Utah has signed into law a bill to combat the Chinese regime’s horrific practice of forced organ harvesting, making it the second U.S. state to take legislative action against the abuse. As of May 1, it will be illegal in the state for health insurance providers to cover organ transplant or post-transplant care from China […]
CHICAGO—U.S. lawmakers are raising concerns and calling for an investigation into a U.S. customs officer who used Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hate propaganda in his official capacity against artists belonging to the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts. “Espousing Chinese Communist Party propaganda, and coercion and intimidation as an official U.S. government action—that’s exceptional,” Rep. […]
Lawmakers leading a House panel on China are telling TikTok to stop its campaign to have users lobby Congress against measures meant to rid the app of its influence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a letter to the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform, the chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, Rep. Mike […]
A former Google software engineer has been indicted on charges of stealing artificial intelligence-related trade secrets while working for Chinese competitors seeking to gain an edge in the AI race. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national who also goes by Leon, was charged by a federal grand jury in San Francisco with four counts of trade […]
The investigation into the death of Angela Chao, sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), remains ongoing, officials confirmed on March 4. The 50-year-old CEO of Foremost Group, a New York-based dry bulk shipping company, died in a private ranch in central Texas on Feb. 11 after her Tesla drove into a pond. While […]
Utah’s state legislature has unanimously passed legislation aimed at tackling the bloody practice of forced organ harvesting in communist China, the second U.S. state to do so as the horrors of the abuse gain growing recognition. S.B. 262, a bill that prohibits health insurers from covering a human organ transplant from or post-transplant care performed […]
NEW YORK—Federal agents searched two properties owned by a top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams early in the morning of Feb. 29. An FBI spokesperson confirmed that agents carried out morning raids at two Bronx addresses, which records show are owned by Winnie Greco, a former fundraiser for Mr. Adams who now […]
A British lawmaker has nominated Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing the medical ethics group’s role in spotlighting the “horrors of forced organ harvesting” in communist China. The D.C.-based nonprofit, known as DAFOH for short, comprises medical doctors worldwide and has spent around 17 years raising awareness over the industrial-scale […]
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Jan. 31 highlighted concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting of faith adherents, identifying the regime as among “some of the most repressive in the world” for its human rights abuses. “Tibetan Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners are placed in forced labor camps, and they have their […]
A coalition of 110 lawmakers, doctors, academics, and civil groups are calling on the United Nations to establish an international criminal tribunal to investigate crimes of forced organ harvesting in China. Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) issued the call this January ahead of the U.N.’s upcoming review of China’s human rights record on Jan. […]
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) ongoing persecution of Falun Gong, calling for an international investigation into the brutal suppression campaign against the faith group. The resolution, passed through a majority floor vote on Jan. 18, cited the thousands of deaths that have been documented under the CCP’s […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the State Department to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials, following a decision by the city’s authorities to place bounties for information leading to the arrest of five overseas activists, including a U.S. citizen and a U.S. resident. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony […]
A bipartisan U.S. panel is pressing the Department of Justice to investigate the attack on Chinese human rights advocates who protested the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader’s visit in San Francisco. In a letter dated Dec. 15 to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the chair and co-chair […]
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan panel of lawmakers are looking for ways to formally criminalize the Chinese regime’s transnational repression to protect critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. soil. The issue came under the spotlight at a Dec. 13 evening hearing held by the House Select Committee on the CCP, where witnesses took the platform […]
WASHINGTON—The United States will use national security interests to shape its policy on communist China and will impose investment restrictions and sanctions when necessary, the State Department told The Epoch Times. “We have made clear to the Chinese government—the Secretary has made this clear, the President has made this clear—that we will continue to take […]
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress are calling for the United States to “reset” its relationship with China by raising tariffs and cutting off capital flows fueling aggression by the communist regime. In a report incorporating nearly 150 recommendations on Dec. 12, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party warned about the […]
