Vision Times Staff
China Orders Teachers to Register All Personal Social Media Accounts as Telecom Carriers Block Foreign Websites
According to the Epoch Times, Beijing's latest censorship push has moved beyond controlling what Chinese citizens say online to policing who is speaking and whether they can see anything beyond the Party's information perimeter. Schools...
US Marines Seize Iranian Ship Linked to China Port Carrying Missile Fuel Chemicals
According to a U.S. Central Command press release, American forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the northern Arabian Sea on April 19 after it failed to respond to repeated warnings, bringing new attention to...
Xi Jinping Urges Saudi Arabia to Back Iran Ceasefire as Riyadh Quietly Supports US Strikes
Xi Jinping personally called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on April 20, pressing for an immediate ceasefire in Iran as U.S. military strikes continued against Tehran. The appeal came as Beijing moved to position...
Taiwan’s TV Anchor Lin Chen-you Involved in ‘Red Money’ Scandal Tied to National Security
The case involving Taiwan CTI News anchor Lin Chen-you, suspected of violating the National Security Act, continues to expand. Prosecutors and investigators have recently disclosed details about the sources of his funding, operational methods, and...
CSIS Delegation Visits Taiwan to Discuss Defense, Economy, and Regional Security
According to the Taipei Times, a delegation led by John Hamre, president of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), visited Taiwan, with both sides focusing discussions on defense cooperation, economic security, and...
Stellantis Faces Backlash Over Potential Chinese EV Assembly in Brampton
According to Global News, automaker Stellantis is in talks with a Chinese car manufacturer to produce Chinese electric vehicles at its assembly plant in Brampton, in the Greater Toronto Area. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called...
Beijing Steps Up Military Pressure as Taiwan’s Defense Budget Faces Political Deadlock
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to provoke Taiwan by sending naval vessels to operate around the Taiwan Strait and crossing the median line. However, Taiwan’s ruling and opposition parties have still failed to reach...
TikTok’s Restructuring Opens a Window for Human Rights Content
On Jan. 22, 2026, TikTok's U.S. operations completed a court-ordered restructuring that transferred majority control to American investors and placed content moderation under U.S. legal authority. Most analysts have examined the deal through the lens...
Confucius’s Warning Against Becoming a ‘Tool-Person’ Still Applies in the Age of Algorithms
In today’s Chinese internet slang, a “tool-person” (Gongju ren) refers to someone valued only for utility—replaceable, expendable, and defined by function. More than 2,500 years ago, Confucius described a similar condition in a much simpler...
Su Shi in Exile: The Meaning of ‘Settling the Wind and Waves’
Su Shi, a leading poet and statesman of China’s Song dynasty, wrote some of his most enduring lines while living in political exile. Among them is Settling the Wind and Waves, a poem composed during...
Krubera Cave: World’s Deepest Cave Reaches 2,224 Meters as Exploration Continues
Krubera Cave, hidden in the western Caucasus Mountains, descends 2,224 meters beneath the surface, making it the deepest known cave system on Earth. Located in the disputed region of Abkhazia along the Black Sea coast,...
From Peaceful Protest to Nationwide Crackdown: The Legacy of ‘April 25, 1999’
Saturday, April 25, will mark 27 years since the persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline in China, began in 1999. On this occasion, an article published on Minghui.org, a website of the Falun Gong...