Prakash Gogoi
Prakash covers news and politics for Vision Times.
American Businesses to Biden: End Trade War With China and Restart Trade Talks
In 2018, President Donald Trump slapped tariffs and other trade barriers on China due to the country’s unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft, triggering the trade war between the two nations. Though Beijing promised...
2020 Tokyo Olympics: US Tops Medal Tally, China Second, Host Japan’s Best Performance Ever
The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics has drawn to a close, and America clinched the top spot in the medal tally. At 113 medals, the United States significantly outperformed second-ranked China with 88 total medals. The...
Tencent Faces Public Interest Litigation as Tech Companies Continue to Face Pressure in China
A procuratorate in Beijing has filed public interest litigation against Chinese tech giant Tencent, accusing the company’s popular WeChat messaging app of violating minor protection laws. Procuratorate refers to the office of a public procurator,...
Infra Bill EV Policy to Look Into China’s Human Rights Abuses, Biden Wants 50% New Vehicles to be Electric by 2030
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bipartisan proposal put forward by the Democrats and supported by some Republicans sets aside $15 billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, electric buses, and transit. Within the bill is a provision...
Knife Attack in Tokyo: 10 Train Passengers Stabbed
Ten people aboard a commuter train in Tokyo, Japan, were stabbed by a man wielding a knife on August 6. Though the attacker fled after committing the crime, he eventually handed himself over to the...
Hong Kong’s Initium Media Announces Move to Singapore to Evade Communist Censorship
Initium Media, a Hong Kong-based independent media outlet, has announced its plan to relocate out of the city. The decision comes amidst the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong following the...
63% of New Yorkers Want Cuomo Out of Office for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
On Aug. 4, Marist Poll published results of a survey done on how the people of New York currently perceive their Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He is embroiled in multiple sexual harassment allegations. Fifty nine...
California: Natural Gas Vehicles Achieved Negative Carbon Growth in 2020
The focus on clean energy is mostly monopolized by sources like solar, wind power, and so on. An often overlooked power source is Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), a purified form of biogas produced from organic...
Beijing Issues List of American ‘Wrongdoings’ as US-China Meeting Ends Without Any Positive Result
On July 26, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, met with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Xie Feng. During their meeting, Sherman, the highest-ranking Biden official to have visited China, was bombarded with accusations; Xie...
China Hits US Officials With Counter-Sanctions, State Department Arranges Meeting to Smoothen Relations
On July 23, Beijing announced counter-sanctions on six American individuals and one entity in response to Washington’s sanctions on Chinese officials involved in suppressing human rights in Hong Kong. The sanctions are the first such...
Black Lives Matter Sides With Cuban Government on Protests, Blames US for Unrest
Black Lives Matter has attracted a new round of scrutiny following a recent statement in support of the Cuban regime even when the communist government is dealing with large-scale citizen protests. In the statement, posted...
Church Statues Destroyed in New York, Acts of Violence Against Faith
Two religious statues outside ‘Our Lady of Mercy’ Catholic parish in Queens, New York, were destroyed by a woman on July 17 at approximately three in the morning. The incident was caught on video. The...