Vision Times Staff
NYS: Unprecedented Flooding Causes Widespread Damage in Orange, Rockland, and Putnam Counties
On July 10, a total of 25 million people were in flood alert zones in the northeastern United States. In New York State, after a storm system moved northward through Orange county to Rockland county,...
NY: Martha Flores-Vazquez Hosts ‘Mother’s Day Health Talk’ in Flushing
(New York, NY) - Martha Flores-Vazquez, a Flushing Democratic Party community leader and founder of the Community Family Crisis Prevention Center, celebrated Mother's Day with a women's health seminar at the Sheraton Flushing Hotel on...
Lixia (立夏), Start of Summer
Like others living in the northern hemisphere, ancient Chinese recognized the four seasons and planned their livelihood around them as a matter of necessity. What may seem odd is how the Chinese determined the beginning...
Rain at Spring’s End (穀雨)
A curious custom in ancient China was to celebrate the creation of writing with the coming of particularly large rainstorms, specifically those at the end of spring. Within the four seasons, the Chinese traditional calendar...
The Organic Beauty of Tea
Once unique to China, tea is enjoyed as a drink of refinement and class worldwide. In a world increasingly dominated by science and technology, tea remains as a simple option in life that can help...
The Dramatic Shift in the Meanings of ‘Left’ and ‘Right’
Traditionally, leftist politics, including communist and socialist ideology, are associated with economic class struggle and redistribution of property to achieve greater egalitarianism between haves and have-nots. The right wing, by contrast, is seen as the...
Pure Brightness (清明)
With the approach of April 5, millions of Chinese around the world made trips to the graves of their departed relatives to pay respects on the Qingming (清明) or the "Tomb-Sweeping Festival." Many businesses and...
‘America, please don’t let me down’
The following open letter is by Felipe Salinas, Chairman of the Multi-Ethnic Alliance of New York. Vision Times has republished it on their behalf. Dear U.S. Citizens, Good Morning, my name is Felipe. Today I...
Americans Wary of Govt. Bailouts After Collapse of SVB, Signature Bank
Stock markets have swooned around the world since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday, March 10 as worried customers pulled their deposits. The bank, America's 18th-largest, was followed by the closure of Signature Bank on...
A Bite With Gia at Yishan Korean Restaurant
This article was contributed by Gia Nina, food enthusiast in the Hudson Valley area. Welcome back to "A Bite with Gia," your weekly guide to the delicious culinary scene in the Hudson Valley area of...
The Lantern Festival: End of the Chinese New Year
This year, the Chinese lunar new year fell on Jan. 22 — marking day 1 of the 1st lunar month (正月初一) in the Year of the Rabbit, according to the traditional calendar. Fifteen days later...
A Bite With Gia at My Cousin’s
This article was contributed by Gia Nina, food enthusiast in the Hudson Valley area. Hello, my dear friends and welcome back to A Bite With Gia. Here we discuss the best places to eat in...