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Pro-Beijing Camp Takes Chair Seat in Preparation to Force Security Legislation in Hong Kong

Brian Hioe05/18/2020

Outrage has broken out in Hong Kong after Starry Lee was re-elected as chair of the House Committee of the Legislative Council. The House Committee reviews bills before their second reading in LegCo and has the power to decide whether a Bills Committee is formed to further review a bill...

EnglishMay 2020Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

The Revolution Will Be Versified: Protest, Poetry, and the Hong Kong Crisis

Jeffrey Wasserstrom05/13/2020

As acts of protest and repression in Hong Kong are back in the news, I’ve been thinking once more about the extraordinary verses and prose poems that Tammy Ho Lai-Ming has written documenting the ongoing struggle in the city she lives in and loves...

Arts and CultureEnglishLiterature and PoetryMay 202010 min read

Wave of Police Violence Takes Place in Hong Kong Over Weekend

Brian Hioe05/11/2020

A wave of violence took place in Hong Kong over the weekend, perhaps marking the end of a relatively quiet period for the protests that have rocked Hong Kong for the past year...

EnglishMay 2020Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements11 min read

Lam Wing-kee Splashed with Red Paint in Taipei, Nine Month Anniversary of Yuen Long Attacks Takes Place

Brian Hioe04/22/2020

Lam Wing-kee, the only one of the Causeway Bay booksellers to currently remain free, was splashed with red paint in an unprovoked attack in Taipei yesterday. Lam described his attackers as two men in their 30s who were wearing masks...

April 2020EnglishPolitics6 min read

Gui Minhai Sentenced to Ten Years in Jail on Charges of Espionage

Brian Hioe02/26/2020

Gui Minhai, a Chinese-born Swedish national who is one of the kidnapped Causeway Bay booksellers, was sentenced to ten years in jail by the Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court on Monday. Gui is accused of illegally providing intelligence to overseas political parties...

EnglishFebruary 2020Politics6 min read

The Coming Storm Regarding Asylum Laws in Taiwan

Brian Hioe05/16/2019

It seems highly likely that Taiwan’s current lack of any coherent policy for asylum seekers may explode into an international controversy in coming months, with a high number of high-profile refugees from Hong Kong and China facing possible deportation from Taiwan after their visas expire...

EnglishMay 2019Politics13 min read

Continued Questions in Hong Kong After the Reappearance of Lam Wing-Kee

Brian Hioe06/19/2016

The reappearance of abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee and revelations of forced confessions of wrongdoing extracted from him by the Chinese government have rocked Hong Kong in recent days...

EnglishJune 2016Politics7 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

Lam Wing-Kee

The Revolution Will Be Versified: Protest, Poetry, and the Hong Kong Crisis

Lam Wing-kee Splashed with Red Paint in Taipei, Nine Month Anniversary of Yuen Long Attacks Takes Place

Gui Minhai Sentenced to Ten Years in Jail on Charges of Espionage

The Coming Storm Regarding Asylum Laws in Taiwan

Continued Questions in Hong Kong After the Reappearance of Lam Wing-Kee

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy