Taiwan Promotes ‘2P1R’ Strategy to Strengthen Democratic Defenses Against Transnational Repression
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently held its first “International Symposium on Countering Transnational...
Chinese Influencer Cut Off Mid-Livestream After Exposing Cambodian Scam Operation
Last month, Chinese influencer, Umi, who is in her 20’s, was sharing via livestream how she was tricked...
‘Serving the People:’ Chinese Netizens Name CCP Slogans When Asked the Biggest Lie They Know
A Guangdong blogger's throwaway question set off one of the more striking displays of public cynicism...
China’s Major Banks Freeze Loans to Iran-Linked Refineries as US Sanctions Bite
China's financial regulators have quietly instructed the country's largest state banks to stop extending...
Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day With Major Parade in Tokyo
By Li Yiming and Dan Dan, Vision Times On May 10, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, and across Japan gathered in Tokyo’s famous Asakusa district for a large-scale...
Xi’s Former Defense Chiefs Accused of Derailing Taiwan Invasion Ambitions
On May 7, a Chinese military court announced suspended death sentences for former Chinese Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, a development widely viewed as one of the harshest military purges under Chinese Communist...
Batam Island Celebrates World Falun Dafa Day With International Gathering
By Aaron Ji, Vision Times On May 2, Falun Dafa practitioners from Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia gathered on Batam Island to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day, marking the 27th annual observance of the event while...
‘Absolutely Gorgeous’: Shen Yun Brings Beauty, Tradition, and Hope to Stamford
Interviews by Ryan Wu and Julie Wang STAMFORD, Connecticut — On May 10, Shen Yun Performing Arts wrapped up a five show run at the prestigious Palace Theater in Stamford. Audiences gave enthusiastic reviews after...
Trump Says US Will ‘Eventually Obtain’ Iran’s Nuclear Materials, Warns of Space Force Surveillance
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, May 10 again made a strong statement on Iran’s nuclear issue. He said the United States will ultimately obtain Iran’s remaining enriched uranium and other nuclear materials, and warned...
Bessent to Visit Japan and South Korea Ahead of Trump–Xi Summit in Beijing
According to Dawn, on May 10, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that ahead of the upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, he will first visit Japan...
Hong Kong Rewrites Colonial History in School Textbooks, Replacing ‘Ceded’ With ‘Forcibly Occupied’
According to the Central News Agency, Hong Kong's school publishers have overhauled their junior secondary Chinese history textbooks for 2026, scrubbing language that described the Qing dynasty voluntarily ceding territory to Britain and replacing it...
Poll Says Over 68 Percent Taiwanese Don’t Want ‘Peaceful Unification, One Country, Two Systems’ With China
A recent poll released by My-Formosa (Formosa Electronic News) (美丽岛电子报) showed that more than 68 percent of respondents would not accept a “peaceful unification, one country, two systems” arrangement with China while about 4 million...