China’s Zhang Youxia Emerges as De Facto Power Center Amid Nationwide Drills
By Li Jingyao, Vision Times On Jan. 4, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military launched its annual...
Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount’s $108B Hostile Takeover Bid
By Tian Jingxin On Jan. 7, a pivotal moment occurred in what is considered one of the most intense...
Pilot Missing After Taiwan F-16V Falls Into Sea During Routine Flight
On Jan. 6, a single-seat Air Force F-16V fighter jet, tail number 6700, crashed into the sea off Fengbin...
US Captures Sanctioned Tanker ‘Bella 1’ in North Atlantic
According to a message posted on social media by the U.S. European Command on the morning of Jan.7, the...
Unraveling the Mystery of Chinese Medicinal Herbs: Angelica Root (當歸 Dang Gui)
The Earth holds many mysteries, and medicinal roots are not the least of them. Among the traditional Chinese herbs, angelica root (當歸 dang gui) is considered a foundational botanical. It has long served as a...
Senior Xi Ally Ma Xingrui Vanishes as Purges Spread in China
By Li Jingyao In the weeks following the Chinese Communist Party’s Fourth Plenum, a series of unusual developments in Beijing began to draw heightened attention from political observers, particularly those tracking elite power dynamics. Within...
‘Operation Absolute Resolve:’ Inside the US Military’s Secret Plan to Capture Venezuela’s Maduro
By Yang Tianzi In the early hours of Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a set of images on social media that sent shockwaves through global politics. The photos showed American troops escorting...
China Suffers Major Setback in LATAM Energy Push as Sino-US Rift Widens
By Meng Hao, Vision Times In the early hours of Jan. 3, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and transferred them to New York to stand trial. The pair...
Beijing’s Year-End Military Drills Around Taiwan Signal Coercion, Not Confidence
By Li Zexu, Vision Times As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wrapped up 2025 with large-scale military drills encircling Taiwan, European scholars say the maneuvers were less about preparing for an invasion and more about...
Is Ma Xingrui the Next to Fall? Inside Beijing’s Three-Stage Purge Playbook
By Li Jingyao, Vision Times Rumors are swirling that a major Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “big tiger” figure could fall in 2026, with multiple sources pointing to Ma Xingrui, a longtime confidant of Chinese President...
US Military Escorts Maduro to NY Trial as Drug Trafficking Charges Come Into Focus
By Yang Tianzi, Vision Times The U.S. military’s surprise operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and transport him, along with his wife Cilia Flores, to New York for trial has sent shockwaves through the...
Silver Prices Hit Record Highs, Outpacing Gold as Buying Frenzy Sweeps China
By mid-December 2025, silver had become the metal no one could ignore. Prices were rising fast enough to outshine gold, the traditional anchor of the precious-metals world, and the move was pulling in new buyers...