Tag: Falun Gong

New China Committee in Congress Challenges Regime in Beijing

Commentary There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Mike Gallagher. The congressman from Wisconsin will chair the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. The committee was established by a largely bipartisan vote on Jan. 10, and none too soon. Given the CCP’s…


SoCal Woman Pleads for Help to Rescue Sister and Nephew Detained by CCP

A Southern California woman is pleading for help from local authorities, saying two members of her family have been detained by Chinese authorities due to a spiritual tradition they practice. “Since November, I have lost touch with my sister and nephew, but it turns out they’ve been kidnapped by the police,” Shuzhi Kang, of Rowland…


Mainland Chinese Send Falun Gong Founder Greetings and Gratitude for 2023

As the year 2023 approached, people from mainland China sent greetings, and words of appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, to The Epoch Times. Every year during major holidays, and major Chinese holidays, Chinese people, including those who do and do not practice Falun Gong send holiday greetings to…


Blacklisted Chinese Hikvision Aids PRC Police to Track Protesters, Falun Gong

Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision has activated alarms to aid the Chinese regime in tracking protesters and Falun Gong adherents, according to the latest report from Pennsylvania-based video surveillance information company IPVM. Protest activities subjected to alarm include “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places,” “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration,” and threats to “petition,” among…


Beijing Human Rights Activist Immobilized by COVID-19 App

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Wang Yu, hailed by the United States as an International Woman of Courage, has already been arrested, imprisoned, and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars, and Falun Gong practitioners. This year, her movements within her home country also have been restricted…


Men Who Vandalized Falun Gong Sites in Hong Kong, 4 Sentenced to 8 Months in Jail

On numerous occasions since 2012, vandals have physically harassed and threatened Falun Gong adherents and damaged their Truth Clarification Sites in Hong Kong. The Epoch Times in Hong Kong has reported such stories in Hong Kong, even under the social turmoil of recent years. For instance, The Epoch Times printing plant in Hong Kong, run…


Exclusive: Second CCP Overseas Police Station Located in Australia

In addition to the one Chinese police station in Sydney that has drawn public concern recently, one more contact point linked to Beijing has been identified in Australia, according to a new report by the international human rights group Safeguard Defenders. The “service centre” is among 48 Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-operated illegal police outputs globally that have…


Chinese Human Rights Propaganda Must Be Continually Exposed

Commentary State-run Chinese media propaganda that brags about China’s “respect for human rights” is endless—and annoying. The absurdity of their continuing patently false claims makes one wonder whether the editors at the likes of China Daily can keep a straight face when they publish such drivel: “China’s ideas, measures and practices in respecting and protecting…


Canadian Lawmakers Vote to Make Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Law

MPs of all political stripes have voted in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting and trafficking—passing it after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts with similar bills. In the House of Commons on Dec. 14, MPs across party lines cast their vote in support of…


Canadian Lawmakers Vote Unanimously to Make Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill Law

MPs of all political stripes have unanimously voted in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting and trafficking abroad—passing it after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts with similar bills. In the House of Commons on Dec. 14, MPs across party lines cast their vote in…