By Wang Beiji, April 2, 2013 The Epoch Times The burden of history has weighed heavily on the Chinese people, and those who claim to speak for them carry a special responsibility. As Chinese immigrants rise to prominence in Western countries, they—and the non-Chinese citizens of those societies—may ask, what should guide them in the conduct of their public life? In New York City, the...
read moreThe Epoch Times By Zeng Yihao & Chen Zhen New Tang Dynasty Television On Feb. 27, the Taipei Bar Association hosted a roundtable discussion in response to the recently published book State Organs, which discusses transplant abuse by the Chinese regime. On Feb. 27, the Taipei Bar Association hosted a roundtable discussion in response to the recently published book State Organs, which...
read moreThe Epoch Times By Stephen Gregory Epoch Times Staff Hong Kong is a city proud of its legacy of individual rights, but a campaign to deny those rights to Falun Gong practitioners has proceeded systematically and in the open for eight months, while the city’s police stand aside. Hong Kongers are by turns annoyed and alarmed as the character of their city seems to be changing before their...
read moreThe Epoch Times By Zhang Haishan Epoch Times Staff Hundreds of officials from the powerful Communist Party organ that controls almost all aspects of domestic security have been secretly arrested in Party leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption sweep, New Epoch Weekly has learned from a highly placed official in Beijing. The ultimate goals of this purge are the arrest of former security czar Zhou...
read moreForum 18 By Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service Why does the Chinese state adopt measures that result in freedom of religion and belief violations? A fundamental explanation might be found among the Chinese leadership’s concept of the country’s “core interests”, such as territorial integrity and social stability. Religious freedom might significantly improve if the...
read moreTAIPEI TIMES ‘BLOODY HARVEST’:More than 88% of Taiwanese who go abroad for their transplants go to China, where forced harvesting from executed prisoners is reportedly common By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter Foreign medical and legal specialists yesterday discussed legislative developments in their home countries on regulating organ transplants abroad and urged the Taiwanese government to...
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