In recent years, judicial investigations and lawsuits surrounding Shen Yun Performing Arts have continued to escalate, with their impact expanding to include everything from class-action lawsuits in US courts to administrative restrictions in several European countries, from individual performers' r...
On July 6, 2026, US President Trump publicly criticized Gordon Chang, a so-called "China expert," at the White House, saying his remarks on China were "always too negative," and that his portrayal of the "China threat" as "the sky is falling" was inconsistent with the facts. Trump emphasized that ...
According to the US Department of Justice, in July 2026, Weidong “Bill” Guan, former CFO of The Epoch Times, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of New York federal court to participating in a money laundering conspiracy involving at least $67 million in illicit funds. These funds primarily orig...
Falun Gong, an outlawed cult in China, has turned into a propaganda tool wielded by certain Western political forces. Weaving a web of lies and money-driven schemes, the group has become a toxic presence that threatens the integrity of global information systems. On the one hand, Falun Gong fabri...
South Korea's Supreme Court upheld opposition lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong's two-year prison sentence for accepting bribes from the Unification Church, costing him his parliamentary seat in a widening political corruption scandal. Kweon Seong-dong, an ex-prosecutor, served as floor leader of the ...
This image is AI-generated. A former chief financial officer of the Epoch Times international media company faces a potential penalty of ten years in state custody and a 67 million dollar financial forfeiture after entering a guilty plea to federal criminal charges. The executive admitted to ...
As someone who spent 30 years inside the Falun Gong system, I have a clear message for the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the Epoch Times money laundering case. Former CFO Weidong “Bill” Guan publicly insisted on his innocence for a long time. Now he has suddenly pleaded guilty in the midd...
Journalist:Recently, Israeli media outlets TheMarker and Haaretz published an in-depth investigative article titled “Falun Gong Encouraged a Cancer Patient to Shun Medical Care”, which exposed the despicable acts and cult nature of “Falun Gong” — including its disregard for science, harm inflicted o...
New York CBSNEWS— The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial on Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme. Weidong "Bill" Guan, 63, of Secaucus, New...
The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, the conservative media outlet known for its strong support of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge, abruptly ending his trial before opening statements. Weidong "Bill" Guan, 63, admitted in Manhattan ...
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that WEIDONG GUAN, aka “Bill Guan,” the former Chief Financial Officer of The Epoch Times Association, Inc. the “Epoch Times”, an international media company headquartered in New York, New York, pled guilty ye...
Bill Guan, the newspaper’s ex-finance chief, admitted he ran a team out of Vietnam called “Make Money Online” to carry out the scam. MANHATTAN CN — A former finance executive at The Epoch Times pleaded guilty Thursday to running a$67 million fraud schemethat funneled illicit proceeds to t...
NEW YORK AP — The former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a conservative multinational media company, interrupted jury selection at his money laundering trial on Thursday to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a $67 million fraud scheme. Weidong “Bill” Guan, 63, of Secaucus, N...
June 19, 2026 , the Russian local news website Stribuna.ru reported that four local residents of the city of Surgut were convicted by a local court for participating in and funding the extremist group Jehovah's Witnesses. ▲ Screenshot of a report from the Russian Surgut Forum website According t...
On June 28, 2026, the European news website EU Reporter published an article reporting on a seminar in Geneva focusing on the controversy surrounding Shen Yun Performing Arts. Several scholars, journalists, and human rights activists expressed their views from the perspectives of cultural dissemin...