Vision Times Staff
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady, Signals Future Moves Will Depend on Data
By Gao Yun The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday, Jan. 28 that it would keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50–3.75 percent, citing persistently high inflation and steady economic growth. In its latest policy...
Supreme Court Hears Trump Tariff Case, Ruling Still Pending
According to CNN, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed last September to hear a case concerning whether President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs on foreign goods are legal. At the time, the White House emphasized that “time...
FBI Executes Search at Fulton County Election Office Over 2020 Records
By Tian Jingxin On Jan. 28, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), acting under a court-issued search warrant, carried out a law enforcement operation at the main elections office of Fulton County, Georgia, seizing...
US War Secretary: Military Prepared to Attack Iran if Trump Orders
By Gao Yun U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, Jan. 29 that if President Trump deems it necessary, the U.S. military will be ready to launch an attack on Iran. Referring to...
Trump Administration Shifts to ‘Targeted Enforcement’ in Immigration Crackdown, Homan Says
By Tian Jingxin On Thursday, Jan. 29 White House border affairs chief Tom Homan held the first briefing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since taking over “Operation Metro Surge.” At the closely watched event, Homan clearly laid...
The Purge of a Top Chinese General Signals a Dangerous Turning Point for Xi Jinping’s Military
By Cai Siyun A break in the pattern: online opinion turns against Xi For years, when senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP, China’s ruling party) were brought down, the reaction on China’s internet...
Top Secret: How Mao Zedong Silenced a Senior Spy—and Why His Finance Chief Knew Everything
By Fu Longshan Yan’an’s myth of self-reliance—and the reality of financial collapse In the Chinese Communist Party’s official historiography, Yan’an in the 1940s is portrayed as a beacon of “self-reliance” and revolutionary virtue. In reality,...
Beijing’s Cross–Strait Think Tank Forum Triggers Taiwan Backlash Over Alleged Defense Trade-Offs
By Lu Yixin A “Cross–Strait Exchange and Cooperation Prospects Forum,” jointly organized by think tanks affiliated with Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT)—the island’s main opposition party—and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China’s ruling party, is scheduled to...
Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli Accused of ‘Splitting the Central Military Commission’ as PLA Responses Remains Muted
By Li Deyan On the evening that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were officially announced to have fallen from power, the People's Liberation Amry (PLA) Daily newspaper published an editorial accusing the two senior officers...
Blood Under the Monastery: Kumbum Monastery and the Beginning of a Tibetan Buddhist Catastrophe
By Xiao Guang The sky above the Tibetan plateau stretches so wide it commands reverence. Fierce winds tear white clouds into strange forms. At times they resemble a snow leopard mid-stride. At others, the flowing...
Tougher Fines, Stricter Rules: New York Driving Laws Change in 2026
New York drivers can expect to face tougher penalties under a revamped state DMV point system set to take effect this February, with higher point values for common violations and an easier path to license...
Hong Kong Official Removed as Government Denies Rumors of Senior-Level Shake-Up
By Lu Yixin Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said on Jan. 27 that Tsang Kwok-wai, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, had stepped down due to health reasons, rejecting speculation that his departure was...