Former President Donald Trump headlined the New York Young Republican Club’s Annual Gala on Saturday evening, telling the cheering audience that so many people had come out to support him that he’d seen the spillover crowd on his drive to the Wall Street location. “It is great to be back in New York and it’s […]
Beijing’s economic coercion is a topic that frequently comes up in conversations between the United States and its Asian allies, such as Japan and South Korea, according to a top White House national security official. “I don’t know of too many conversations we’ve had with our Korean and Japanese counterparts where in some forms or […]
Top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling for attention from U.S. health authorities on the “suspicious” clusters of viral infections and reports of pneumonia affecting Chinese children, warning that it would be “an abdication” of their duty for allowing the Chinese regime to “repeat its misdeeds from the COVID-19 pandemic.” In […]
The trial of a Falun Gong practitioner detained since May has begun in the coastal Chinese city of Rizhao, in a case that has attracted global attention to the communist regime’s eradication campaign against the faith group. Ding Yuande, a tea farmer, was arrested in the early morning of May 12, along with his wife […]
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would require the federal government to detail any funding flowing to companies in communist China, The Epoch Times has learned. The bill, named “Our Money in China Transparency Act,” is the latest effort to track U.S. investment in China amid […]
SAN FRANCISCO—A reporter for The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet NTD was attacked on the street while covering protests spotlighting human rights abuses in China during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The incident unfolded on Nov. 15 near the intersection of Fourth and Market streets, a few blocks from the Moscone Center, where many […]
WOODSIDE, Calif.—President Joe Biden has again called China’s communist party leader Xi Jinping a dictator after their second face-to-face meeting that ended with the two countries addressing a set of contentious issues, including military communication, fentanyl, and Taiwan. “After today, would you still refer to President Xi as a dictator, the term that you used […]
SAN FRANCISCO—The arrival of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping for the high-stakes meeting with his American counterpart has turned the Golden State into a beacon for protests. Dozens of activists and Falun Gong practitioners on Nov. 14 gathered near the Moscone Center, the venue where many Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings are being held, […]
SAN FRANCISCO—House Select Committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) assured U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific that Congress has their back in the face of coercive and aggressive behaviors by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On Nov. 11, Mr. Gallagher took part in a pro-democracy event in San Francisco, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) […]
WASHINGTON—A yearslong Chinese influence campaign aimed at blocking a U.S. performing arts company from performing in South Korea is drawing attention from Washington, with a South Korea-born lawmaker calling the country’s president to take action. Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), who was born in Seoul after her parents fled communist North Korea during the Korean War, […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department, along with several U.S. lawmakers, are raising concerns over pressure that the regime in Beijing is exerting on South Korean theaters to block a New York-based arts group from performing in the country. An Epoch Times investigation previously revealed that the Chinese Embassy in South Korea was threatening theaters—using financial and […]
For years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has worked behind the scenes to pressure theaters in South Korea and around the world not to host New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts. Now, a Chinese communist official has gone on record as saying that the regime is actively trying to block the U.S. company from performing […]
President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the upcoming San Francisco summit, the White House has confirmed. “We have said that we want to move forward with China,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a back-and-forth press briefing on Oct. 31. “Intense competition means intense diplomacy.” “That’s what you’re […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Oct. 27 in what has been widely seen as a precursor to a possible meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the coming month. The talk, taking place on the Chinese foreign minister’s second of a three-day visit to Washington, marked the latest in […]
A staffer at the Israel Embassy in Beijing was stabbed on the streets with a knife, according to Chinese authorities. Beijing police on Oct. 13 said they had arrested a 53-year-old foreign man who engages in “small commodities business” in China’s capital. They didn’t provide further details on the suspect’s nationality. The victim, aged 50, […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met with Shanghai’s communist party boss in his first stop leading a bipartisan delegation to China, telling the latter he wants to see a level playing field as the two countries engage in economic competition. The meeting took place shortly after the senators’ arrival in Shanghai on an overcast […]
