Interview: Ed Lin
In March, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Taiwanese-American author Ed Lin regarding his work by e-mail. Ed Lin is the author of Ghost Month, One Red Bastard, Snakes Can’t Run, and other...
View ArticleLGBTQ Groups Hold Rally As Start Of Campaign Against Anti-Marriage Equality...
A DEMONSTRATION was held outside the Central Election Commission this morning by LGBTQ groups to demonstrate the Central Election Commission passing a referendum pushed for by anti-gay groups seeking...
View ArticleWill The KMT’s Opposition To Pension Reform Ultimately Backfire In 2018...
WITH A LARGE rally against pension reform taking place yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building that drew hundreds, one observes that KMT continues to leverage on...
View ArticleTalk Of ‘Africa Plan’ Not Likely To Prove Any More Successful Than New...
Following a five-day state visit to Swaziland by Tsai Ing-Wen last week, Tsai has called for creation of an “Africa plan” to develop stronger economic and political ties between Taiwan and Africa. One...
View ArticleViolent Attacks On Journalists, Police By Anti-Pension Reform Demonstrators
Anger broken out in Taiwanese society after physical violence by pan-Blue demonstrators protesting against pension reform yesterday. What has been shocking and angering has been the use of physical...
View ArticleWith Political Threats Against Benny Tai, Free Speech Continues To...
THE DETERIORATION of political freedoms in Hong Kong continues apace, with freedom of speech and academic freedoms now under attack. Controversy has suddenly erupted all at once regarding comments by...
View ArticleEnthusiasm Regarding North Korea Rapprochement Likely Premature
WITH NORTH KOREA and South Korea moving towards diplomatic rapprochement after some seventy years of being officially at war, this has been hailed as a historic turnaround. North Korea and South Korea...
View ArticleKMT Asserts Inconsistent Stance On Nuclear Power Simply To Oppose DPP
THE KMT CONTINUES to demonstrates its incoherency with conflicting claims regarding nuclear power, and how it otherwise hopes to meet Taiwan’s energy needs in a manner so as not to worsen Taiwan’s...
View ArticleBlocking Of Kuan’s Appointment Unlikely To End NTU Presidential Controversy
AFTER MUCH back and forth, the decision by the Ministry of Education to block Kuan Chung-ming from being named president of National Taiwan University (NTU) has at least settled the matter that Kuan...
View ArticleAnger After Firefighter, Migrant Worker Deaths In Taoyuan Fire
PUBLIC OUTRAGE has broken out in Taiwan following the death of five firefighters and two migrant workers from a factory fire in Taoyuan. Seven others were injured. The fire broke out in a factory in...
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