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China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala Replaced Performers with Robots, and Millions Refused to Watch
The Chinese Communist Party's flagship television network made a revealing choice for the most-watched broadcast of the year: it filled the 2026 Lunar New Year gala with dancing robots, AI demonstrations, and a skit instructing...
Xi Jinping’s Chinese New Year Speech Signals Retreat as Every Top Retired Leader Skips the Party’s Annual Gathering
Stone-faced officials turned a holiday celebration into a wake On Feb. 14, the Party held its annual Spring Festival reception in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Li Qiang, the CCP's prime minister, presided over...
From Tragedy to Triumph: How a Shen Yun Dancer Honors Her Father’s Memory Through Dance
By Meng Hao, Vision Times On the world-class stages of Shen Yun Performing Arts’ 2026 global tour, a Chinese classical dancer leaps into the air with precision and strength, completing the demanding dance technique known...
Constitutional Change Back on the Table as Japan Moves Toward a New Security Era
By Xiao Ran, Commentary A major political shift is unfolding in Japan, with analysts suggesting the country may be entering a new era of constitutional debate and expanded regional security responsibility. According to results from...
Reflections in Time: A Heaven of Blooming Flowers
By Yvonne Healthwise On gentle, breezy days, a season of beauty moves lightly through the world. I cherish the loveliness of life, because life reveals itself through motion. I love the fresh air of early...
‘Fail to Preserve Vital Energy in Winter, Fall Sick in Spring:’ What Does ‘Preserve Vital Energy’ Mean?
By Sen Ge Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) places great emphasis on winter wellness. The Huangdi Neijing (Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor) states: “Fail to preserve vital energy in winter, and you will fall ill...
Three Winter Wellness Recipes: How to Cook Nourishing and Naturally Sweet Soups
By Yang Meiyu When the weather turns cold, the body’s metabolism and blood circulation tend to slow down. Traditional Chinese medicine considers winter the best season to nourish and conserve vital energy, warning that without...
Xi Jinping Under Growing Pressure as Military Distrust Rises and Taiwan War Risks Fade
By Wu Jialong Reports surrounding the alleged detention of Zhang Youxia remain clouded by uncertainty. I remain deeply skeptical that Xi Jinping has successfully taken Zhang into custody. It is equally plausible that Zhang has...
China’s Power Struggle Breaks Open: Why Beijing ‘Failed’ to Oust Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli
Commentary by Li Deyan The most recent meeting of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee ended in a political anticlimax—and in doing so, revealed something far more consequential. Despite intense speculation and clear institutional...
The Axial Age: A Once-in-History Alignment of Minds
When humanity looks back across the vast sweep of its own history, one unsettling pattern repeatedly emerges. Certain events appear so improbable, and recur with such frequency, that it becomes difficult to explain them away...
Clawdbot and the Quiet Outsourcing of Human Agency
By TukiFromKL Yesterday, it took me ten minutes and a single command line to install Clawdbot. For five dollars a month on a server, I now have an artificial intelligence (AI) driven assistant living inside...
Plum Blossoms at the Turning of Spring: Eight Classical Poems and the Spirit of Renewal at Lichun 2026
By Chen Jing Today marks Lichun, the beginning of spring. The east wind loosens the ice. Though the chill of late winter has not yet faded, the air between heaven and earth has already shifted....