The next Stories of Taiwan short story reading group is tomorrow! We will be discussing Eyes on the Sky by Syaman Rapongan www.facebook.com/events/19500...

Ever wonder what’s in those drawers in the Daybreak basement? Turns out it’s Boardgames. 有沒有好奇過 Daybreak 地下室那些抽屜裡到底放了什麼？ 原來竟然是──桌遊！ Boardgames@Daybreak: 12/18, 7pm

Join us for a zine-making workshop tomorrow afternoon!

Here's my report on tonight's vigil in Taipei for the victims of the deadly blaze in Hong Kong. Another vigil will take place tomorrow in Tainan

Why do I suspect a certain guy we all know is behind this www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Though as I’ve written elsewhere, China’s framing of Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan was blown up just to draw a red line, decontextualizing and blowing up comments that were incredibly mild asia.nikkei.com/opinion/taiw...

I was thinking about how funny this cartoon is because basically the things Takaichi is right-wing on (arguing for traditional gender roles, being anti-gay, hawkish foreign policy) are all shared with today’s China. Hm, almost like a certain government isn’t left-wing at all

Appeared on Correspondents on @taiwanplusnews to review the past year's biggest stories!

#TaiwanArchives: Pingtung's Wandan Township is famous for a mud #volcano that intermittently flares up with sludge and flames. This 1969 video depicts a big eruption spewing mud over farmland, prompting a clean-up with rakes and ox. The natural phenomenon releases the build-up of subterranean gases.

恭喜 報導者 www.twreporter.org 十週年慶祝！What a celebration of their decade of service to Taiwan society through their investigative journalism. So many creative projects too spanning audio, video, kids reporting, and comic books. Go see their exhibit this weekend only at Huashan Creative Park in Taipei!

Event Update! 📆6th Dec 🕐1pm Eastern @chercywong.bsky.social will be joined by Athena Tong for the 3rd webinar "政策制定流程 / Policy Development Process" in the Political Engagement 101 series. Series has been informative so far. Held in Cantonese / Konglish Details: konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/123/

"China Raises Okinawan Self-Determination to Challenge Japan, But Why Not Self-Determination for All?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

An update on the New Bloom Palestine Monthly Mutual Aid Initiative Text available here with links here: newbloom.substack.com/p/new-bloom-...

The Dutch did not leave many loanwords in Taiwan, but those they did leave are super interesting. You'd think that the word for cabbage, gaolicai 高麗菜, means 'Korean vegetable'? Nah. Say it in Hokkien: Ko-lê(-tshài), from Dutch 'kool' (Ger. Kohl, engl. cole) XD 😁

#TaiwanArchives: In 1955, #Taipei welcomed the arrival of the bone relics of #Xuanzang (玄奘), a Tang dynasty monk who traveled to India to procure 657 Buddhist scriptures. His 17-year pilgrimage was immortalized in the Chinese classic "Journey to the West (西遊記)." The Śarīra, however, came from Japan.

Calling all freelancers—and anyone hiring freelancers in Taipei! Join us at @newbloommag.net our first #CNNtaipei. Everyone gets 3 min. to talk about yourself, your projects, and your ideal collaborators. Cover is $300 NTD for all, $500 if playing slides/media (upload at bit.ly/cnntaipei) #Taiwan

We raised over 92,000 NT at our Gaza fundraiser in November! Check out here for more info: www.instagram.com/p/DRzS9u4gei-/

Korea = Taiwan. Same long-term problems, mirror economies www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...

This Wednesday! Join us to knit and crochet for Palestine!

Very excited to co-host our first #CreativesNetworkingNight #CNNTaipei in January! Whether you're looking for great freelance collaborators—or looking to hire great creatives—come stop by and network with multilingual do-gooders here in Taipei and Taiwan. 歡迎大家來來參加！More info: bit.ly/cnntaipei #Taiwan

We're launching a Creatives Networking night! See you in January. More info: www.facebook.com/share/1Juzt9...

"Why Is the KMT Attempting to Fast-Track Allowing Chinese Nationals to Hold Public Office?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

Upcoming zine workshop at DAYBREAK!

The smaller #turkey was bred by the US Department of Agriculture for family-friendly portions. The "USDA White" originated from Beltsville, Maryland and matured faster than larger varieties. #Taiwan distributed pamphlets on promoting this bird and enriching poultry feed (維他命甲乙丙丁 = vitamins ABCD).

#TaiwanArchives: A 1971 video extolling the benefits of raising Beltsville Small White #Turkeys (貝茨維爾小型白色火雞, Meleagris gallopavo) that were imported to #Taiwan from the United States by the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction.

