China’s Economic Rise Loses Momentum as Global GDP Share Declines
By Cheng Jinglian, Vision Times Since Xi Jinping came to power, the slogan “the East is rising while...
Taiwan Lawmakers Seek Emergency Briefing as Trump-Xi Talks Fuel Security Concerns
Taiwan’s opposition parties have jointly called for a special legislative briefing on May 21 (Thursday...
Trump Administration Suspends US-Canada Defense Board Amid Growing Tensions
By Li Xin, Vision Times The Trump administration has formally suspended U.S. participation in the...
US Centralizes Ebola Screening at Dulles Airport Amid Travel Restrictions
To prevent the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries from...
Ancient Chinese Wedding Rituals the Modern World Left Behind
Walk into almost any Chinese wedding today and you will see white gowns, Western style vows, and a bouquet toss, customs that now feel ordinary even though they were once entirely absent from traditional Chinese...
China’s Five Sacred Creatures and What They Actually Meant
The dragon: lord of transformation, emblem of imperial power The Shuowen Jiezi, the Han dynasty's great etymological dictionary compiled around 100 CE, describes the dragon as "the lord of scaly creatures," able to be dark...
NYC Doubles Sixth Avenue Bike Lane Width Ahead of 2026 World Cup
According to city authorities, daily cycling crossings on East River bridges hit a record 29,000 trips in 2025, nearly 18 times the 1980 figure. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup bringing millions of visitors to...
How Beijing’s Character Simplification Campaign Severed China from Its Own Civilization
Look carefully at two versions of the same character. The first is 愛, the traditional form of the Chinese word for love. At its center sits 心, the character for heart, whole and unmistakable. The...
How Mao Zedong’s Four Policies Starved Tens of Millions: A Survivor’s Account
Decades after the Great Famine of 1959 to 1961 killed an estimated 36 million people, most Chinese under fifty have never been told it happened. A survivor from one of the worst-affected counties in Anhui...
Thomas Massie, Trump’s Most Persistent Republican Critic in the House, Loses Kentucky Primary
Rep. Thomas Massie conceded the Republican primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District on the evening of Tuesday, May 19, ending a fourteen-year run in Congress that had made him one of the most recognizable contrarians...
Closing Arguments End in Hong Kong Trial of Tiananmen Vigil Organizers
A Hong Kong court concluded closing arguments on Tuesday, May 19 in the national security trial of two former organizers of the city's annual vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The three-judge panel said...
India-Nordic Summit: $100 Billion Trade Framework to Boost Tech, Green Transition and Arctic Cooperation
Leaders from five Nordic countries — Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark — met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Indian officials in Oslo on May 19 to deepen strategic and economic ties...