Category: China Human Rights

UK Peer Praises Falun Gong’s ‘Eternal Values’

Truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance seem to be “eternal values” that “we should cherish, we should preach, and seek to live up to,” the UK’s Lord Philip Hunt of King Heath said ahead of the 30th World Falun Dafa Day on Friday. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, a practice of meditative exercises with an…


LIVE on May 13, 11 AM ET: 2022 World Falun Dafa Day Parade in New York

NTD Television and The Epoch Times will livestream the 2022 World Falun Dafa Day parade in New York on May 13, 11 a.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV and NTD.com. May 13 this year marked the 30th anniversary since Falun Dafa was introduced to the public in 1992, and it is…


Quanta Factory Workers in Shanghai Skirmish With Local Authorities Over Pandemic Lockdown Rules

Over a hundred workers at a plant that produces electronic equipment for Apple and Tesla in the Songjiang district of Shanghai defied CCP quarantine officials and factory guards on May 5, after suffering from weeks of severe pandemic-related lockdowns. Tensions finally reached a boiling point with workers at Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City in Shanghai over…


London Parade Marks 30th Anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day

LONDON—Colourful banners and floats, accompanied by yellow-suited drummers and a winding blue dragon, crossed London’s streets on Saturday, as adherents of the Chinese spiritual discipline Falun Gong marked World Falun Dafa Day. Falun Dafa, a practice of meditative exercises with an emphasis on moral character, was first introduced to the public in China 30 years…


Hundreds of New Yorkers Brave Rain to Mark World Falun Dafa Day

NEW YORK—The soaking rain and bitter wind would have been enough reason for anyone to stay indoors, but not for the hundreds who steadily held up at lower Manhattan’s Foley Square since the morning of May 7. They had a special reason for being there, with a message of health, hope, and resilience to share….


China Locks Down City of 10 Million Amid New COVID Outbreak, Apple Supplier Takes a Hit

Another Chinese megacity is under lockdown due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak. Zhengzhou city, the provincial capital of China’s central Henan Province, is carrying out strict measures to contain the spread of the disease. But the lockdown could impact major manufacturers such as Apple supplier Foxconn, disrupting Apple’s supply chain. Following Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou, local…


Elderly Care Center Sent a Living Man to Funeral Home in Locked-Down Shanghai

Recently, it was revealed that a Shanghai aged care center sent a living person to a funeral home as the deceased. Shanghai authorities have admitted the incident, but could not quell the public outrage. On May 1, a video of a person in a body bag being transferred from the New Long March Welfare Institute…


Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Banned in China Because of Epoch Times? With Chris Fenton

Doctor Strange 2 may not make it to Chinese theaters. Allegedly, it is because a Chinese Epoch Times newspaper box appears in a scene. We discuss this situation with Chris Fenton, author of “Feeding the Dragon.” Will Marvel Studios cave to the Chinese Communist Party’s pressure? And where does Hollywood go from here, to what…


‘Criminal, Inhumane and Unethical’: EU Passes Resolution Condemning Chinese Regime’s Forced Organ Harvesting

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution voicing “serious concerns” about the Chinese regime’s ongoing forced organ harvesting while calling on its member states to publicly condemn the abuse. “Parliament expresses serious concern about reports of persistent, systematic, inhumane and state-sanctioned organ harvesting from prisoners in China, and more specifically from Falun Gong practitioners,” read…


China Using US Media to Spread Propaganda, Misinformation: Blinken

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the United States’ free and open media platforms to spread state propaganda and misinformation, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken said U.S. leadership was “deeply concerned” about the CCP’s efforts to quash press freedoms in mainland China while simultaneously exploiting free media in other nations…