For Cynthia Sun, being crowned Miss NTD came as something completely unexpected. “I’ve never worn heels for so long in my life!” said the 24-year-old from Houston, Texas. Ms. Sun is a human rights advocate, social issues researcher, spokesperson with the Falun Dafa Information Center. She recently moved to New York. Drawn to the mission […]
Republican contender Nikki Haley slammed her rival Vivek Ramaswamy over his presence on TikTok, the hugely popular Chinese video-sharing app that has attracted criticism for its potential as an espionage tool for Beijing. The 38-year-old entrepreneur is the only 2024 candidate so far to have joined the platform, days after he called it a tool […]
NEW YORK—Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s deputy leader, Han Zheng, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 18 in what marks the latest top-level exchange between the world’s two largest economic powers. “The world expects us to responsibly manage our relationship,” Mr. Blinken said in brief remarks at […]
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to China that would make him the highest ranking congressional official to visit the country as tensions between the world’s two top powers continue to rise. Speaking to reporters on Sept. 13 following a forum on artificial intelligence, Mr. Schumer declined to share […]
World’s largest money manager BlackRock is shutting a China-focused offshore fund amid congressional scrutiny over its alleged role in directing U.S. dollars to blacklisted Chinese firms. In a recent letter to shareholders, BlackRock Global Funds’ chairwoman Denise Voss said they will close the China Flexible Equity Fund over a “lack of shareholder interest” and the […]
A New York-based research group became the target of malicious cyberattacks almost immediately after publishing testimony of a whistleblower doctor’s encounter with a Falun Gong practitioner who had her kidney removed against her will in China. The woman was a victim of the communist regime’s forced organ harvesting and perished not long after her conversation […]
More than three years since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, which became ground zero in the worldwide pandemic, the virus is seeing a resurgence in the communist country. As the fast-spreading Omicron variant dubbed “Eris”—named for the Greek goddess of strife and discord—takes hold in China, the country is again seeing a […]
3M has agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to settle U.S. charges that its Chinese subsidiary secretly sent Chinese officials on paid trips to the United States and Australia in an effort to boost company sales. From at least 2014 to 2018, 3M’s wholly-owned China unit arranged for Chinese health care officials’ overseas travel, […]
The world’s most heavily indebted property developer Evergrande Group filed for bankruptcy in New York on Aug. 17 amid China’s deepening property crisis. The filing under Chapter 15 of the U.S. bankruptcy code shields non-U.S. companies under restructuring from creditors coming after their U.S.-based assets. It came after the firm put off meetings regarding a […]
The world’s largest asset manager and leading index provider are facing congressional probes for facilitating American dollars into Chinese companies that the United States has deemed to be fueling Chinese military growth or human rights abuses. In letters to heads of BlackRock and MSCI, Larry Fink and Henry Fernandez, the top Republican and Democrat on […]
WASHINGTON—An estimated 1,500 people rallied near Washington’s National Mall on July 20 to call for an end to communist China’s brutal 24-year-long persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong. At a rally held near the Capitol, U.S. rights advocates and experts voiced concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken its persecution well beyond […]
Chinese students attempted to have a Shen Yun performance canceled at a top Texas university in 2018 by sending requests to the university’s president and the theater tickets office, according to emails recently provided to The Epoch Times. Before Shen Yun’s performance at Texas A&M University (TAMU), a Chinese student named Tian Su, sent an […]
A U.S. doctors’ group is taking a stance on the Chinese regime’s industrial-scale murder of prisoners of conscience for their organs, urging U.S. authorities and doctors to do what they can to stop enabling the abuse. “Overwhelming evidence” indicates that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been incarcerating and committing forced organ harvesting on religious, […]
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) spoke on the House floor on Thursday about the origins of The Epoch Times, shedding light on its ongoing mission to provide uncensored information to readers around the world despite facing oppression by the Chinese communist regime. Mr. Norman began his speech by telling the story of John Tang, founder of […]
A lawsuit that accuses California-based tech giant Cisco of facilitating the Chinese regime’s violent persecution of Falun Gong can move forward to trial, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on July 7. Adherents of Falun Gong, a faith group that’s been heavily persecuted in China since 1999, filed a lawsuit in […]
The Chinese regime’s state-sponsored killing for organs is “abhorrent,” and the United States needs to take the lead in ending it, said Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). “It’s an abhorrent practice, it is an outrage, and it cannot be countenanced,” he told The Epoch Times. “There has to be consequences and accountability.” Mr. Perry wants his […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently updated a media production document, declaring that it will not work with film studios that tailor their movies to meet China’s demands. “The DoD will not provide production assistance when there is demonstrable evidence that the production has complied or is likely to comply with a demand from the […]
