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Vision Times
''Vision Times'' (), also known as ''Kanzhongguo'', is a Falun Gong-affiliated Chinese language weekly newspaper. It was founded in 2001 as a website, www.secretchina.com. In 2006, it began publishing weekly print versions in major U.S. cities and Australia (as '' Vision China Times'') where large Chinese communities exist. In 2007, print versions were launched in Europe. ''Vision Times'' operates multiple YouTube channels, including ', ' and '. Affiliations ''Vision Times'' is one of the news organizations referred to as "our media" by Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, a new religious movement that opposes the Chinese Communist Party. The newspaper's president is the spokesperson for the Falun Dafa Association in New York, and is chair of another Falun Gong group called Quit the CCP. In 2020, ABC's ''Background Briefing'' confirmed ''Vision Times'' as a Falun Gong publication through testimonies of ex-practitioners and emails of Falun Gong members. In 2021, ''The Atlantic' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falun Gong
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a new religious movement founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a compound in Deerpark, New York, United States, near the residence of Li Hongzhi. Led by Li Hongzhi, who is viewed by adherents as a god-like figure, Falun Gong practitioners operate a variety of organizations in the United States and elsewhere, including the dance troupe Shen Yun. They are known for their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), espousing anti-evolutionary views, opposition to homosexuality and feminism, and rejection of modern medicine, among other views described as " ultra-conservative". The Falun Gong also operates the Epoch Media Group, which is known for its subsidiaries, New Tang Dynasty Television and '' The Epoch Times'' newspaper. The latter has been broadly noted as a politically far-right media entity, and it has received significant attention in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
