Vision Times Staff
Zhou Enlai and the Famine Beijing Chose to Ignore
By Yitian In the China of the early 1960s, famine was not a rumor-it was a landscape. Villages emptied out. Families collapsed. Entire counties disappeared from census rolls. And in the middle of this devastation,...
Lan Tianli’s Fall Exposes the Limits of Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive
By Jintao Paian Beijing had spent months hinting at a sweeping campaign that would curb the influence of powerful provincial networks. Yet when the CCDI abruptly announced that Guangxi’s vice Party secretary and regional governor...
Princess Wencheng’s Journey Along the Tea-Horse Road
By Xiao Jing A line from a Yuan-dynasty drama echoes across centuries: “Managing a household begins with seven necessities—firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.” The list captures the pulse of ordinary life,...
China’s Sudden Naval Surge Raises Taiwan War Fears
By Jian Yi More than one hundred Chinese naval and coast guard vessels appeared across East Asian waters in recent days, a deployment so abrupt and so large that it reignited fears of a looming...
Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s in Global First
By Yang Tianzi, Wendy Xue Australia is set to implement one of the world’s toughest online-safety laws, becoming the first country to fully prohibit anyone under the age of 16 from accessing social-media platforms. The...
Seven Assassination Attempts: How Deng Xiaoping Survived Mao-Era Plots
By Longshan Fu From the 1960s through the late 1980s, Deng Xiaoping, China’s reform architect and former paramount leader, reportedly survived seven assassination attempts—many believed to have been orchestrated by Mao Zedong and his inner...
Guangdong Parents Outraged as Schools Draw Children’s Blood Without Consent
By Li Muzi, Wendy XueAmid heightened public anxiety over the Chinese Communist Party’s organ-harvesting scandals, parents in Guangdong province were outraged following two separate incidents involving elementary schools: one in Guangzhou that drew students’ blood...
Epstein Island Footage Released Following Trump Declassification
By Yang Tianzi A new batch of photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island has been released by Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, offering the most revealing look yet inside the U.S....
Xi Revives ‘Self-Revolution’ Rhetoric as Fears of Instability Grow
By Li Jingyao Chinese leader Xi Jinping is once again relying on some of the Communist Party’s harshest political metaphors, urging officials to intensify internal discipline and “scrape poison from the bone.” Analysts say the...
How a Simple Bowl of Millet Congee Became a Remedy for Healing the Stomach
In a long-standing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic in Taipei, Dr. Ho Yung-cheng has spent more than three decades treating digestive illnesses. “When I first started, almost everyone had a long scar across the abdomen,”...
Nie Rongzhen: The Marshal Who Quietly Shaped the 1976 Power Struggle
By He Zi When the story of the Gang of Four’s downfall is told, the script almost always centers on Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, and the elite 8341 guards who carried out the arrests. Yet...
National Guard Shooting: New Details Emerge
By Gao Yun Newly released investigative files reveal disturbing details about last week’s shooting near the White House that targeted two National Guard members on duty. Both service members were shot in the head. One...