Did Netflix create Taiwan’s TV renaissance? I argue no. Long before streaming, Taiwan spent three decades building the institutions, talent, and creative ecology behind today’s acclaimed dramas. As PTS faces deep budget cuts, this history matters more than ever. newbloommag.net/2026/08/03/t...

Before Netflix: The Hidden History of Taiwan’s Television Renaissance | New Bloom Magazine

Taiwanese television has entered a remarkable period of creative success. During the past decade, dramas such as The World Between Us (我們與惡的距離), Gold Leaf (茶金), Light the Night (華燈初上)…

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The Tibetan community in NSW and supporters rallied at Martin Place in Sydney today. The event was to commemorate the death of Lobga Rangzen and to oppose China's "ethnic unity" law

Taiwan's Indigenous peoples are the original owners of this land. Yet new settlers referred to them as "savages" and "mountain compatriots." Name rectification came in 1997 through a constitutional amendment. Aug 1 declared Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2005. Siraya just recognized as the 17th tribe.

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The outcome of many decades of campaigning by Siraya people and a milestone for indigenous reconciliation in Taiwan. The PRC rejects the concept of indigenous and defines all 17 tribes as a single "ethnic minority" and would dismantle all this if it annexed Taiwan. focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...

🚴‍♀️ Cycling around Taiwan is a rite of passage for many Taiwanese and a wonderful way to see the country. There are are also many great cycling routes in Taiwan apart from the official Taiwan Cycle Route No 1. A bicycle is the perfect way to explore off the beaten track www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

An epic 1,000km bike ride around Taiwan

Each year, thousands of Taiwanese ring the island as a rite of passage. Now, a growing number of tourists are cycling it, and experiencing a side of Taiwan few outsiders see.

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Has Tibet slipped from the world’s attention? This commentary argues that while Beijing has intensified its campaign to reshape #Tibetan identity, international focus has become harder to sustain. bitterwinter.org/is-the-tibet...

Is the Tibetan Cause Fading from the World’s Attention?

The tragedy of Lobga Rangzen is a reminder of how easily unresolved questions can fade from international discourse without ever truly being resolved.

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In Taiwan, civilians are preparing for a conflict they hope never comes. The Globe's Marcus Yam spent more than two weeks shadowing the island’s budding civil defence movement, and learned it’s about more than strategizing for potential war with China. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

New report from the Global Taiwan Institute: Taiwan's Civil Society Ecosystem for Countering China’s Authoritarian Influence Looks at the role of organisations including g0v, Taiwan FactCheck Center, @kuma-academy.bsky.social and @doublethinklab.bsky.social globaltaiwan.org/occasional-r...

PNG signals for Taiwan, the frontier is now the office, not the embassy | Jozef Huljak

PNG signals for Taiwan, the frontier is now the office, not the embassy

Papua New Guinea didn’t switch recognition to China but its example changes the game, signalling Taiwan’s international space is shrinking further.

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The latest data on protest activity in China from @freedomhouse.bsky.social's China Dissent Monitor is now available. It notes that a government censorship campaign has reduced the amount of protest information published on social media freedomhouse.org/report/china...

Issue 12: April–June 2026

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Australia's Hong Kong, Tibetan and Uyghur communities condemn China's new ethnic unity law

Calls grow for Australia to act over China’s ethnic unity law

Thirty-nine community groups in Australia and around the world issue a statement rejecting and strongly condemning China's ethnic unity law.

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This photo is one of the ages. And should be made famous.

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BREAKING: Hong Kong police raid 2 independent bookstores, arrest 5 for alleged sedition – local media reports 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/07/15/b...

Our new report out today #BehindBars reveals routine and systematic abuses in #China’s sprawling prison system for both Chinese and foreign prisoners. We surveyed 59 former inmates across 16 different municipalities and provinces. [1/5] safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/behi...

"Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China's Extraterritorial State Violence" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence | New Bloom Magazine

Political commentator and former journalist Akio Yaita was attacked earlier this week by a Chinese man. The attack occurred while Yaita was speaking at a conference organized by the Spring Rain…

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Democracy from the front lines: How Taiwan and the Taiwanese diaspora combat global isolation

Democracy from the front lines: How Taiwan and the Taiwanese diaspora combat global isolation

Taiwan pushes back every day against an authoritarian vision of international order that allows dictator regimes to decide who’s allowed to be seen, named and heard.

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Here’s how to write a proper headline for Taiwan coverage: clear, direct, and without any need to sugarcoat the topic.

This JoD essay draws on our book, OUTSOURCING SURVEILLANCE: ONLINE OPINION MANAGEMENT IN CHINA. @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @chinagovernancelab.bsky.social Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Outsourcing Surveillance

Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Outsourcing Surveillance

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Journal of Democracy@jodemocracy.bsky.social · last mo.

