@brianhioe
Editor at @newbloommag.net, writes @thediplomat.com @flaminghydra.com, non-resident fellow at University of Nottingham's Taiwan Research Hub, Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club board, freelance journalist, translator, DJ. Author of Taipei at Daybreak
It’s darkly humorous to see feminist imperialism used to justify interventionism when it’s not like the US isn’t also lurching its way toward theocratic patriarchy. A dark twinning is at work between the US and many of its antagonists, as is also true of China and Russia
A lot of warmed over campism and romanticization of autocrats of a different stripe in much of the left response on Iran to date, unfortunately
Looks like a fascinating read on the lives of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese after relocating in Taiwan
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...
It appears that the Executive Yuan will continue to exercise the veto power it has appropriated for itself, as a counter to the KMT's freeze of the Constitutional Court
focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
The KMT’s version of the special budget for defense seems to be modeled after the TPP’s and, in fact, tells us that they deliberately wish to be more hardline on the issue of relations with the US and arms sales
Interesting to see this public consideration of restarting coal power there are issues with gas supply
focustaiwan.tw/business/202...
The KMT has done a drastic rebrand on visual identity lately. Er, take a look for yourself
Honestly, it's anybody's guess as to why there has been such a drop in PLA air intrusions, at best we have educated guesses but I'm wary of hot takes on the matter
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Fascinating read, this highlights links between Taiwanese Indigenous and other Austronesian Indigenous peoples
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Looks like controversy about Li Zhen-xiu's citizenship status will continue
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Ho is notably one of Taiwan’s top experts on labor and social movements
hongkongfp.com/2026/03/05/h...
KMT’s version of defense expenditures may be similar to the TPP’s in logic
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Seeing as it shows the extent of US military capabilities that China does not currently have
Wrote about reactions in Taiwan to the US war with Iran in my latest for @thediplomat.com . What is notable is how Lai has sought to align Taiwan with the US and Israel, as well as how the pan-Green camp has viewed the war as reassuring in deterring China
thediplomat.com/2026/03/how-...
Interesting to see former KMT legislator Jason Hsu call for passage of defense spending
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Even if this does apply to blue-collar migrant workers, often they face dismissal if they are pregnant, so I'm not sure this will have much impact
focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...
I don't think I've ever seen the Israeli military written about in such glowing terms in a front-page article for pan-Green media before--another impact of current events in Iran
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Good to see this kind of grassroots cooperation between Taiwanese and Thai civil society
www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6313806
UDN reported on it. Now it’s in Chinese-language discourse. My day is made. Please, someone ask Chiang to comment on it at a presser
https://global.udn.com/global_vision/story/8663/9359199?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_index
You mean this guy?
Not sure if you caught this, but MND source tells Liberty Times that the delivery of Patriot PAC-3 MSEs to Taiwan will likely be delayed because of this
See you all tonight 19:00 at @newbloommag.net! #SciComm #Taipei #Taiwan 🧪
On @Monocle_Radio in a few to discuss the impact on Taiwan from recent events in Iran
Please someone ask about this at the next MOFA presser
Based on that they seem to see nation-states as the fundamentally building block of the order on some ladder of abstraction
I also find interesting the inability of some leftist groups to distinguish people (who are messy, full of factions, and sometimes have inchoate views rather than being a romanticized unitary and monolithic The People) vs nation-states and primarily articulate responses
Last week individuals and collectives from across Asia met in Thailand for a regional gathering of The Peoples Want.
On the last day, they organized an action in solidarity with Iran.
We’ll probably see an increased momentum for greater LNG storage and other forms of energy if there are regional and global shortages
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
