Allegations Link Ma Xingrui to 300 Billion Yuan Scheme That Plundered Xinjiang’s Finances
By Li Deyan, Vision Times New leaks claim that the corruption case surrounding former Xinjiang Party...
China’s Most Powerful Mistress: How Li Wei Ensnared a Network of CCP Officials
By Li Muzi, Vision Times In June 2007, former Sinopec president Chen Tonghai was investigated for...
Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Questioned as Survivors Say Entire Floors ‘Vanished’
By Cai Siyun, Vision Times Though Hong Kong authorities maintain that 159 people died in the Nov....
China’s Bullying of Japan Backfires, Exposing Beijing’s Coercive Diplomacy: WSJ
On Dec. 2, "The Wall Street Journal" published a sharply-worded editorial titled: “The Lesson of China's...
‘Where Has Everyone Gone?’ Shanghai’s Economic Slowdown Grows
Shanghai is experiencing an economic downturn that many residents describe as the most severe in decades. Accounts shared online depict a city where confidence has evaporated, incomes are shrinking, and survival—rather than ambition—now dominates daily...
Top US Universities Named for AI Ties to CCP Surveillance Labs
By Gao Yun A new research report finds that several top U.S. universities—including MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton—have maintained cooperative relationships in recent years with Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories that are deeply involved in...
Paramount Skydance Launches Hostile $74 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
According to NBC, Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) after losing out in a months-long bidding war with Netflix. Paramount Skydance plans to make a direct, all-cash offer...
Japan’s ‘Understand and Respect’ Remarks on Taiwan: What Takaichi Really Meant
Japan’s recent parliamentary exchanges have reignited debate over a single diplomatic phrase—one that has shaped East Asian politics for more than half a century. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s reaffirmation that Tokyo “understands and respects” China’s...
The Chinese Vice President Han Zheng’s New Absence Is Not a Defection to Russia
By Li Deyan Chinese vice president Han Zheng has not appeared in public since early November, a silence long enough to ignite familiar speculation—from illness to internal investigations to outright defection. Online chatter even placed...
US Ends Engagement Era: Anti-Communism Week Signals Strategic Reset on China
By Meng Hao The United States has upended three decades of China policy in less than a month—and Beijing didn’t see it coming. In early November, the Trump administration quietly designated Nov. 2–8 as “Anti-Communism...
Did a ‘Seven-Pillar Sacrifice’ Cause the Hung Fuk Court Tragedy?
By Cai Siyun On the afternoon of Nov. 26, a fire ripped through Hong Kong’s Hung Fuk Court, igniting not one but seven residential towers in rapid succession. Even in a city accustomed to high-rise...
Frugality, Luxury, and Legacy: How Screens Shaped Imperial China
By Dai Dongni Screens are among the oldest forms of furniture in Chinese civilization, appearing as early as the Western Zhou period. Originally known as di, they stood behind the seat of the king—an emblem...