Category: Special Topics

Beijing Funeral Businesses Seek Supplies in Neighboring Provinces Amid Shortage

With deaths surging in major cities in China amid the recent flare-up of COVID, funeral-related businesses are lacking in supplies such as coffins, wreaths, tombstones, and graveclothes, according to owners. People from Beijing are now looking for funeral-related items, such as coffins and burial garments, in neighboring provinces as they cannot find any in the…


‘Firework Revolution’ Breaks Out in China for New Year’s Celebration

In several Chinese cities, people ignored the regime’s ban on fireworks on New Year’s Eve, leading to clashes between the police and the citizens. Some Chinese civilians are no longer taking the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mandates seriously. As civil disobedience is rare under the CCP’s dictatorial rule, some started calling their actions “the fireworks…


Senior WHO Official Says China Is ‘Under-Representing’ COVID-19 Deaths

A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said that the Chinese regime has been under-reporting deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the country. “We believe that the current numbers being published from China under-represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, particularly in terms of death,” Mike…


Taiwan Tightens Entry Rules in Response to China’s Unchecked Reopening of International Travel

Taiwan is one of the latest countries to tighten entry rules for people who have visited mainland China where the communist regime has removed cross-border traveling restrictions despite a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country. Effective on Jan. 1, all travelers coming from mainland China, including returning Taiwanese nationals or non-Chinese foreign nationals, have been required…


LIVE 7 PM ET: Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…


LIVE NOW: Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…


Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…


Biden Says He’s Concerned About China’s Handling of COVID Crisis

President Joe Biden says he’s concerned by how China’s communist regime is handling its current COVID-19 surge, noting that the regime in Beijing is sensitive to criticism. As many as 248 million people in China may have contracted COVID-19 over the first 20 days of December 2022, according to a report. The president said on…


CCP Uses Religion as a ‘Means to a Political End’: US Factsheet

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a “Religious Freedom in China” factsheet in December. Entitled “State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China,” it discusses China’s state-controlled “patriotic religious associations” and their role in what it calls the “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom” in China. Under the Chinese Communist Party’s…


CCP Uses Religion as ‘Means to a Political End’: US Religious Freedom Commission

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a “Religious Freedom in China” factsheet in December. Entitled “State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China,” it discusses China’s state-controlled “patriotic religious associations” and their role in what it calls the “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom” in China. Under the Chinese Communist Party’s…