Education
2016 | Master’s Degree, Columbia University
- Master’s in East Asian Languages and Cultures
2013 | Bachelor’s Degree, New York University
- Triple major in East Asian Studies, English Literature, and History
Experience
2014 to Present | New Bloom Magazine
- Editor, writer, and translator
2017 to 2018 | Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
- Human Rights and Democracy Fellow
Selected Publications
- “The Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese, not as Chinese”, co-written with Fang-Yu Chen, Wei-ting Yen, and Austin Horng-en Wang, The Washington Post, January 2, 2017.
- “What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask,” co-written with Wen Liu.,The Nation, January 9, 2020.
- “No, Taiwan’s President Isn’t ‘Pro-Independence’” co-written with Lev Nachman The Diplomat, April 23, 2020.
- “Taiwan’s Usually Obscure Party Lists Might Swing Its Legislative Election,” co-written with Lev Nachman The Diplomat, December 12, 2019.
- “Friends from Hong Kong: Taiwan’s Refugee Problem,” co-written with Lev Nachman, The Diplomat, October 23, 2019.
- “Why the Hong Kong Protests Don’t Guarantee a Tsai Victory in Taiwan,” co-written with Lev Nachman, The Diplomat, July 25, 2019.
- “Analysis: Taiwan’s election shows youth resistance to China.” PRI’s The World, January 2020.
- “Critic’s Picks: Ilse D’Hollander,” Art Forum, October 18, 2019.
- “Critic’s Picks: Kuo Yu-ping,” Art Forum, August 13, 2019.
- “Critic’s Picks: Wu Hao,” Art Forum, June 14, 2019.
- “Review: Kong Chun Hei,” Artomity, April 28, 2020.
- “Regardless of Recognition: The Aurality of the Sunflower Movement,” Disclaimer, October 2019.
- “From Taiwanese LGBTQ Films to the Taiwanese LGBTQ movement,” Film Taiwan, Issue #1, December 2018.
- “Mong Tong: Give me a speaker and we can play anywhere,” We Present, August 12, 2020.
- “‘Asia’s Orphan’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus,
Special Issue: Pandemic Asia, Part I, July 11, 2020. - “East Asian Law-making in the Time of Covid-19: Through the Lens of Chinese Legalism,” British Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. 10, July 5, 2020.
- “What’s Next for Taiwan?”, China File, December 30, 2019.
- “What Does Xi Want from Taiwan? (And What Can Taiwan Do About it?)”. China File, January 24, 2019.
- “Why the Taiwan Midterm Elections Matter,” China File, November 23rd, 2018.
- “Will 2016 Elections Be The End of Taiwan’s Year of Protest?”, China Policy Institute Blog, December 15, 2015.
- “Race and Identity in Taiwan,” Euroview, July 1st, 2020.
- “Is Taiwan Covering Over Contemporary Issues of Racism with a Veneer of Multiculturalism?” Taiwan Insight, March 23rd, 2020.
- “How New Bloom was Founded,” Taiwan Insight, March 23rd, 2020.
- “Will Taiwan Still Be the ‘Orphan of Asia’ After Covid-19?”, The News Lens International, May 22, 2020.
- “Reorienting Taiwan and Hong Kong: New avenues for building power” Lausan, July 22, 2020.
- “The May Fourth movement is not an excuse for Chinese nationalism,” Lausan, May 4, 2020.
- “New Cause,” The Mekong Review, May 2020.
- “Journey to the End of the Bangka Night,” Popula, March 2, 2020.
- “The Dried Mango Strips of National Doom,” Popula, November 6, 2019.
- “Man was Born for Love and Revolution,” Popula, October 3, 2019.
- “The face of protest in Hong Kong,” Popula, July 6, 2019.
- “TPE-JFK,” Popula, October 30, 2018.
- The People’s Daily’s Twitter Account is a Social Media Dumpster Fire,” Popula, January 31, 2019.
- “Beyond the Sunflower Movement: Present Issues for Future Taiwanese Activism,” Thinking Taiwan, May 16, 2014.
- “WHO Director-General Accuses Taiwan of Campaign Against Him Involving “Racism” Against Africans,” New Bloom, April 9, 2020.
- “Cooperation Between Police and Gangsters in Hong Kong Draws Parallels to Taiwan,” New Bloom, July 22, 2019.
- “華山草原殺人事件之後,藝術份子成為台灣社會性強暴行為的替罪羔羊,” translated by William Tsai, New Bloom, June 20, 2018.
- “How Will the US and China React to a Tsai Presidency?,” New Bloom, January 19, 2016.
- “Lessons for Taiwan 2016 from Hong Kong’s Umbrella Soldiers?”, New Bloom, January 7, 2016.
- Aesthetics and Politics in 2016 Presidential Campaign Ads,” New Bloom, January 4, 2016.
- “Why Has There Been an Upsurge of Labor Demonstrations Before 2016 Elections?,” New Bloom, January 1, 2016.
- “When Heavy Metal Meets Activist Politics,” New Bloom, December 28, 2015.
- “Tsai Ing-Wen, Hung Hsiu-Chu, and the Confucian Discourse of the Family and the State in Taiwan,” New Bloom, October 7, 2015.
- “Can We Understand Article 9 Protests in Japan Alongside Other Asian Social Movements?,” New Bloom, September 13, 2015.
- “The Ministry of Education Occupation from Beginning to End,” New Bloom, September 7, 2015.
- “Police Violence in the Sunflower Movement,” New Bloom, March 24, 2015.
