Vision Times Staff
Empty Seats at Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Raise Question: Who Controls Art?
By Li Honglin On Nov. 29, Shanghai’s largest indoor arena lit up exactly as planned. The stage was set, the lighting board humming, nearly two hundred Chinese and Japanese staff moving through familiar pre-show rhythms....
FBI Arrests Suspect in January 6 Pipe Bomb Plot
By Gao Yun On Thursday, Dec. 4, the FBI arrested Brian Cole, a suspect accused of placing pipe bombs on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. The case, which has baffled...
Anti-China Protests Rock South Korea as Ex-President Sounds Alarm
By Yang Tianzi South Korea marked the first anniversary of its martial-law crisis with a statement that immediately reignited political tensions. From a small cell in the Seoul Detention Center, former president Yoon Suk-yeol accused...
Rubio: Florida Talks With Ukraine ‘Productive’ as Zelensky Seeks France’s Support
By Yang Tianzi A high-stakes round of negotiations in Florida has drawn global attention as the Russia–Ukraine war approaches its fourth year. Following the meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the discussions with...
Whistleblower Alleges Anti-Aging Trade Behind Forced Pregnancies in Southeast Asia Scam Parks
In late 2025, a masked speaker appeared in a video shared across Chinese-language social media. He claimed to be an undercover activist familiar with criminal networks that traffic people into cyberfraud centers in Southeast Asia....
Why Mao Feared Huang Wanli: The ‘Chosen Rightist’ Who Refused to Break
China’s Anti-Rightist Campaign swallowed more than half a million intellectuals, but very few left a mark as sharply as Huang Wanli. On paper, he was just one more name on Mao’s rightist blacklist. In reality,...
The Talking Mongoose of the Isle of Man: The Enduring Mystery of Gef
Most villages have their own folklore, but few stories linger the way the tale of Gef does on the Isle of Man. In the quiet settlement of Dalby nearly a century ago, a family claimed...
The Political Fragmentation Inside Xi Jinping’s China
China often presents its political system as unified and disciplined, guided from the top down by a strong central leadership. Yet the internal dynamics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are far more complex. Power...
Xi Jinping Mocked Online as ‘Mandate Has Ended’ Trend Spreads
By Li Muzi Chinese social media users appear increasingly vocal. Over recent days, posts on mainland platforms have featured phrases such as “the trend has run its course” and “its mandate has ended,” along with...
How Chiang Kai-shek Turned Taiwan Into the Guardian of Chinese Civilization
A quiet mountain, a philosophical calling North of Taipei rises a quiet, mist-covered peak once known as Grass Mountain. After retreating to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek chose this place as his residence and renamed it Yangmingshan,...
Xi Jinping’s Inner Circle Under Scrutiny as Key Loyalists Disappear From View
By Li Jingyao For months, rumblings inside Beijing’s political establishment have been growing louder. This week, those tremors surfaced publicly after the Communist Party’s Politburo held a meeting and study session on Nov. 28—an event...
China’s Flu Wave Overwhelms Hospitals as Netizens Claim ‘It’s Actually COVID-19’
By Li Muzi China’s flu outbreak is intensifying, with multiple provinces moving into high-transmission periods. Beijing has now officially entered its peak flu season, and doctors say the virus is spreading beyond school-aged children to...