Tag: printing press

Trade School in Riverside Gifted Million-Dollar Printing Press

In an effort to bring recognition towards the importance of trade schools, officials from Riverside City College revealed on April 21 it has received a donation of a new printing press, valued at $1 million. The new machinery replaces an outdated 50-year-old model and came from Janet Steiner, former CEO of Corona-based Thoro Packaging, a printing,…


Hong Kong’s Fall a Harbinger of Communist China’s Takeover of Free World: Epoch Times Hong Kong Director

The suppressive climate in Hong Kong cultivated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—under which attackers can rampage the printing press of one of the city’s independent newspapers with impunity—is what Beijing hopes to foist on the West, according to the Guo Jun, director of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times. Once hailed for…


Hong Kong’s Fall a Harbinger of Communist China’s Takeover of Free World: Epoch Times HK Director

The suppressive climate in Hong Kong cultivated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—under which attackers can rampage the printing press of one of the city’s independent newspapers with impunity—is what Beijing hopes to foist on the West, according to the Guo Jun, director of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times. Once hailed for…


Attack on Epoch Times Printing Press Fueled by HK Government Inaction: Media Advocacy Group

The Hong Kong government, through its inaction, was “encouraging” the recent violent attack on the printing press of the city’s edition of The Epoch Times, the media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement condemning the incident. Around 4 a.m. on April 12, four armed men barged into the printing warehouse. They…


Attack on Epoch Times Printing Press Fueled by Hong Kong Government Inaction: Reporters Without Borders

The Hong Kong government, through its inaction, ended up “encouraging” the recent violent attack on the printing press of the city’s edition of The Epoch Times, said Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement condemning the break-in. Around 4 a.m. on April 12, four armed men stormed the printing warehouse. They smashed equipment with sledgehammers…


US State Department Denounces Attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press

The State Department has condemned the attack on the Hong Kong Epoch Times printing press and urged Hong Kong authorities to “thoroughly investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.” “The United States is concerned by increased efforts to silence independent media and otherwise suppress freedom of expression, including the politically motivated targeting of journalists,” a…


Journalist Groups Condemn Attack on Epoch Times Press in Hong Kong, Call for Criminals to Be Brought Justice

Three journalist groups issued statements on April 30 condemning the armed attack on The Epoch Times’ printing presses in Hong Kong and called on authorities to bring the perpetrators and the planners of the attack to justice. Four masked men wielding sledgehammers broke into the newspaper’s printing shop around 4 a.m. on April 12, smashed…


‘Appalling But Not Unexpected’: Pompeo Condemns Attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press

The violent assault on the Hong Kong Epoch Times printing plant was “appalling, but not unexpected,” given the dwindling freedom in the city, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The Chinese Communist Party continues to demonstrate they will not honor their agreement on the freedom of the people of Hong Kong,” he said…


Hong Kong Epoch Times Forced to Suspend Printing After Violent Attack

The Epoch Times’ Hong Kong edition is temporarily suspending distribution to repair damaged equipment after an attack on April 12—the fifth on the printing plant since it was established in 2006. In the early hours on Monday, four masked intruders barged their way into the warehouse, wielding two sledgehammers and a knife hidden inside a…


Hammer-Wielding Intruders Attack Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press

Four intruders barged into the printing plant of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times in the early hours of April 12, damaging computers and printing equipment. The attack is believed to be the latest effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence The Epoch Times.  In an attack on the same facility…