NEW YORK—An ever-growing lineup of whistleblowers have identified the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the culprit behind an avalanche of attacks on Falun Gong practitioners in America as well as companies they founded to raise awareness about the persecution they face in China. The attacks adopt various tactics and forms, showcasing the range of the […]
The FBI on Dec. 19 arrested a close associate of a local California politician, accusing him of scheming together with a recently sentenced Chinese spy to amplify China’s influence in the U.S. political circle. Sun Yaoning, also known as Mike Sun, was the campaign manager and close personal confidante to a Southern California city council […]
A decades-long campaign of the Chinese Communist Party to suppress its critics overseas is being increasingly identified in the United States. It’s called China’s transnational repression, and it’s becoming a common term heard on Capitol Hill and across the country. To unpack this growing phenomenon, NTD speaks with Gordon Chang, China expert and author of […]
For a quarter of a century the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has brutally persecuted Falun Gong in China. Now, whistleblowers have revealed Beijing is escalating a campaign to target Falun Gong practitioners and companies founded by them, in the United States. Top targets of the CCP’s new campaign are Shen Yun, a classical Chinese dance […]
Countries should adopt laws to stop any organ transplant collaborations with China, campaigners said in the Hague on Tuesday. The remarks were made on Human Rights Day at a conference highlighting the Chinese regime’s ongoing forced organ harvesting from living practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual group, the Uyghur people, and others. Speaking during a […]
The Chinese regime is implementing plans to “eradicate Falun Gong worldwide” by pitting the U.S. government against the spiritual group, according to leaked notes obtained by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), a U.S.-based human rights watchdog. Notes from two meetings of the Chinese regime’s top espionage and security agencies […]
A new report by The Epoch Times describes how in 2022, the Chinese communist regime’s leader, Xi Jinping, ordered an expanded strategy of persecution against the Falun Gong—or Falun Dafa—religious group internationally. The strategy includes disinformation campaigns amplified by Western media outlets and social media influencers, as well as the use of the American legal […]
If violence and torture have been routine in communist China as the regime strives to silence dissident voices, Beijing’s bid to do so globally appears to be taking on a more cunning form. While during the decade-long Cultural Revolution in the 1970s intellectuals and other so-called class enemies got a dunce cap on their heads […]
As the world commemorates Human Rights Day, the European Union (EU) and the United States shine a spotlight on the ongoing abuses by the Chinese communist regime, which has extended far beyond its borders. In a video released on Dec. 10, U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, reiterated Washington’s “deep concern” about the regime’s “restrictions […]
In October 2022, Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping held a secret meeting instructing top state officials—overseeing political, intelligence, and influence operations—on a new strategy to target the Falun Gong religious group internationally, according to an investigative report by The Epoch Times. At the core of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) new anti-Falun Gong strategy […]
Police in Pennsylvania are questioning an individual with a gun believed to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The man was taken into custody in Altoona, almost 300 miles from the scene of the shooting in Midtown Manhattan. Reassessing the future of the United States as a […]
In October 2022, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a secret meeting instructing top state officials—overseeing political, intelligence, and influence operations—on a new strategy to target the Falun Gong religious group internationally, The Epoch Times has learned. At the core of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s new anti-Falun Gong strategy is launching disinformation campaigns via social […]
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts says a recent U.S. lawsuit filed against it appears to be part of a broader campaign to malign the company and shut it down. Shen Yun is an elite dance company that aims to revive traditional Chinese Culture. The company has been targeted by the Chinese regime for almost […]
The Falun Dafa Club at Harvard University’s Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences held a forum titled “From Communist China to the United States: Stories of Pursuing Freedom” at the university’s Science Center on Nov. 22, 2024. Speakers included: Cynthia Sun, researcher at the Falun Dafa Information Center Chi-Sang Poon, Hong Kong legal system […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese surgeon and four other individuals have been charged with illegally brokering organ transplantation in China, a case that a local medical advocacy group said is alarming given that Beijing sources organs from prisoners of conscience. The surgeon, Chen Yao-li, is accused of orchestrating a criminal group that helped send 10 Taiwanese patients […]
NEW YORK—A film that highlights the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China, “State Organs,” has received an award for its efforts in raising awareness on the abuse. Martha Flores Vasquez, Democrat district leader for the 40th district of the New York State Assembly, presented the award during a screening of the film at Cinema Village […]
In recent weeks, dozens of Canadian Members of Parliament have submitted and read petitions regarding the brutal persecution, torture, and organ harvesting that members of the peaceful spiritual practice of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) face in China.
Known as the world’s largest manufacturing hub, China remains a dominant player in the global supply chain. But what happens under the radar is institutionalized forced labor, oftentimes involving prisoners of conscience. A central victim of all of this is Falun Gong: a spiritual practice based on the teachings of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
The New York Times has once again attacked Shen Yun Performing Arts in another hit piece. The article targets Shen Yun’s practicum program, which is approved by the New York State Department of Education. Levi Browde, executive director of Falun Dafa Information Center, said the Times’ narrative parrots Chinese Communist Party propaganda against a Chinese […]
RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian Falun Gong practitioners, who were peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses during the G20 summit on Nov. 17, were harassed by counterprotesters upon the arrival of the Chinese delegation, according to video footage and witnesses who spoke to The Epoch Times. The Falun Gong practitioners were demonstrating on […]