The United States is “asleep at the wheel” while communist China has grown into the “most dangerous foreign threat” that is now trying to displace the U.S.-based world order, according to former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, the Republican presidential hopeful described the Chinese Communist Party as […]
Texas has signed into law a bipartisan bill to combat the Chinese regime’s criminal practise of forced organ harvesting, making it the first U.S. state to counter the abuse through legal means. Under SB 1040, signed by state Gov. Greg Abbott on June 18 and taking force on Sept. 1, it will be illegal for […]
China has refused to resume direct military communication with Washington despite repeated efforts from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat said on June 19 shortly after meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. While he “raised repeatedly” the prospect of setting up a crisis communication line between the U.S. and Chinese militaries, […]
NEW YORK—“Would you rather have a dead daughter, or a living son?” This is a dilemma that parents often find themselves in as their children go through a gender identity crisis. Although the answers are far from clear cut. By following the journeys of several former transgender youths, the latest Epoch Times documentary, “Gender Transformation,” […]
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the House select committee on China, said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now emboldened to carry out its repressive agenda on American soil, following recent indictments against two suspected Chinese agents. “These unsealed complaints against two suspected Chinese Communist Party agents are just another example of how the […]
The recent indictments of two suspected Chinese agents in California are examples of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to turn the United States into a “hunting ground” for dissidents, according to Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.). The two individuals attempted to bribe an undercover officer posing as an IRS agent, in a plot […]
NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to bribe a public official with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party “topple” the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to […]
Texas House lawmakers have unanimously passed a measure to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting abuse, taking it one step closer to becoming law. Titled SB 1040, the bill aims to bar health insurance providers from sponsoring organ transplants originating in China or any other country known to have been involved in forced […]
Ten years ago, Zhou Deyong was trying to rescue his wife who was jailed by Chinese authorities over her faith. Ten years later, his wife and son are doing the same for him. Every day, You Ling shows up at the Chinese consulate in New York holding a sign calling for her husband’s release. The […]
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page […]
China’s ruling regime continues to be “one of the worst abusers of human rights and religious freedom in the world,” a senior State Department official said as the department releases its annual report on international religious freedom. “They continue to engage in genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs. They’re also continuing their repression of […]
NEW YORK—A blue-and-golden dragon, a float of fairies seated atop large lotus flowers, and a full Western marching band formed part of a contingent of thousands who marched through midtown Manhattan for a yearly celebration. The New York parade, with 5,000 attendees, marks one of the largest of its kind in the world to commemorate […]
Yu Jing, who had escaped China after being persecuted for her faith, did not expect that she would feel her freedom threatened in her new-found home. Once an official with the state-run China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau in communist China, Yu lost her job and was subjected to three arrests and two house raids for her […]
The U.S. military is tracking another high-altitude balloon that crossed over the Hawaii coast and is now heading toward Mexico, the Department of Defense has confirmed. Using “newly-established parameters for monitoring U.S. airspace,” the Department of Defense first detected the balloon on April 28 off the coast of Hawaii floating at approximately 36,000 feet, a […]
BOSTON—A prominent former Harvard University scientist convicted of concealing his ties to China’s state-run talent recruitment program was sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $83,000 in restitution and fines. Charles Lieber, who formerly chaired Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, was found guilty in December 2021 of six […]
NEW YORK—Twenty-four years ago thousands of Chinese citizens gathered outside of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party’s headquarters at the heart of Beijing. They were Falun Gong practitioners, and were there to peacefully call on the communist regime to end the harassment and suppression of their peers by local authorities. Less than three months later the […]
NEW YORK—The FBI arrested two people on April 17 on charges of operating a secret police station in New York City on behalf of China’s regime, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). The duo, Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, conspired to work as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and took orders from […]
