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Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary, Protest Held to Call for Release of Hong Kong Activists
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (429+ words) New Bloom Magazine Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary, Protest Held to Call for Release of Hong Kong Activists TAIWANESE CIVIL SOCIETY groups called for the release of Hong Kong activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung on June 1st outside of Taipei's Ximending…...
Drug Driving Increasingly Under Scrutiny After Recent Incidents
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (487+ words) New Bloom Magazine Drug Driving Increasingly Under Scrutiny After Recent Incidents TAIWAN IS WEIGHING increased penalties after an increase in news reports about cases of individuals driving under the influence of drugs, not alcohol. Drug driving was in the headlines…...
Journalist Expelled from China Over Interview with Lai
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (589+ words) New Bloom Magazine Journalist Expelled from China Over Interview with Lai A NEW YORK TIMES correspondent, Vivian Wang, has been expelled from China after the newspaper published an interview with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te. Though the expulsion has been framed…...
Taiwanese Organizations Withdraw from International Crowdfunding Platform Over Listing as "Chinese Taipei
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (302+ words) A NUMBER OF Taiwanese NGOs have withdrawn from the international crowdfunding platform Global Giving over the recent announcement that Taiwan would be listed as "Chinese Taipei" going forward. The Taiwan Good Rice Circle Association was reportedly the first Taiwanese organization…...
Notion of Importing Labor from Eswatini Shows Dynamics Between Taiwan and Its Allies
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (561+ words) New Bloom Magazine Notion of Importing Labor from Eswatini Shows Dynamics Between Taiwan and Its Allies THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS was recently asked about possible plans to source workers from Eswatini. Eswatini is Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Africa....
Internal Conflicts Continue in the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (424+ words) New Bloom Magazine Internal Conflicts Continue in the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation THE SAGA OF the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation has taken another strange turn, with an investigative team convened to look into allegations of financial wrongdoing by two former employees instead…...
Would Taiwanese Culture Have Representation on the World Stage, if the KMT Had Its Way?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (362+ words) TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE, written by Yang Shuang-zi and translated by Lin King, has again put Taiwan on the international stage. After winning the US National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2024, the book has now won the International Booker Prize. Yang's…...
Continued Freeze on Council of Grand Justices Means that Taiwan's Constitutional Crisis Continues
1+ week, 5+ day ago (497+ words) New Bloom Magazine Continued Freeze on Council of Grand Justices Means that Taiwan's Constitutional Crisis Continues A RECENT ARGUMENT between Presidential Office secretary-general Pan Meng-an and KMT legislator Weng Hsiao-ling in the legislature reminds of how Taiwan's constitutional crisis continues....
KMT-Led Impeachment Vote Against Lai Fails
1+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) AN ATTEMPT BY the KMT and TPP to impeach President Lai Ching-te failed earlier this week. This was not surprising, seeing as the two parties did not have the votes to impeach Lai. As such, the impeachment was defeated. 56 voted…...
Trump Comments Alarm, Through Echoing of China's Language on Taiwan
2+ week, 2+ day ago (266+ words) COMMENTS MADE by US President Donald Trump during an interview on Fox News, shortly after his summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, unusually echo China's language on Taiwan. Likewise, Trump again suggests that arms sales to Taiwan are…...