- “Fresh Off the Boat and the Limits of Cultural Representation,” New Bloom, February 24, 2015.
- “Anti-Nuclear Activism in Taiwan and Japan,” New Bloom, January 30, 2015.
Selected Television and Radio Appearances
- “WHO ignores the global support for Taiwan, country’s foreign minister blames China for exclusion,” WION, May 19, 2020.
- “Taiwan Since the 2014 Sunflower Movement,” The Fire These Times, May 17, 2020.
- “Taiwan’s two worst COVID-19 cases are the US and China,” This is Hell, WNUR 89.3 FM, April 24th, 2020. Radio.
- “On the 2020 presidential election in Taiwan, protests in Hong Kong, and Chinese power.” A Correction, February 1, 2020. Podcast.
- “Hongkong und Taiwan – Kampf um Demokratie.” NZZ, January 23, 2020. Television.
- “Jelang Pemilu, Keamanan Taiwan Sangat Kondusif,” Metro TV, January 10, 2020. Television.
- “Taiwan votes 2020: Indigenous residents could play crucial role in presidential election,” Channel NewsAsia, January 6, 2020. Television.
- “Man was Born for Love and Revolution- Brian Hioe on Taiwan’s 2020 elections,” The Arts of Travel, November 3, 2019. Podcast.
- “Conversazione con Brian Hioe,” Radio Radicale, October 5, 2019. Radio.
- “Interview on Hong Kong and Taiwan,” Rainews24, October 4, 2019. Television.
- “What’s next for Hong Kong? Democratic demands and the corporatist state,” This is Hell, WNUR 89.3 FM, September 7th, 2019. Radio.
- “People see this as the final battle for Hong Kong: Understanding the anti-extradition bill protests,”This is Hell, WNUR 89.3 FM, July 20, 2019. Radio.
- “Taiwan verso le presidenziali,” RSI, July 13, 2019. Television.
- “Dispatches from Hong Kong feat. Brian Hioe,” Trash Future, June 13, 2019. Podcast.
- “Taiwan’s New Labour Law & Taiwanese Politics,” Fernostwärts, January 20, 2018. Podcast.
- “Brian Hioe on ‘New Bloom’ and Taiwan Activism,” KUCI Subversity Show, November 14, 2016. Radio.
- “Panel debate about third parties in Taiwan,” Between The Lines, Channel NewsAsia, July 8, 2016. Television.
- “Interview about the China Airlines strike,” Taiwan This Week, ICRT, June 24, 2016. Radio.
- “Interview about Hung Su-chu’s online videos,” Taiwan This Week, ICRT, June 17, 2016. Radio.
- “Interview about demonstrations in Shanghai, Tokyo, and Taipei,” This is Hell, WNUR 89.3 FM, July 25, 2015. Radio.
Selected Conference and Speaking Events
- “Panel on the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election,” Taiwan Foreign Correspondent’s Club, Taipei Taiwan, August 12, 2020.
- “2019 Internazionale Festival,” Ferrara, Italy, October 4-6, 2019.
- “2019 Flaneur Festival.” HKW, Berlin, Germany. August 31st, 2019.
- “2019 Taiwan Studies Summer School.” SOAS, London, UK, June 17-21, 2019.
- “2018 Comic-Con panel on Unforgivable: Eliza,” New York City, USA, October 4-7, 2018.
- “North American Association for Taiwan Studies Annual Conference.” University of Texas. May 24, 2018.
- “Culture and Political Change in Contemporary Taiwan.” Australian Centre on China and the World, Australian National University. May 19, 2018.
- “Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference.” San Francisco, California. March 29, 2018.
- “Sunflowers and Umbrellas: Social Movements, Expressive Practices, and Political Culture in Taiwan and Hong Kong.” UC Berkeley. March 16, 2018.
Selected Interviews
- Iris Hsu, “Reporter Brian Hioe on dealing with misinformation in Taiwan amid pandemic,” Committee to Protect Journalists, April 14, 2020.
- Kevin Lin and Michael Haack, “Viewing Taiwan from the Left,” Jacobin Magazine, January 10, 2020.
- “A conversation with Brian Hioe on Taiwanese elections,” Lo Spiegone, January 8, 2020.
- “Featured Young China Watcher – Brian Hioe: Founding Editor of New Bloom,” Young China Watchers, April 18, 2019.
- James X. Morris. “The Sunflower Movement, Four Years Later,” The Diplomat, July 18, 2018.
- “台灣是世界的一部分!左派新媒體《破土》:外國人眼中的台灣不該只有兩岸問題跟觀光夜市”, BuzzOrange, November 8, 2015.
Selected Translations
- Urban Legend Hunters, video game, March 2020.
- Formonsters, video game, February 2020.
- Online course materials for the National Taiwan Museum, July 2020.
- Scenario for nationally televised television drama, October 2018. [Signed NDA]
- Scenario for nationally televised television drama, October 2018. [Signed NDA]
- Booklet for International Human Rights Day Commemoration by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen”, Chen Wen-Cheng Memorial Foundation, December 10, 2017.
- Szymin Chan, “Culture Has Nothing To Do With Politics?: The History Of The Taiwanese Record Industry During The Japanese Colonial Period,” New Bloom, August 7, 2017.
- “Interview: LIMA Indigenous Youth Working Group,” New Bloom, July 6, 2016.
- “Interview with Stone Song and Ji Hengge,” Left Voice, April 6, 2016.
- Chen Huei-Yin, “Shinsuke Ogawa and Kidlat Tahimik’s Confluence of Image,” New Bloom, December 22, 2015.