BRIAN HIOE (丘琦欣) is a founding editor of NEW BLOOM MAGAZINE, an on-line publication that grew out of the pivotal Sunflower Movement in Taiwan. In March 2014, students occupied the national parliament for a month to protest against a trade deal with China. Many of the students activists have since become politicians, leaders in NGOs, or academics. Brian launched an English-language news site to cover activism and youth politics in Taiwan and Asia Pacific. He also has a physical space, where he runs community gatherings and speaker series.
“Taiwanese young people decided to really stand up for what they felt was their future being at stake.”
#sunflowermovement #studentactivism #china
In this interview series, “Game Changers with Emily Y. Wu” we speak with emerging leaders - the cool, young, hip people who are changing the world, starting in Taiwan. Get in touch with BRIAN HIOE if you also work in youth activism and media.
Twitter - / brianhioe
Watch the complete series of “Game Changers with Emily Y. Wu”
On KZread - gimpod.me/youtubeplaylist
On TaiwanPlus - gimpod.me/TaiwanPlus
The show was produced by Ghost Island Media for TaiwanPlus.
‪@TaiwanPlus‬ ‪@ghostislandme‬
Producer, Host - Emily Y. Wu - / emilyywu
Director - Laticia Fan - / lashfan
Post-Production Supervisor - Kaley Emerson - / kaleyrex
Executive Producer - Shirley Keng, Kelly Kuo
Supervisor - Eric Yang
Production Coordinator - Jenny Luo
Editor - Emma Chou, Vivi Wang
Associate Producer - Ting Yeh
Brand Design - Onion Design
Stylist - Claire Woo
Hair & Makeup - Penny Peng, BC Tsai, Monday Tang
Production Company - Ghost Island Media - ghostisland.media
Co-Production Company - f/Lash Productions - lashfilms.com/
Additional Production Support - Deep Flow Media - deepflowmedia.com/