"Is Lai's Op-Ed in the Washington Post Intended to Placate the US or Bait the KMT?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

🐌 Come attend our zine workshop happening soon! More info here: www.facebook.com/share/1DPw6B...

Check it out! The latest New Bloom Substack! On our recent articles, upcoming events and more!

This Saturday! Join us for the first-ever BDSM munch at Daybreak! www.facebook.com/events/15572...

Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people on suspicion of publishing seditious posts on the social media account of their pancake shop. In full: buff.ly/gQ3K5cB

1/ Me on the case of local government officials in Taiwan who are PRC citizens. That too is a form of PRC grayzone ops against Taiwan. Needs to be more digging into who suggested that these people run and how they were supported. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

From #Taipei #Taiwan: The 2025/11/26 New Bloom Newsletter Fata’an versus the KMT • Why Taiwan Matters • Trans Day of Remembrance • Lin Chia-Lung’s Palestine take • China’s cyanide fishing • migrant labor policies • Timor-Leste activism • new film reviews newbloom.substack.com/p/from-taipe...

An Environmental art workshop will be held on 12/2 that takes a look at our home from a different perspective. More info here: www.facebook.com/share/1Mbd6n...

The next Pen Club is in one week! Event's page : www.facebook.com/share/16D4oJ...

Taking place at DAYBREAK on Thursday! Join us for a happy hour focused on sustainability www.facebook.com/events/15201...

Calling all crocheters and knitters! Crocheting and knitting items to be sold to raise funds for Palestine. More info: www.facebook.com/share/17pReF...

This is key point. All the useful idiots talking about PRC red lines don't get that other countries have them too.

TONIGHT at @newbloommag.net: @michellekuo.bsky.social / @shuwanggong.bsky.social / Elizabeth Hsinyin Lee / @brianhioe.bsky.social here to discuss the #BooksFromTaiwan 2.0 initiative — seeking to promote Taiwanese-authored graphic novels, comics, and children's books to international publishers.

This Saturday night! Join Michelle Kuo, @shuwanggong.bsky.social , Elizabeth Hsinyin Lee, and @brianhioe.bsky.social to discuss the Books from Taiwan 2.0 initiative and Taiwanese graphic novels, comics, and children's books in translation! www.facebook.com/share/1EkqWK...

All this stems out the highly problematic "paparazzi" scandal that emerged last month (the same company is involved in alleged corruption scheme), a story in which Huang has denied any wrongdoing.

Oftentimes I suspect why Taiwan has not seen anything on, say, the magnitude of the artistic works produced in the tail end of martial law and lifting of martial law period is because afterward the arts became kidnapped by funding structures ruled over by bureaucracy

Excited for this conversation on Saturday night with a number of brilliant minds--and the opportunity to discuss Taiwanese graphic novels, comics, and children's books in translation!

"We were video-chatting, and my mum peered through the screen and looked at me intently for a long time, [...] she quickly adjusted her webcam… she flipped it downwards and that's when I saw a piece of paper… a piece of paper on the table, written with the message: "Don't Ever Come Back ( #千萬不要回來)."

On her cousin's unlawful imprisonment: "If you have a cat or a dog, or an ox if you're a farmer, and one day your pet or your… cow, disappears. What would you do? Any normal person would run onto the street to look for their cat, or dog, right? Well, right now I've lost… I've lost an entire person!"

"I came to realize… that this isn't an administration that is open to dialogue, there is no avenue for petitioning wrongs, one cannot simply return home even if #innocent. The CCP doesn't work that way. So it was only after I spoke up, did I finally gain the chance to directly contact my mum again."

"You have to understand, this #CCP, this regime, is a terrifying existence. It's a monster, a demonic entity. In other words, the way I see it, it's a… political establishment with an #antisocial personality disorder. [...] So we were enveloped by sheer #terror and could not speak out."

"My parents, they're under house arrest. And then some of my friends, their family members, have all basically been sent to prison." Please listen to Nyrola Elimä, whose reporting and research have received a Pulitzer. She is a #Uyghur native of Xinjiang. 來自五星的你: ghostisland.media/en/shows/5-s...

The #CCP sponsors trips for #Taiwanese influencers who repeatedly tout the simplicity of life in #Xinjiang, a surveillance state given China’s ongoing genocidal campaign against the local #Uyghurs that involves concentration camps and forced #sterilization. wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/an-uncompreh...

Found #XinjiangCotton at a #Taipei store, promptly exited store 🥲 Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority. To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...