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called it a “badge of honor” that the regime in Beijing sanctioned him on April 13 in retaliation for his recent visit to Taiwan and asserted that his efforts send a “seriously wrong signal.” The Texas Republican lawmaker led a bipartisan delegation to democratically ruled Taiwan […]
Former President Donald Trump has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of pandering to Beijing after the former’s high-profile trip to China. “You’ve got this crazy world that’s blowing up and the United States has absolutely no say. And Macron, who’s a friend of mine, is over with China kissing his [Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s] ass,” […]
A bipartisan measure has unanimously passed the Texas Senate as lawmakers advance steps to prevent their state from aiding in the Chinese regime’s forced organ harvesting. Senate Bill 1040, with companion House Bill 2025, would bar health benefit plans from paying for organ transplants originating in a country “where the risk is extremely high that […]
NEW YORK—As former President Donald Trump prepared to turn himself in to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on April 4, protesters both for and against his indictment gathered across the street from the courthouse where he was set to be arraigned. As chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA!” echoed on one side […]
NEW YORK—Donald Trump, former president and frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, pleaded not guilty in New York on April 4 to an unprecedented indictment brought by the Manhattan district attorney. News of the historic indictment on March 30 set off several days of media mania which culminated on April 4 in coverage […]
NEW YORK—Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined supporters of former President Donald Trump in New York on April 4 to protest his indictment. “I came to your state to peacefully protest against the persecution of an innocent man,” Greene told a crowd of protesters at Collect Pond Park just hours before Trump was scheduled to […]
Efforts from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to ban Chinese-owned TikTok on U.S. soil suffered a setback on March 29 when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) opposed the move, arguing the ban would limit free speech. On the Senate floor, Paul objected to Hawley’s request for unanimous consent to fast-track a ban on the viral […]
The House on March 27 overwhelmingly passed a bill to punish communist China for its forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. The move marked the first non-symbolic legislative measure in the United States to counter the atrocity. H.R. 1154, dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed by a vote of 413 […]
A package containing white powder was mailed to the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who has an ongoing investigation against former President Donald Trump. The powder was deemed as “non-hazardous,” according to a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson. The powder appeared in an envelope delivered through the United States Postal Service on March 23, […]
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s state-sponsored forced organ harvesting has remained a concern for the United States, a State Department official told reporters on March 20. The communist regime’s systematic act of forcibly taking organs from prisoners of conscience for sale, which first came to light around 2006 after several whistleblowers came forward to The Epoch Times, has gained […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on March 20 signed into law a bill mandating declassification of COVID origin-related intelligence, saying that he shares “the Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible” on the issue. “We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins to help ensure we can better prevent future pandemics,” Biden said […]
WASHINGTON—By visiting Moscow to boost ties with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is demonstrating to the world his disregard for the “atrocities committed in Ukraine” and providing the isolated Russian leader with “diplomatic cover,” according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken made the remarks at a press conference on March 20 as […]
NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors have arrested exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, accusing him of orchestrating a scheme to defraud over $1 billion from his online followers. Guo, also known as Miles Guo, faces an 11-count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, according to a Justice Department statement. U.S. authorities […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate is aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. S.761, also dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, would authorize the State Department to deny or revoke passports and visas to anyone involved in forced organ harvesting. It would […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pressing the Treasury Department to conduct a thorough review of new whistleblower allegations regarding the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok that were recently brought to his attention. Writing to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on March 8, Hawley said that a TikTok whistleblower has come to him with direct […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on March. 7 unveiled a bill to block Chinese Communist Party affiliates from owning U.S. farmland, joining a chorus of lawmakers who are sounding the alarm on the issue. “This Land is Our Land Act” will bar corporations and individuals linked to the Chinese regime from buying or leasing U.S. agricultural […]