"The outsourcing of digital monitoring does not bode well for dissent in China. Online surveillance is becoming more precise and better at preemption." How the CCP Outsources Surveillance by Lynette H. Ong muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

"China and Hong Kong’s Human Rights Performance are Among the Worst in East Asia, Drop in Major Democracies are Alarming" by Thalia Kehoe Roden, Melissa del Aguila, and @ppoon.bsky.social newbloommag.net/2026/07/04/c...

China and Hong Kong’s Human Rights Performance are Among the Worst in East Asia, Drop in Major Democracies are Alarming | New Bloom Magazine

According to human rights experts across the region who participated in the annual human rights survey conducted by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a New Zealand-based NGO…

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Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, once held in China, dies in Taiwan 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/07/03/h...

A man holding a Tibetan flag has died by self immolation outside the United Nations headquarters in New York Tencho Gyatso, president of the International Campaign for Tibet, named the deceased man as Lobga Rangzen (aka Lobsang Palden) www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

Man holding Tibetan flag dies after setting himself on fire outside UN

Man described by campaigner as 'a tireless advocate for Tibet' pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

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📽️ Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley writes about two Taiwanese films about the White Terror era made three decades apart: Super Citizen Ko (超級大國民) and A Foggy Tale (大濛) www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

From Witnessing to Remembering: Taiwan’s White Terror on Screen - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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🇪🇺 The European Parliament's resolution on countering transnational repression identifies 🇨🇳 behind "the most comprehensive and systematic TNR campaign in the world." Tactics include targeting "artists by seeking the cancellation of events relating to Taiwan." www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

🇨🇳 China's new Ethnic Unity law claims power to hold people abroad liable for "undermining ethnic unity." Rights groups warn this could expand China's transnational repression of diaspora communities, including Uyghurs. (@reuters.com) www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China says it has a right to target people overseas with new ethnic unity law

China has a right to target people outside of its borders who contravene its new law on ethnic unity, a senior official said on ​Wednesday, adding that this was in line with international practice, an...

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Job opportunity: @freedomhouse.bsky.social is hiring an analyst for their China Dissent Monitor project. The position is Taiwan-based chinadissent.net/en/blog/deta...

📝New UHRP report by Elijah Pockell-Wilson finds that 🇦🇺Australia and 🇯🇵Japan remain vulnerable to Uyghur forced labor imports. Forced labor risks are not being eliminated from global supply chains – they are being redistributed to markets without effective import controls. uhrp.org/report/redir...

Redirected Risk: Uyghur Forced Labor and the Enforcement Gap in Australia and Japan - Uyghur Human Rights Project

A Uyghur Human Rights Project report by Elijah Pockell-Wilson. I. Key Takeaways Forced-labor risk is being redistributed, not eliminated. As the United States enforces the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent...

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And hot off the presses: "What is a Left Position on Taiwan?" "A common feature of debates over Taiwan policy is that they take place without any understanding of the real Taiwan, and without any input from the Taiwanese themselves." (@kerim.one/Positions) 🧋 positionspolitics.org/what-is-a-le...

What is a Left Position on Taiwan? - positions politics

What is a left position on Taiwan? This question was posed to us – the three editors of praxis, Rebecca Karl, Aminda Smith, and Fabio Lanza – at a recent social event in New York. The query came from ...

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Reporters Without Borders (@rsf.org) urges democratic leaders around the world to secure the release of Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned in Hong Kong for 2,000 days. There are serious concerns about his health rsf.org/en/2000-days...

2000 days behind bars: time is running out for Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily newspaper, which was forcibly shut down, has been imprisoned in Hong Kong for 2,000 days. His health has deteriorated dangerously as he continues to be subjected ...

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Why do we have to keep correcting this, year after year, story after story? When does it stop? The US "acknowledges" but DOES NOT recognize the PRC claim to Taiwan. AP is wrong here (and in the next sentence as well). apnews.com/article/taiw...

Here's the report that #China tried to stop us publishing. Behind Bars surveyed more than 80 former detainees to reveal a grim picture of conditions in detention facilities across the country. Get your copy here: 👇 safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/behi...

Behind Bars: new report on China’s detention centres shows widespread abuse

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"A Foggy Tale"《大濛》appears to be finally on Netflix worldwide, with English subs (www.netflix.com/title/82687356). If you love devastatingly acted dramas and are curious to learn #Taiwan history, set aside some emotional space to watch this film. My essay for context: nomanisanis.land/a-foggy-tale...

Watch A Foggy Tale | Netflix

After losing her brother to a government execution, a young girl takes a dangerous journey to reclaim his body and raise the money for a proper burial.

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Lest We Forget 🕯️ "NORMALITY HAS BEEN RESTORED..." A comic by Australian artist Peter Nicholson published in The Age on June 5, 1989, mocking China's coverup of the Tiananmen Massacre that saw the Chinese Communist party use tanks and machine guns to crush the Chinese people's democracy movement.