China’s 280 Million Gig Workers: What the Official Numbers Hide About the Jobs Crisis
The China New Employment Forms Research Center, a semi-official think tank co-founded by Capital University of Economics and Business and the China Employment Promotion Association, both operating within the orbit of China's Ministry of Human...
Honduras Faces Economic Challenges After Diplomatic Shift From Taiwan to Communist China
The Central American nation Honduras, which severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2023, is by many accounts failing to receive the economic benefits promised by Beijing after switching diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of...
Argentina’s $10 Billion Paraná Waterway Bid Draws Scrutiny Over Chinese, US Influence
The Argentine government on June 4 issued a preliminary award for a major river dredging contract to a Belgian company and its local partner, which has previously worked with a Chinese state-owned dredging firm. The...
37th Anniversary of June 4th Tiananmen Massacre Commemorated Before Chinese Embassy in Washington
As reported by The Epoch Times, to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the 1989 democracy movement and Tiananmen Massacre of that year's June 4, several groups including the Chinese Students and Scholars Federation (overseas), the...
Thomas Pauken II’s Guilty Plea Shows How the CCP Recruits and Runs Western Assets
News analysis When U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Thomas Weir Pauken II at Washington Dulles International Airport in January 2025, they found him carrying two cellphones, a laptop and $3,000 in cash, according...
KMT Proposal That Would Allow Chinese Citizens to Hold Office in Taiwan Draws Security Concerns
Taiwan's Kuomintang party, or KMT, which holds an opposition-majority in the government's parliament, has introduced a draft amendment to the Nationality Act, spurring fresh controversy and concern about the island's security in the face of...
A Chinese Law Student Who Joined the 1989 Tiananmen Hunger Strike Recalls the Six Weeks That Led to the Massacre
Beijing students took to the streets within days of Hu Yaobang's death On April 15, 1989, Hu Yaobang died. Hu had served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party before being forced out in...
Taiwan Stock Market Overtakes India as AI Draws Capital, Wars Hurt Import-Dependent Economies: Experts
The Iran war and the AI boom are affecting global economies in different ways, creating new market trends and helping explain why Taiwan overtook India in stock market valuation last week, experts say. Driven by...
US Lawmakers Honor Falun Dafa Practitioners at AAPI Heritage Month Event
WASHINGTON D.C. — On May 21, local leaders, members of Congress, and community advocates from across Virginia and the greater Washington area gathered to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month...
Xi-Putin Summit Underscores China-Russia Push for Multipolar World Order: Reports
Just days after the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a high-profile bilateral summit in the Chinese capital on May 19 and 20. According to several expert...
Threat Campaign Against Shen Yun Spanning 6 Countries Linked to China-Based Email
By Jin Yan, Vision Times A coordinated campaign of bomb threats, death threats, and psychological intimidation targeting Shen Yun Performing Arts and other groups associated with the Falun Gong faith group across six countries has...
2026 Super El Niño Could Worsen Global Supply Disruptions and Food Insecurity
A powerful El Niño weather pattern associated with rising global temperatures and severe climate disruptions is expected to develop this year, leading to worries that the event — possibly the strongest since 1877 — could...