Nuclear Shadows in Prehistory: What Ancient Ruins Reveal
For more than a century, scattered archaeological finds have hinted at a past far stranger—and perhaps...
China’s Absurd New Reality: Where Loyalty and Honesty Are Both Punished
In recent weeks, China’s internet has been roiled by a new wave of turbulence. Within days, two of the...
Zhou Enlai and the Famine Beijing Chose to Ignore
By Yitian In the China of the early 1960s, famine was not a rumor-it was a landscape. Villages emptied...
New Middletown Hosts Second ‘Santa Special Patrol’ With Middletown Police
The historic Tompkin’s Building on North Street in Middletown, New York, came alive with laughter and...
Lan Tianli’s Fall Exposes the Limits of Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive
By Jintao Paian Beijing had spent months hinting at a sweeping campaign that would curb the influence of powerful provincial networks. Yet when the CCDI abruptly announced that Guangxi’s vice Party secretary and regional governor...
Princess Wencheng’s Journey Along the Tea-Horse Road
By Xiao Jing A line from a Yuan-dynasty drama echoes across centuries: “Managing a household begins with seven necessities—firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.” The list captures the pulse of ordinary life,...
China’s Sudden Naval Surge Raises Taiwan War Fears
By Jian Yi More than one hundred Chinese naval and coast guard vessels appeared across East Asian waters in recent days, a deployment so abrupt and so large that it reignited fears of a looming...
Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s in Global First
By Yang Tianzi, Wendy Xue Australia is set to implement one of the world’s toughest online-safety laws, becoming the first country to fully prohibit anyone under the age of 16 from accessing social-media platforms. The...
Seven Assassination Attempts: How Deng Xiaoping Survived Mao-Era Plots
By Longshan Fu From the 1960s through the late 1980s, Deng Xiaoping, China’s reform architect and former paramount leader, reportedly survived seven assassination attempts—many believed to have been orchestrated by Mao Zedong and his inner...
Guangdong Parents Outraged as Schools Draw Children’s Blood Without Consent
By Li Muzi, Wendy XueAmid heightened public anxiety over the Chinese Communist Party’s organ-harvesting scandals, parents in Guangdong province were outraged following two separate incidents involving elementary schools: one in Guangzhou that drew students’ blood...
Putin Holds Five-Hour Meeting on Trump’s 27-Point Ukraine Plan
A pivotal round of diplomacy unfolded in Moscow this week as Russian President Vladimir Putin held nearly five hours of closed-door talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. The...
Epstein Island Footage Released Following Trump Declassification
By Yang Tianzi A new batch of photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island has been released by Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, offering the most revealing look yet inside the U.S....