BEIJING—A fire tore through a martial arts training center in China during the early hours of Friday morning, killing 18 people, with one state media outlet reporting that most of the dead were children who were staying there. The blaze broke out at 3 a.m. and injured 16 people, four of whom were in serious…
Thousand of Residents in China’s Foshan Protest Against Lockdown
The Nanhai district of Foshan city, Guangdong Province, China, has been locked down for several weeks after an outbreak of the CCP virus. But after unexplained lockdown extensions and no official notices or testing from local authorities, multiple protests broke out simultaneously in various local communities on the evening of June 21, with over a…
China’s COVID-19-Hit Shenzhen Suspends Direct Flights to Beijing
SHENZHEN, China—Direct flights from the southern city of Shenzhen to Beijing have been suspended until at least July 1, booking apps showed, ahead of celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party’s founding in the capital on that date. China’s most populous province Guangdong is battling a COVID-19 outbreak, with 170 confirmed local cases between May 21…
Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang to Miss Tokyo Olympics After Doping Ban Reduced to 4 Years
World and Olympic champion Sun Yang’s hopes of competing at the Tokyo Games ended on Tuesday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced the Chinese swimmer’s ban for doping violations to four years from eight. The shorter sentence, announced by the Swiss-based court in a statement, means Sun will be eligible for the…
Veteran Media Figure Reveals How the Chinese Media ‘Set the Tempo’ to Destroy Tesla
Recently, a short video of veteran radio host Wang Li talking about how the Chinese media managed to mislead the public and ruin Tesla’s reputation was circulated widely on the internet. In the video, Li said a fan asked him about how anyone could dispute the reports that come out every day in China about a…
China’s High Rate of Assisted Reproduction and Surrogate Babies
With high infertility rates, China has the highest rate of assisted reproduction in the world, according to Chinese state media. Many Chinese couples who have difficulty conceiving are seeking out assisted reproductive technology, while the rich and famous opt for surrogacy. Around the globe, more than 8 million babies have been born through IVF (in…
Beijing Blocks Radio Signals During Communist Party Centenary
Chinese authorities are to impose control over radio signals as the 100th anniversary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approaches on July 1. The new measures ban radio stations or remote control radio equipment from emitting or transmitting radio waves, and block specific frequencies from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. on July 1, except…
Singapore Becomes Latest Country to Cast Doubt on China’s COVID-19 Vaccines
Singaporean health officials have publicly expressed concerns about significant risk reported with vaccines from China following hundreds of Indonesian health workers testing positive for COVID-19 last week despite being fully vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine. Singapore is the latest country to cast doubt on the vaccine. Dozens of the more than 350 doctors and health workers…
Major Cities in China’s Guangdong Hit by Resurgence of COVID-19 Despite Draconian Lockdown Measures
Residents in the four richest cities in southern China’s Guangdong Province were caught off guard when authorities suddenly imposed lockdown measures in the past few days. Locals told The Epoch Times that many people are concerned because they didn’t have enough time to stock up on food and other necessities, and others don’t trust the…
China Tops List of Countries For Most Millionaires Moving Abroad
A recent research report published by AfrAsia Bank listed the top 10 countries in the world that had the most outflow of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) in 2019. China topped the list with the most millionaires leaving for other countries in that year, followed by India. The study only covered HNWIs with a net worth of…
US News
Deprecated: implode(): Passing glue string after array is deprecated. Swap the parameters in /home/xtreme/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Parse/Date.php on line 544
Deprecated: implode(): Passing glue string after array is deprecated. Swap the parameters in /home/xtreme/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-rss-retriever/inc/lib/simplepie/library/SimplePie/Parse/Date.php on line 545
- Mimi Nguyen LyA federal judge on Aug. 18 has temporarily blocked part of Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act,” also known as the state’s Individual Freedom Act. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in April signed the measure,… [...]
- The Associated PressCHICAGO—R. Kelly’s legal team will get its chance to question the government’s star witness on Friday after she gave what jurors could see as damning testimony against Kelly at his… [...]
- BenzingaA 55-year-old former neonatologist from Spokane, Washington, has confessed to paying $60,000 worth of Bitcoin to kidnap his estranged wife. According to federal prosecutors, Ronald Ilg intended to kidnap and inject his… [...]
- Jackson ElliottWEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—George said he thinks former president Donald Trump got what he deserved with the Mar-a-Lago raid. But he also said the raid was politically motivated and that… [...]
- Eva FuFormer Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, a key figure in a December 2020 White House meeting seeking to encourage then President Donald Trump to investigate allegations of election fraud, has filed… [...]
- ReutersU.S. oil companies are working around a century-old shipping law to supply fuel to the U.S. East Coast, according to data from Refinitiv and oil trading sources, as high demand… [...]
- The Associated PressKohl’s slashed its expectations for the year after sales slumped in the second quarter, sending shares down 9 percent at the opening bell Thursday and closing out a mixed week… [...]
- Janice HisleA battle over the cellphone data of “Juror X,” who repeatedly posted on Facebook about her involvement in a high-profile Ohio case, has intensified. In a recently released order, Judge… [...]
- Steven KovacAfter hearing from more than a dozen witnesses over seven days of testimony, federal prosecutors rested their case on Thursday against two men charged with conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor… [...]
- Jill McLaughlinTruckers at the Port of Los Angeles are facing some uncertainties due to new California policies including a set of clean air regulations and AB 5, the “gig worker law.”… [...]