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America The Faithful – 250 Years of ‘One Nation, Under God’

On the occasion of our national holidays, we are often called to remember what America stands for, and to honor those who made great sacrifices for the liberties that we

Xi Jinping Cannot Afford to Lose Taiwan. But Can He Afford to Win It?

Commentary by Christian, Vision Times History offers a warning to leaders who stake their reputations on reclaiming a contested piece of territory. After retreating to Taiwan in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek
Konghou (箜篌): The Lost Ancient Chinese Harp Preserved in Japan
Ming Dynasty painter Qiu Ying painting of ancient Chinese women playing konghou extinct ancient harp
June Fourth Survivor Li Shuangde Recounts Being Wounded and Rescued by Beijing Residents
A Chinese Law Student Who Joined the 1989 Tiananmen Hunger Strike Recalls the Six Weeks That Led to the Massacre
The Great Flood in Ancient Greek Myth: A Story That Matches the Bible and Ancient China
The Fiction That Predicted The Titanic: Coincidence Or Warning?
How Confucian Philosophy Helped Influence Early America’s Democracy and Ideals
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...