Days after FBI Director Christopher Wray said the origin of the COVID pandemic is “most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” President Joe Biden abruptly walked away from the White House press corps when asked about whether he intends to hold China accountable. On March 3, the president approached the waiting press corps on […]
A bill aimed at combating the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting has cleared the committee and is headed for a vote on the House floor. H.R. 1154, also known as the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed unanimously through the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28 and is now advancing to […]
Republican lawmakers are expressing alarm over Beijing’s persistent efforts to use Western outlets to spread its narratives, including claims that Washington had overreacted to a “wandering balloon” and damaged the bilateral relationship. In an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post, Xu Xueyuan, the chargé d’affaires at the Chinese regime’s embassy in Washington, repeated Beijing’s […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing. The assault left […]
NEW YORK—Members from the House Select Committee on China are pledging to redouble their efforts to counter Beijing’s ongoing threats to its targets on U.S. soil. Standing in front of a now-shuttered overseas Chinese police outpost in downtown Manhattan on Feb. 25, and surrounded by dozens of pro-democracy activists, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chairman […]
NEW YORK—A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an adherent of the spiritual group Falun Gong who volunteers at an information booth in New York’s Flushing neighborhood. Qi Zhongping, 77, insulted and physically attacked Falun Gong practitioner David Fang, leaving Fang bleeding on his neck, hand, chest, and knee. Adherents say that Qi has […]
The State Department is urging all governments to respect religious freedom after Europe’s international human rights court ruled Russia’s ban on Falun Gong materials is illegal. “More broadly, we strongly oppose laws that impede freedom of expression and freedom of religion—rights protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil […]
The State Department has condemned the Chinese Communist Party following the death of a jailed journalist who wouldn’t give up his faith. The victim, Pang Xun, a radio host for state-owned Sichuan Radio and Television, died at the age of 30 in December in a Chinese prison notorious for its brutality toward adherents of the […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing’s act of sending a surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace in the first bilateral meeting he had with his Chinese counterpart. “Just met with the PRC’s top diplomat, Wang Yi,” Blinken wrote on Twitter after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I condemned the incursion […]
The revelations from the House-wide closed-door briefing about the Chinese spy balloon did nothing to reassure Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) about the steps the United States took to handle the incident. In a conversation after the classified briefing on Feb. 9 morning, Higgins said he was “surprised” and “shocked at what I was hearing of […]
The Chinese surveillance balloon drifting east toward the Atlantic Ocean has been shot down by the U.S. military and is now falling into the sea, video shows. Television footage showed the balloon deflating before dropping toward the water around 2:40 p.m. U.S. military jets were visible flying in the vicinity, and ships were deployed in […]
A second Chinese spy balloon is currently traversing Latin America, Pentagon confirmed late on Feb. 3 amid rising concern about a Chinese surveillance balloon hovering eastward across the continental United States. “We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is postponing a trip to Beijing after the Pentagon detected a Chinese “high altitude surveillance balloon” hovering over the nation’s west, with an official describing the intrusion as a “clear violation” of sovereignty. “After consultations with our interagency partners as well as with Congress, we have concluded that the conditions […]
As Beijing staged a dazzling $100 million spectacle hosting the Winter Olympics last year, Ji Yunzhi lay dying up north in a Chinese hospital. She had a mere breath left after the rounds of torture inflicted on her meant to scare her into renouncing her faith. Iron ankle fetters and handcuffs chained her to the hospital […]
An NTD reporter was robbed at gunpoint in Washington on Jan. 28 right outside her apartment complex, raising concerns about the rising crime rate in the area as well as questions about whether it’s more than a random act of robbery. “Give me your phone,” was the first thing that Iris Tao, a White House […]
Former President Donald Trump has promised to ban Chinese nationals from buying U.S. farmland or other critical industries if he retakes the White House. In a nearly three-minute campaign video released on Jan. 18, Trump sounded the alarm that China’s extensive economic influence in the country risks the United States falling under the communist regime’s […]
The death of a former Chinese deputy cultural minister amid the country’s COVID explosion would perhaps have attracted little public attention if not for a short-lived obituary. With his “sharp mind and a booming voice,” the “spry” Gao Zhanxiang didn’t “at all resemble a patient” before the COVID surge, wrote Zhu Yongxin, deputy secretary general […]
The United States will mandate COVID-19 testing for all travelers from China, joining a growing list of nations adopting entry curbs in light of the country’s COVID surge. Beginning Jan. 5, all air passengers aged 2 or older will need to present a negative COVID-19 test result no later than two days after departing from […]