A Chinese traveler returning from Hong Kong was stopped by customs at the Shenzhen Luohu border crossing after carrying seven books into mainland China, underscoring the scrutiny travelers can face when bringing printed material from Hong Kong. The traveler said in a social media post that she went to Hong Kong on Aug. 15 and … Read more
When Muscatine High School student Emmanuel Garcia-Gomez Jr. returned from China, his praise was published by Beijing’s state media. “The taste, the feel, the smell, the sights of China really set into picture how good of a place it can be,” Garcia-Gomez told state-run Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua placed his remarks under the heading “The … Read more
China’s health authorities have reported 522,000 COVID-19 cases in July, a sixfold increase from June, in the latest monthly report, as the COVID-19 epidemic continues to escalate in mainland China. Experts who spoke with The Epoch Times suspect the situation is worse, as local Chinese doctors and residents find more unreported cases. Data released on … Read more
A Chinese national who helped manage an organization that laundered more than $92 million in illicit funds was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Aug. 18, according to the Department of Justice. Lu Jianfei, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Rodriguez in North Carolina. He was also ordered to forfeit $25 million … Read more
A farming family in central China spent hours moving 194 pigs through deep floodwater after repeated calls to city, county, and township authorities brought no help, according to the family and video recorded during the rescue. The Aug. 15 operation in Fugou County came after three dike breaches sent floodwater into communities and farmland across … Read more
A Chinese national living in Massachusetts has been charged with registering to vote and casting a ballot under his former landlord’s name in the 2024 presidential election, federal prosecutors said. Yupeng Sun, 33, of Andover, was arrested on Aug. 19 and charged by criminal complaint with one count of fraudulent voter registration and one count … Read more
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has named China alongside Russia and Iran as the main actors in transnational repression, warning that people who leave authoritarian states can remain targets of surveillance, threats, and intimidation in Germany. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known as the BfV, said in a publication released on Aug. … Read more
U.S. defense agencies funded openly published research by American universities that advanced electric quadruped robots, with Unitree founder Wang Xingxing later citing the research while developing China’s XDog, a precursor to the B1 robot used by the Chinese military. Wang’s 2016 master’s thesis at Shanghai University discussed design rules developed by MIT’s Biomimetic Robotics Lab … Read more
Alibaba Group’s net income plunged 75 percent in the June quarter, while operating income—profit from its core business operations—fell 57 percent as the Chinese technology giant continued heavy spending on artificial intelligence and computing infrastructure. Net income fell to 10.4 billion yuan ($1.54 billion) for the three months ended June 30, from 42.4 billion yuan … Read more
A U.S. citizen arrested by the Chinese regime on spy allegations has been formally determined by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, increasing the priority of his case ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected visit next month. U Min Zin was arrested on June 3 when traveling to Yunnan, a southwestern Chinese province bordering … Read more