Asia

On the 2020 presidential election in Taiwan, protests in Hong Kong, and Chinese power

We speak with Brian Hioe about the recent Taiwanese presidential election, the protests in Hong Kong, and Chinese power in the region. Brian Hioe is a founding editor of New Bloom. New Bloom is an online magazine featuring radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific. New Bloom was founded by a group of students and activists after the 2014 Sunflower Movement in Taiwan.

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Why Microfinance Failed in The Global South

We speak with Ahilan Kadirgamar about microfinance. Ahilan Kadirgamar is a member of the Collective for Economic Democratisation. He is also Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He served on the Central Bank of Sri Lanka appointed committee to draft the Economic Development Framework for a Northern Province Master Plan (August 2018).

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Music by Podington Bear