CHINA
Nanjing activist Shi Tingfu, known as the first person in China’s street protests to publicly give speeches urging people to “Never Forget June 4,” is 67 years old. A human rights defender, Shi actively supported the 1989 student movement and later became a practitioner of street activism during his rights-defense
How Beijing’s Character Simplification Campaign Severed China from Its Own Civilization
Look carefully at two versions of the same character. The first is 愛, the traditional form of the Chinese...
How Mao Zedong’s Four Policies Starved Tens of Millions: A Survivor’s Account
Decades after the Great Famine of 1959 to 1961 killed an estimated 36 million people, most Chinese under...
Closing Arguments End in Hong Kong Trial of Tiananmen Vigil Organizers
A Hong Kong court concluded closing arguments on Tuesday, May 19 in the national security trial of two...
Beijing Views Religious Freedom as a Threat to Communist Rule: Sam Brownback
By Cao Ming and Xiao Min, Vision Times Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious...
Trump’s Taiwan Strategy Faces New Test as Beijing Turns Up the Pressure
By Meng Hao, Vision Times On May 13-15, U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing for high-level...
Bloomberg Identifies 81 Chinese Firms in Beijing’s Record Missile Buildup
A Bloomberg analysis published Tuesday, May 12, 2026, identified 81 publicly listed Chinese companies...
Xi Personally Welcomed Rubio in Beijing Despite Having Sanctioned Him in 2020
In full view of the international press, Chinese leader Xi Jinping personally shook hands with U.S. Secretary...
Why Xi Keeps Invoking the ‘Thucydides Trap’ With Trump
When Xi Jinping opened his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14, 2026, his first...
Taiwan April Export Orders Jump 48.1% on AI Boom, Hit Record High
According to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, benefiting from strong AI demand, Taiwan’s export...