Vision Times Staff
Lessons From North Korea’s Nuclear Rise: Why the Iran Issue Will Ultimately Lead to War
The underlying logic of a potential war with Iran lies in whether it is acceptable to allow Iran to possess nuclear weapons. War becomes a measure taken after diplomatic efforts fail. Going to war is...
Japan’s Oldest Fitness Instructor at 95: How Mika Takishima Built Strength, Longevity, and a Second Life After 65
Mika Takishima stands just 144 centimeters tall and weighs 42 kilograms. At 95, she moves with the control and balance of a trained dancer. She teaches fitness classes every day. Known across Japan as “Takimika,”...
Xi Jinping Meets Taiwan Opposition Leader as CCTV Cuts Live Broadcast and Reception Appears Strained
The April 10 meeting between Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) general secretary and China’s top leader, and Cheng Li-wen, chair of Taiwan’s Kuomintang opposition party, drew attention after China’s state broadcaster CCTV cut...
Inside the CCP’s Early Strategy: How the Nationalist Party Was Penetrated During China’s First United Front
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) United Front strategy in the 1920s is widely described by historians as a calculated effort to penetrate and influence a rival political organization. Figures including Mao Zedong, Li Dazhao, and...
Siheyuan: How China’s Courtyard Homes Shaped Family Life for 3,000 Years
A courtyard enclosed on four sides For many Chinese families, the idea of a proper home begins with a courtyard. The term siheyuan describes it directly: four structures arranged inward around a shared open space....
Communism: The Ideology That Turns Envy Into a Political Weapon
In 1959, a village party secretary in Henan province sat down to fill out his annual grain production report. The actual harvest was three hundred kilograms. He wrote down thirty thousand. His superiors knew the...
Queen Victoria: How She Transformed the British Monarchy and Shaped Modern Britain
For more than six decades, Queen Victoria sat on the British throne while the country around her was transformed beyond recognition. Railways spread across the land, industry surged, and the British Empire expanded to a...
China Reportedly Preparing to Supply Iran With New Air Defense Systems
According to a CNN report on April 11, multiple informed sources revealed that U.S. intelligence assessments indicate China is preparing to provide Iran with a new type of air defense system in the coming weeks....
KMT Chair Cheng Li-wen’s Beijing Meeting With Xi Sparks Sovereignty Alarm in Taiwan
KMT’s chairperson, Cheng Li-wen met Chinese leader Xi Jinping on April 10 in Beijing. During the meeting, both sides emphasized the “1992 Consensus” and opposition to Taiwan independence, triggering strong concern from Taiwan’s government and...
China Surveillance State: 800 Million Cameras, Total Monitoring, and Public Backlash
A ranking of China’s most heavily surveilled cities began circulating online in early April, quickly drawing a surge of public reaction. The figures, compiled and posted by the social media commentator known as “Teacher Li...
Soong Ching-ling: Sun Yat-sen’s Widow Was a Secret Communist Agent for Fifty Years
The Chinese Communist Party announced Soong Ching-ling's Party membership as a deathbed honor in 1981, framing it as a final tribute to a lifelong sympathizer. She had been a member for roughly fifty years. The...
Xinhua Drops Xi Jinping From a Line That Used to Place Him Alongside Mao Zedong
On April 8, 2026, China's official Xinhua News Agency released a set-piece article titled "Forging a Stronger Army of Heroes: Chairman Xi Jinping Leads the Entire Military in Deepening Political Rectification Through the Spirit of...