Vision Times Staff
US Officially Withdraws from WHO, Citing Governance Failures
Tian Jingxin On Jan. 22, the United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO). This major diplomatic decision marks a fundamental shift in the long-standing U.S.-WHO relationship and has drawn wide attention in...
Arctic Blast Sends US Natural Gas Prices Surging Over 60%
By Tian Jingxin With extreme Arctic cold set to sweep across much of the United States, U.S. natural gas prices have surged sharply in recent days, capturing the attention of both markets and households. With...
China Tightens Exit Controls as Passport Confiscation Extends to Ordinary Citizens
By Cai Siyun For years, Chinese authorities have required government officials at the section-chief level and above to surrender their passports for centralized management. In recent weeks, similar controls have begun extending to ordinary citizens,...
Taiwan on the Chessboard: What Russia’s ‘Support for China’ Really Signals
By Liu Guangtao Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s blunt remark to Russia’s state news agency TASS — that “if Taiwan faces trouble, Russia will support China on issues of national unity and territorial integrity” —...
Inner Mongolia’s Baogang Steel Plant Explosion Kills 2, Leaves 8 Missing and 84 Injured
By Li Muzi An explosion struck a steel plate plant operated by a state-controlled company in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, on Jan. 18, sending a mushroom cloud into the air and producing shockwaves felt across surrounding...
US Taxpayers Must File New Schedule 1-A in 2026 to Claim ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Tax Breaks
By Tian Jingxin The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that the 2026 tax filing season will officially begin on Jan. 26, with taxpayers required to file and pay their 2025 federal income taxes...
Canada PM Carney’s ‘New World Order’ Remarks in Beijing Trigger National Security Debate
By Li Ting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to China from Jan. 14 to 17, during which he announced the establishment of a “new strategic partnership” with Beijing, has triggered a fierce domestic debate...
Helicopter Activity at Chinese Hospitals Prompts Online Speculation Over Organ Harvesting
By Li Muzi Allegations related to organ harvesting in China, long the subject of international scrutiny, have drawn renewed attention among mainland internet users following the appearance of helicopters at or near hospitals and university...
Zhang Youxia Reportedly Detained, Signaling Deeper Xi-Led PLA Purge
By Li Jingyao Rumors swirl over the detention of Zhang Youxia In recent days, rumors that Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC)—the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) highest military decision-making body—has been...
From Party Sword to Oligarchs: How the KGB Reinvented Itself After the USSR
By Fu Longshan To understand how the KGB—the Soviet Committee for State Security (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti)—executed its “elegant” transformation from a Communist Party “sword” into an economic oligarchy controlling Russia’s destiny, one cannot rely on...
Trump’s Peace Committee Gains Seven Muslim Nations Amid Gaza Ceasefire Effort
By Yang Tianzi The “Peace Committee” initiative led by U.S. President Donald Trump has recently drawn widespread attention in the international community. According to a newly released joint statement, seven countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey,...
Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine Could Be ‘Very Close,’ Says Trump
By Gao Yun U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, Jan. 21 that he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Switzerland, adding that Russia and Ukraine have reached a point where a peace...