The New York State Senate has passed legislation commemorating the 23rd World Falun Dafa Day on May 13, an annual event that was first celebrated in 2000 in recognition of Falun Dafa’s years of dedication to upholding universal values. On April 26, a little more than two weeks before the holiday, the Senate unanimously approved resolution No. 2278, speaking highly of […]

Footage that widely circulated on social media shows residents entered a neighborhood clash with police in Shanghai due to local authorities’ decision to acquire some of their community’s apartment buildings as quarantine centers. According to the footage, dwellers in the Zhangjiang Nashi neighborhood compound rallied in protest of the local government’s eviction order that forced […]

China has refused to condemn Russia over the Bucha killings amid an international outcry, urging all parties to avoid “unfounded accusations,” while calling violence against civilians unacceptable. On April 5, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, at a security council meeting urged restraint from all parties and end to what he called groundless […]

A running high-speed rail line in southern China was called to suspend service after receiving a notice announcing that its manager had been diagnosed with COVID-19. At around 16:00 local time on March 30, China’s railway authorities ordered Train G2190 to immediately interrupt its trip, citing that its chief conductor surnamed Tang tested positive, according […]

Shanghai Disney Resort has been shut down from March 21 due to a new surge in coronavirus cases while harsh restrictions in the city have drawn protests online. In a notice, the resort said it would refund or exchange tickets for all guests impacted by the closure. Guests may choose to revisit the park on […]

NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination has won support from 30 Nobel laureates as well as well-wishers on social media. “I’m honored and humbled to receive the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Freedom wrote in a tweet. “Sometimes taking a stand is more important than […]

The rocket stage detached from a Chinese spacecraft is set to strike the moon on March 4, an astronomer tracking near-Earth objects says after weighing launch time and lunar trajectory, as well as correcting previous mistakes. Bill Gray, who runs Project Pluto, said the object on a collision course with the moon most likely comes […]

A tattooed Asian male on Feb. 10 attacked two information booths in New York City’s Flushing, which were set up to raise awareness about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running persecution of spiritual group Falun Gong. The incident, which echoes similar harassment campaigns targeting the group’s activities in the city and elsewhere, is believed to […]

The founder of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, has received a large amount of greetings from people in mainland China over Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for Chinese families. Li brought the ancient spiritual practice of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, to the public in 1992. It helps relieve stress and increase […]

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released part of an investigation into six foreign countries’ censorship affecting American firms, with a focus on China. Two senators have urged the United States to fight back with trade tools. On Jan. 27, USITC unveiled the first report of the investigation (pdf), calling out China, Russia, Turkey, Vietnam, India, […]

On Jan. 21, around 9:00 p.m., when the film “Unsilenced” was just finishing in Hall 10 of Cinemark in Fairfax County, Virginia, the audience stayed motionless in their seats. Ten seconds, 20 seconds, even 30 seconds passed … no one spoke or stood up as the screen kept scrolling with the cast’s names. Some were […]

The Chinese communist regime is again intensifying its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners as the Beijing Winter Olympic Games looms. Harassment and arbitrary detentions have increased in the name of the ruling communist party maintaining “stability.” Four weeks ahead of the Games, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasingly targeting Falun Gong believers, especially in […]

In the past 10 months, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted to death 101 Falun Gong practitioners, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the nationwide campaign.

Chinese police harassed or arrested nearly 2,000 Falun Gong followers in the recent two months, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. Among the 1,963 individuals, 764 were arrested, and 1,199 were harassed. Some of them suffered house raids, brainwashing, financial extortion, and forced blood tests. […]

The Chinese communist regime flew 24 fighters into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), a day after Taiwan applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The Chinese air force dispatched two dozen fighter jets—the third largest daily incursion—to enter the southwest ADIZ of the Taiwan on Sept. 23, according to […]

Over the past several days, greetings have flooded to the founder of Falun Gong for Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday for family reunions that fell on Sept. 21 this year. Mr. Li Hongzhi brought the ancient Chinese spiritual practice of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, to the public in 1992. It helps […]

Multiple practitioners of Falun Gong lost their lives while in police custody in China since May, according to reports from Minghui.org, a U.S.-based leading website that documents the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) persecution of Falun Gong. The practitioners were prisoners of conscience, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been carrying out systematic persecution against believers […]

July 9 marked the start of Beijing’s mass persecution directed at China’s human rights lawyers in 2015, called the “709 crackdown.” On its sixth anniversary, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken vowed that the United States will always buttress them to build a more just, stable, and prosperous Chinese society. The persecution targeted hundreds […]

Evidence shows that cheap masks from China have cornered U.S. domestic manufacturers, according to a report by Nikkei Asia.  As a result, industry professionals are now calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action to ensure self-sufficiency over the national security concerns. The American Mask Manufacturer’s Association (AMMA) highlighted to President Joe Biden in an […]

A Top Chinese nuclear power expert and also a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official committed suicide for unknown reasons in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, based on a variety of outlet reports. On June 17, Zhang Zhijian, male, 58, professor of nuclear power at the Harbin Engineering University (HEU), jumped off of an office building and […]

Both Hong Kong and Macao authorities have banned residents from participating in events in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests

News Analysis China is looking to put a dent in the global commodities boom of 2021. The price of China’s industrial commodities fell last week after Beijing announced new measures to curb runaway material prices that are beginning to fan fears of inflation. A rebound in the world’s biggest economies following the CCP (Chinese Communist […]

Four Hong Kong activists were found guilty on May 5 and sentenced to jail for their involvement in unauthorized anti-Beijing gatherings on National Day protests in October 2019

Sarah Liang, an Epoch Times reporter in Hong Kong, was recently stalked in the street by an unidentified man. On the afternoon of April 26, Liang went to a pro-democracy store to do an interview. After stepping out from MTR Station Prince Edward, she found herself being followed by a middle-aged man wearing a hat […]

Mounting evidence shows the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been imposing vaccinations upon the public, despite concerns over efficacy and health implications. A female netizen named Duan Da Dan posted in Chinese on social media site Weibo on March 31: “I’m really annoyed that my employer forces me to receive jabs even if I’m planning […]

The suicide of Chinese organ transplant specialist Zang Yunjin has drawn attention to a questionable “Qingdao model” of human organ transplantation. Zang, 57, head of the Organ Transplantation Center at the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, killed himself by jumping off a high building on Feb. 26, a source told the Chinese-language Epoch Times around […]

Ding Guiying, a female resident of Kunming city, in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, was secretly sentenced to jail for her beliefs in Falun Gong and recently died in detention, according to a Feb. 9 report by Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that tracks the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong, also known as Falun […]

Chinese rights activist Yang Maodong has raised attention at home and abroad after Chinese authorities “disappeared” him as he was boarding a flight to visit his wife

Jan. 23 marks the first anniversary of the Wuhan lockdown due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan residents voiced their concerns and called on more people to reflect upon the unprecedented disaster and prevent it from recurring.

Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., the country’s largest such firm, was executed by a court in Tianjin city on Jan. 29. The firm was founded in Beijing on Nov. 8, 1999. Since September 2012, Lai also served as the company’s Chinese Communist Party chief. Lai was first placed under investigation […]

The Jilin Provincial National Health Commission reported dozens of new COVID-19 cases in recent days—in Changchun city, the capital, and Tonghua city.

Local officials in the northern Chinese province of Hebei are anticipating a surge in COVID-19 infections and are making preparations to curb the spread of the disease, according to government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times. The Chinese New Year, the nation’s most important traditional holiday event, kicks off on Feb. 12, setting in […]

Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s elder sister killed herself in May 2020, after facing years of pressure from the Chinese regime.