Brian Hioe

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Brian Hioe is one of the founding editors of New Bloom, an online magazine covering activism and youth politics in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific, founded in Taiwan in 2014 in the wake of the Sunflower Movement.

The view from the Taipei 101 tower, 2020.

What No One Talks About When They Talk About Taiwan What No One Talks About When They Talk About Taiwan

In so many histories, writers so often ignore the social movements and underclass that helped define island nation's destiny.

Oct 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Brian Hioe

What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask

What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask

The candidates in this week’s election have radically different ideas of how Taiwan should relate to China—and what the worst-case scenario would be.

Jan 9, 2020 / Brian Hioe and Wen Liu

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