and losers of legislative elections?...
It may be interesting to note the biggest winners of 2016 elections will probably be those political parties who were most aesthetically effective in their approaches to political campaigning...
