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‘Black May Riots’ in Indonesia: Anti-Chinese Violence That Shook the World

From May 13 to 16, 1998, Indonesia experienced anti-Chinese riots that shocked the world; riots also known as the “Black May Riots.” Under pressure from international public opinion, on Nov.

Oxford Research Reveals Sahara’s Ancient Monsoon System Was Far Stronger Than Previously Thought

Deep within today’s vast and desolate Sahara Desert, scientists have uncovered a long-buried natural record. Mineral deposits in a remote cave reveal a world entirely different from the present—one that
Communism: The Ideology That Turns Envy Into a Political Weapon
Queen Victoria: How She Transformed the British Monarchy and Shaped Modern Britain
Stalin’s Sanatorium: How Fifteen Communist Leaders Died on Soviet Soil
Of Body and Mind: The Medicinal and Philosophical Wonders of Avicenna
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Japan Moved by the Lost Heritage Displayed in Shen Yun Performances: ‘I Truly Long to See a China Like This’
A World War II Love Letter Hidden in a Vinyl Record Resurfaced 70 Years Later
Bo Yibo’s Warning to Zhao Ziyang
The Sentence That Altered 1989: Bo Yibo’s Warning to Zhao Ziyang
By Longshan Fu In the spring of 1989—weeks before tanks rolled into Beijing—China’s top leaders gathered...
When a Desperate Escape to Taiwan Ended in a Fatal Shootdown
By Yifan Yang In the turbulent decades following 1949, a number of Chinese Communist troops attempted...
Secret Tiananmen Trial Video Surfaces After 34 Years
In 1989, as the Tiananmen Square protests swept across Beijing, the Chinese military ordered its elite...
Xi Honors Hu Yaobang’s 110th Anniversary Amid Sea of Stone-Faced ‘Red Elites’
By Jiantao Paian, Vision Times On Nov. 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a high-profile symposium...
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12 True Stories From History That Are Stranger Than Fiction
Throughout human history, some stories seem unbelievable, yet they really happened. They are recorded...
A Divine Dream and a Doomed Official: The Prophecy of Li Ruoshui Before the Fall of the Northern Song
Li Ruoshui, originally named Ruobing and courtesy name Qingqing, was a high-ranking official during the...
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US Navy and Marines 250th Anniversary Homecoming Events in Philadelphia
In honor of the US Navy and Marines 250th anniversary last week, Philly was flooded with celebratory...
10 Astonishing True Stories From History That Prove Reality Is Stranger Than Fiction
By Gao Yun, Vision Times History is full of epic events and grand figures, but tucked between its...
From Democracy Wall to Secret Executions: Yang Shangkun’s Diary on Hu and Deng
Recently unearthed excerpts from "Yang Shangkun’s Diary" shed new light on private conversations between...