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Interview: James Griffiths on The Great Firewall of China

Brian Hioe06/03/2020

New Bloom editor Brian Hioe spoke to James Griffiths, the author of The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet, on May 28th. The Chinese edition of The Great Firewall of China will be released in Taiwan on June 4th, featuring recommendations from Puma Shen, Freddy Lim, Lai Pin-yu, Chen Bo-wei, and others...

EnglishInterviewsJune 202022 min read

Actions by Trump Indicate Taiwan and Hong Kong Used Only to Score Points Against China

Brian Hioe05/30/2020

A press conference by US president Donald Trump took an unexpected turn yesterday after Trump announced not only the end of Hong Kong’s favorable trade status under American law, but that the US would be withdrawing from the World Health Organization. The WHO is the UN agency responsible for global health. The move is expected to have large repercussions on both Taiwan and Hong Kong...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMay 20209 min read

Huawei Ban by Google Could Lead to Further Escalation of US-China Trade War

Brian Hioe05/29/2019

The US-China trade war has significantly escalated in the past week, with American tech giant Google cutting off Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from firmware updates for its Android operating system, the Google Play store, and Google apps. It is highly possible that China will take some retaliatory action against America in coming days, though it is unclear what form such retaliatory actions would take...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalMay 20196 min read

Can the Silicon Shield Return to Taiwan?

Milo Hsieh02/02/2019

Given the need for Taiwanese chips in important technologies like the black box for avionics technology, it was once argued that the world’s dependence on Taiwan was argued to compel intervention if the Taiwanese economy is disrupted due to military threats. However, what has happened since then?...

EnglishFebruary 2019Politics9 min read

Are Acts of Hostage Diplomacy by China on the Rise?

Brian Hioe01/27/2019

Tensions between the US, Canada, and China have continued to escalate in the past month, with China sentencing Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to the death penalty for drug smuggling in mid-January...

EnglishJanuary 2019Politics6 min read

Recent Actions by China Likely Retribution for Huawei Arrest

Brian Hioe12/13/2018

Recent actions by the Chinese government against the governments of America and Canada are highly likely to be retribution for the current detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada at America’s behest, with Meng set to eventually be extradited to America. This includes the detention of Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig in China, the detention of Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor, and the banning of most iPhone models from sale in China on intellectual property grounds....

EnglishNovember 2018Politics7 min read

Arrest of Huawei Executive Results in Resumption of US-China Trade Tensions, Stock Market Crash

Brian Hioe12/07/2018

A surprise development in US-China trade relations has been the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Meng is slated to be deported to the US on charges of violating sanctions, with allegations that Huawei sold goods to Iran in knowing violation of trade sanctions. Does this mean that the US-China trade war is back on? The results of the arrest were immediate, with the Dow Jones crashing 800 points in its fourth-largest drop in history...

December 2018EnglishPolitics5 min read

Trump Continues To Be The Largest Wild Card In US-China Relations

Brian Hioe10/09/2018

Tensions between the US and China continue to increase, as illustrated in a recent series of statements by senior Trump administration officials, something that policy thinkers in Taiwan have clearly noticed. On the other hand, Trump himself continues to prove the largest wild card in US-China relations. This is something that many in Taiwan do not seem to realize...

EnglishInternationalOctober 2018Regional Tensions8 min read

Misleading Media Narratives About Return Of Manufacturing Due To US-China Trade War

Brian Hioe09/24/2018

A pattern of reporting in Taiwanese media that Taiwanese firms are planning on relocating back to Taiwan from China because of the current American trade war with China should be looked at with a great deal of skepticism...

America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalSeptember 20185 min read

China Unlikely To Overcome America In Trade War

Brian Hioe08/28/2018

One notes that absent in many discussions of the trade war between America and China to date, particularly in Taiwan, is any sense of how the trade war will affect the global standing of both countries going forward. However, it is probably true to say that America will be less affected than China by the trade war...

August 2018EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions6 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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

US-China trade war

Interview: James Griffiths on The Great Firewall of China

Actions by Trump Indicate Taiwan and Hong Kong Used Only to Score Points Against China

Huawei Ban by Google Could Lead to Further Escalation of US-China Trade War

Can the Silicon Shield Return to Taiwan?

Are Acts of Hostage Diplomacy by China on the Rise?

Recent Actions by China Likely Retribution for Huawei Arrest

Arrest of Huawei Executive Results in Resumption of US-China Trade Tensions, Stock Market Crash

Trump Continues To Be The Largest Wild Card In US-China Relations

Misleading Media Narratives About Return Of Manufacturing Due To US-China Trade War

China Unlikely To Overcome America In Trade War

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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