China

New Zealand’s intelligence service has said it disrupted an attempt by China’s Purple Mountain Observatory to install ground-based space equipment capable of collecting intelligence of military value. The observatory worked with an unnamed New Zealand company that was “likely unaware” of the equipment’s intelligence capability and did not know who would receive the data, according … Read more

After Deutsche Bank announced on Aug. 10 it was authorized by the People’s Bank of China—China’s central bank—to be an RMB clearing bank in Frankfurt, making it the first in Europe, analysts warned this could give the Chinese communist regime a way into the European-U.S. financial system, raising questions for the global financial system. Other … Read more

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook attend an event at Apple’s Houston manufacturing facility on Aug. 13, 2026. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Commerce The Trump administration has directly told Apple that it opposes the company buying Chinese memory chips, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says, as the technology giant considers additional … Read more

A public hospital in Chengdu has ordered all employees, including permanent staff, contracted workers, and temporary workers, to disclose their religious beliefs, while education officials in the southwestern Chinese city have also been collecting information on students’ religious backgrounds and those of their parents, according to leaked internal documents and individuals familiar with the practices. … Read more

Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) ahead of the Senate Republican leadership election in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would impose sanctions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for the persecution of religious groups. Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) … Read more

Veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu said two domestic security officers came to her Beijing home after work hours on Aug. 14 and told her not to write about Premier Zhu Rongji as authorities imposed visible controls on public mourning following his death. “Zhu Rongji—don’t write about him,” Gao quoted one of the officers as saying, … Read more

China’s private sector is facing a growing wave of bankruptcies, restructurings, and liquidations, with companies that have operated for more than a decade collapsing across manufacturing, technology, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other industries. Business owners and economists told The Epoch Times that a combination of shrinking demand, the collapse of China’s property market, depleted local government … Read more

A foundation whose beneficial owner is a former Shanghai criminal investigation detective with long-standing ties to organizations in the Chinese communist regime’s united front system has bought a commercial building roughly 650 feet from White House grounds. The Philip Qiu and Family Foundation purchased 729 15th Street NW for $8.4 million in July, according to … Read more

Beijing authorities imposed heavy security measures around the city’s Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Aug. 18 as the remains of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji were cremated, with police restricting access, rerouting public buses, and preventing people from gathering or taking photographs. The extensive security presence came amid reports that the Chinese regime was seeking to … Read more

When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed island chain near Japan on Aug. 13, drawing strong condemnation from Tokyo, the Chinese communist regime showed its support by issuing a joint statement with Russia. Analysts who spoke with The Epoch Times said the move is part of China-Russian strategy to counter the Japan-U.S. alliance in … Read more