New Bloom
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New Bloom is an online magazine covering youth culture and politics in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific.
An update on our Palestine Monthly Mutual Aid Initiative
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
An update on our Palestine Monthly Mutual Aid Initiative
Learn more about the initiative here:
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Learn more about the initiative here:
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Join the next meeting of the Short Story Club!
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join the next meeting of the Short Story Club!
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
A bilingual short story discussion group. This time we will be reading The Eyes in the Sky by Syaman Rapongan translated by Kyle Shernuk (Chapter 1)
link to the text and more on the event's page: www.facebook.com/share/1CyBUk...
"Migrant Workers Protest Against Restrictions on Movement, Unionbusting at New Taipei Company" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Migrant Workers Protest Against Restrictions on Movement, Unionbusting at New Taipei Company | New Bloom Magazine
Filipino migrant workers at the TaiDoc Technology Corporation are demonstrating against union-busting and infringements of the basic rights of migrant workers at the company. TaiDoc is a major medical...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"Migrant Workers Protest Against Restrictions on Movement, Unionbusting at New Taipei Company" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Wednesday night! Join us for a talk on the media landscape in Central Europe with Dr. Martin Štefek in this talk co-organized with Legal Initiatives for Vietnam!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Wednesday night! Join us for a talk on the media landscape in Central Europe with Dr. Martin Štefek in this talk co-organized with Legal Initiatives for Vietnam!
www.facebook.com/events/11867...
www.facebook.com/events/11867...
"Cheng Li-wun Criticized Over Participation in Event Memorializing CCP Spy" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Cheng Li-wun Criticized Over Participation in Event Memorializing CCP Spy | New Bloom Magazine
Newly elected KMT chair Cheng Li-wun continues to make headlines with controversial headlines and actions. It has been a mere ten days since Cheng took office as KMT chair, having won as a dark horse…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Cheng Li-wun Criticized Over Participation in Event Memorializing CCP Spy" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"'The Homeless' Offers Well-Intentioned But Meandering Look At China’s Unhoused" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
“The Homeless” Offers Well-Intentioned But Meandering Look At China’s Unhoused - No Man Is An Island
Documentary "The Homeless" offers a valuable look at the lives of unhoused individuals in China, but with deficiencies in storytelling
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November 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"'The Homeless' Offers Well-Intentioned But Meandering Look At China’s Unhoused" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Join us next week for a talk and fundraiser for climate disaster victims in Taiwan and the Philippines!
This will feature a talk by climate activist Krishna Ariola and Indigenous activist Jing-Jie Chen Temelalj Kazangjilan from Taiwan
This will feature a talk by climate activist Krishna Ariola and Indigenous activist Jing-Jie Chen Temelalj Kazangjilan from Taiwan
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Join us next week for a talk and fundraiser for climate disaster victims in Taiwan and the Philippines!
This will feature a talk by climate activist Krishna Ariola and Indigenous activist Jing-Jie Chen Temelalj Kazangjilan from Taiwan
This will feature a talk by climate activist Krishna Ariola and Indigenous activist Jing-Jie Chen Temelalj Kazangjilan from Taiwan
"'As the Water Flows' Is a Warm Family Drama With Whiffs of 'Eat Drink Man Woman'" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
“As the Water Flows” Is a Warm Family Drama With Whiffs of “Eat Drink Man Woman” - No Man Is An Island
Set in Yunnan, "As the Water Flows" offers a view across three generations of a family with humanistic warmth and strong character acting
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November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"'As the Water Flows' Is a Warm Family Drama With Whiffs of 'Eat Drink Man Woman'" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Join us for a pop-up bake sale fundraiser for Palestine!
Featuring:
🍪 Bake sale
👖 Thrift shop
🎟️ Raffle
👕 🇵🇸'Free Palestine' t-shirts
www.facebook.com/events/24987...
Featuring:
🍪 Bake sale
👖 Thrift shop
🎟️ Raffle
👕 🇵🇸'Free Palestine' t-shirts
www.facebook.com/events/24987...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Tomorrow! Join us for a pop-up bake sale fundraiser for Palestine!
Featuring:
🍪 Bake sale
👖 Thrift shop
🎟️ Raffle
👕 🇵🇸'Free Palestine' t-shirts
www.facebook.com/events/24987...
Featuring:
🍪 Bake sale
👖 Thrift shop
🎟️ Raffle
👕 🇵🇸'Free Palestine' t-shirts
www.facebook.com/events/24987...
"China Steps Up Efforts Targeting Taiwanese Abroad?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
China Steps Up Efforts Targeting Taiwanese Abroad? | New Bloom Magazine
It proves notable that, according to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), the number of Taiwanese detained by China has tripled this year. This follows up on previous statements by the MAC that nine…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"China Steps Up Efforts Targeting Taiwanese Abroad?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Comments by New KMT Chair Justify Russia's Invasion of Ukraine as Defensive in Nature" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Comments by New KMT Chair Justify Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine as Defensive in Nature | New Bloom Magazine
Comments by newly elected KMT party chair Cheng Li-wun have led to outrage, in an unusual case of the KMT foraying into the matter of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"Comments by New KMT Chair Justify Russia's Invasion of Ukraine as Defensive in Nature" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Join us for language exchange at DAYBREAK tomorrow, with English teacher Belle! We will be discussing climate change
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November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Join us for language exchange at DAYBREAK tomorrow, with English teacher Belle! We will be discussing climate change
www.facebook.com/events/84511...
www.facebook.com/events/84511...
