Vision Times Staff
Greenland Controversy Highlights Europe’s Security Dilemma
By Yang Tianzi NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a tough message to the European Parliament on Jan. 26, sending shockwaves through transatlantic relations, which have recently been unsettled due to the Greenland sovereignty controversy....
The Soviet Union’s 1991 Collapse, Told Through Its Most Embarrassing Moments
By He Zi When people think of the Soviet Union’s collapse, they often picture the fall of the Iron Curtain or the grand chessboard of great-power rivalry. But zoom in closer and the scene looks...
Alex Honnold Free-Solos Taipei 101 in Netflix Global Livestream
By Li Zexu American free-solo climbing star Alex Honnold successfully completed a bare-handed solo climb of Taipei 101 on Jan. 25, under global live broadcast coverage by the streaming platform Netflix. The feat not only...
Who Comes After Zhang Youxia? Inside Xi Jinping’s Military Purge and Power Consolidation
By Meng Hao Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Military Commission (CMC), has been placed under investigation on suspicion of serious disciplinary and legal violations and is subject to mandatory supervisory...
Exclusive: CCTV’s Historical Allegory Signals Elite Disquiet Over Xi Jinping’s Military Purge
By Jian Yi A broadcast that landed like a signal News of the downfall of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli detonated across Chinese-language networks, unleashing a wave of speculation and anxiety about the direction of...
‘Beijing Sealed:’ Highways Shut, Navigation Blacked Out as PLA Purge Deepens
By Li Muzi Highways cleared, navigation disabled In the days following reports that Xi Jinping ordered the arrest of Zhang Youxia—Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (the Chinese Communist Party’s supreme military authority)—and Liu...
The True ‘Two-Faced Man:’ How Lin Biao Was Eliminated Through a Bureaucratic Killing
By Fu Longshan Lin Biao’s death was not an accident, nor a failed escape Lin Biao did not die because a defection went wrong. He was eliminated. The Sept. 13, 1971, plane crash was not...
Zhang Youxia’s Secret Detention Exposes Deepening Crisis Inside China’s Military
By Li Deyan A sudden arrest, a shaken military Information emerging from Beijing indicates that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli—two of the most senior figures in China’s military—have been secretly detained at highly guarded locations,...
Zhang Youxia Under Investigation: Xi Jinping’s Growing Focus on ‘Insiders’
By Du Zheng On Jan. 24, the Chinese Communist Party announced investigations into Politburo member and Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, along with Liu Zhenli, chief of the CMC’s Joint Staff Department, confirming...
Trump Says US Raid in Venezuela Captured Maduro Using Secret ‘Discombobulator’ Weapon
By Gao Yun U.S. President Trump recently told the New York Post that the U.S. military carried out a surprise raid in Venezuela in January of this year and successfully captured dictator Nicolás Maduro and...
Toyota Bets on Solid-State Batteries to Redefine EV Industry
As global competition in the electric vehicle (EV) industry enters deeper waters, Toyota is quietly making breakthroughs in solid state batteries, a core technology that could reshape the industry. In recent monthsm Toyota’s top management...
Pope Leo XIV Warns Generative AI Is Undermining Human Identity and Social Relationships
By Yang Tianzi As much of the world celebrates the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence, a sharply different message has come from the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, has warned that...