Category: Chinese Regime

‘A Symbol of Defiance’: Memory of Tiananmen Square Massacre Kept Alive by Advocates

Then-five-year-old Hu Yang was too young to be part of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square that would later be violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using tanks and guns. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep its memory alive. In front of a local government building in his hometown, the…


Taiwan and Tuvalu Sign Agreements to Strengthen Technical, Diplomatic Cooperation

Taiwan and the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu signed cooperation agreements on Friday, with deals focusing on the training of diplomatic personnel, technical cooperation, and mutual criminal justice. The three agreements were signed by the two nations on June 2. The Agreement on Diplomatic Personnel Training and Exchange Cooperation was signed by Taiwan Foreign Minister…


China Tightens Access to Tiananmen Square, 24 Detained in Hong Kong on Anniversary of 1989 Protests

BEIJING—China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which had been the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists…


A Chinese PLA Veteran Expresses Remorse Over June 4 Tiananmen Massacre in 1989

A veteran who served in Beijing Armed Police Fire Brigade during the Tiananmen massacre in Tiananmen on June 4, 1989, expressed remorse and shared how he has become a rights activist with The Epoch Times. The June 4 incident is also known as the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. Chinese communist regime’s military opened fire on…


Chinese PLA Veteran Expresses Remorse Over Tiananmen Massacre in 1989

A veteran who served in the Beijing Armed Police Fire Brigade during the Tiananmen massacre on June 4, 1989, expressed remorse and shared with The Epoch Times how he has become a rights activist. The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre is known in China as the June 4 Incident. The Chinese communist regime’s military…


New Tiananmen Museum Opens in New York Ahead of June 4 Anniversary

NEW YORK—The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to the Chinese communist regime’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the massacre. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent…


The CCP Adopts New Maritime Policy, Aggravating Tensions in the South China Sea

China’s Coast Guard recently adopted new enforcement directives from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The new policies instruct the China Coast Guard to arrest foreigners and have drawn international scrutiny due to territorial disputes in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The CCP’s move was seen as an escalation of those disputes. On…


Chinese Hackers’ Attack on Key US Bases on Guam Is Part of Unrestricted Warfare: Military Expert

In response to the Five Eyes Coalition’s discovery of a Chinese hacker attack on American military bases in Guam, a U.S. military expert told The Epoch Times that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is either rehearsing for an impending war or has already launched some form of war against the United States. Together with various…


Zhang Youxia, Xi Jinping’s Ally in the Chinese Military

News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s success in securing his third term was not as easy as it appeared. One of Xi’s allies, Zhang Youxia, played a critical role in helping him control the military and stabilize the situation. Zhang Youxia was born in Beijing in July 1950. His father, Zhang Zongxun, was a general…


CCP’s Youth League Clique Declines in Political Influence

Beijing appointed the 52-year-old A Dong, a Hui ethnic cadre, as the first ethnic minority to head the Communist Youth League of China (CYL). The CYL Central Committee, also known as the “CYL Clique,” was once viewed as a cradle for senior and politically influential cadres in the Party. Since Xi Jinping, a princeling, succeeded…