"Ruptures and Splits: Challenges to Recall Group Solidarity" by Aleksandrs Gross
Ruptures and Splits: Challenges to Recall Group Solidarity | New Bloom Magazine
Thousands of strangers island-wide worked together with remarkable efficiency so that the Great Recall Movement would succeed. Despite its failure to recall any of the targeted politicians from office...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Ruptures and Splits: Challenges to Recall Group Solidarity" by Aleksandrs Gross
The next Pen Club is tonight!
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The next Pen Club is tonight!
"Proposal Calls for Humane Euthanasia at Animal Shelters" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Proposal Calls for Humane Euthanasia at Animal Shelters | New Bloom Magazine
A new proposal calls for the implementation of humane euthanasia at animal shelters in Taiwan…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Proposal Calls for Humane Euthanasia at Animal Shelters" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"China Targets Taiwanese Companies With Claim They Assist Psychological Warfare Efforts" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
China Targets Taiwanese Companies With Claim They Assist Psychological Warfare Efforts | New Bloom Magazine
Five Taiwanese companies have been singled out by Chinese state-run media with allegations that they work together with the military in conducting psychological warfare operations targeting China.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"China Targets Taiwanese Companies With Claim They Assist Psychological Warfare Efforts" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Environmental Impact Assessment Process Criticized By Civil Society Groups" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Environmental Impact Assessment Process Criticized By Civil Society Groups | New Bloom Magazine
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in Taiwan has come under criticism from civil groups recently on several fronts. These criticisms generally revolve around the view that the EIA…
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November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Environmental Impact Assessment Process Criticized By Civil Society Groups" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Here is our calendar for November.
More will be announced and additionally some events are not up yet until we work out the details.
See you all soon!
More will be announced and additionally some events are not up yet until we work out the details.
See you all soon!
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Here is our calendar for November.
More will be announced and additionally some events are not up yet until we work out the details.
See you all soon!
More will be announced and additionally some events are not up yet until we work out the details.
See you all soon!
"Lai Tries to Play Israel Card to Appeal to MAGA Republicans" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Lai Tries to Play Israel Card to Appeal to MAGA Republicans | New Bloom Magazine
In recent comments, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te claimed that Taiwan is a model for Taiwan in terms of defending itself from Chinese threats…
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November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Lai Tries to Play Israel Card to Appeal to MAGA Republicans" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Arrest of Illegal Migrant Work Brokers Points to Systemic Issues" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Arrest of Illegal Migrant Work Brokers Points to Systemic Issues | New Bloom Magazine
The National Immigration Agency has announced that it has dismantled a labor ring led by a Taiwanese man, surnamed Hung, and his Indonesian wife…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Arrest of Illegal Migrant Work Brokers Points to Systemic Issues" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Language exchange is back!
Following the disaster of Typhoon Ragasa in Guangfu, the destructive landslide in Xindian, and the overflow of the barrier lake in Taroko Gorge, let’s engage in a discussion about climate change.
www.facebook.com/share/1AtZ99...
Following the disaster of Typhoon Ragasa in Guangfu, the destructive landslide in Xindian, and the overflow of the barrier lake in Taroko Gorge, let’s engage in a discussion about climate change.
www.facebook.com/share/1AtZ99...
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Language exchange is back!
Following the disaster of Typhoon Ragasa in Guangfu, the destructive landslide in Xindian, and the overflow of the barrier lake in Taroko Gorge, let’s engage in a discussion about climate change.
www.facebook.com/share/1AtZ99...
Following the disaster of Typhoon Ragasa in Guangfu, the destructive landslide in Xindian, and the overflow of the barrier lake in Taroko Gorge, let’s engage in a discussion about climate change.
www.facebook.com/share/1AtZ99...
"The Last Safe Space?: Taiwan’s Fragile Role in Asia’s Shrinking Civic Space" by Antonio Prokscha
The Last Safe Space?: Taiwan’s Fragile Role in Asia’s Shrinking Civic Space | New Bloom Magazine
As governments across East and Southeast Asia tighten restrictions on activism and association, civic space is rapidly shrinking. Leah Lin, founder of the Asia Citizen Future Association…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The Last Safe Space?: Taiwan’s Fragile Role in Asia’s Shrinking Civic Space" by Antonio Prokscha
This Pen Club we are watching some hand drawn animated films for those interested!
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This Pen Club we are watching some hand drawn animated films for those interested!
Join us for a talk next month on the media landscape in Central Europe amidst political shifts with Dr. Martin Štefek!
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us for a talk next month on the media landscape in Central Europe amidst political shifts with Dr. Martin Štefek!
Check out the latest New Bloom Substack! Read our round-up of our most recent articles and upcoming events!
From Taipei, Taiwan: The 2025/10/29 New Bloom Newsletter
Viruses and vaccines update • Lai, Lai, Lai • KMT chair race • Taiwan Pride’s anti-trans controversy • CCP everywhere • even in TIME magazine • EVA Airways death • rise of the religious right
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October 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Check out the latest New Bloom Substack! Read our round-up of our most recent articles and upcoming events!