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Vision Times

U.S. right / Falun Gong-affiliated, strongly anti-CCP

Owned byOperated by the Kanzhongguo Media Association, a U.S.-based nonprofit; affiliated with the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Ownership information is not prominently disclosed — it is buried in the Terms of Service rather than on a standard About page.
FundingFunded through a combination of advertising, subscriptions, and donations from Falun Gong practitioners; exact funding breakdown is not publicly disclosed. Organizational finances are not transparent.
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

Vision Times was founded in 2001 as a Chinese-language website at secretchina.com, created by practitioners associated with Falun Gong to provide an alternative to state-controlled Chinese media and to document the CCP's suppression of Falun Gong. In 2006 it began printing weekly editions in major U.S. cities and in Australia (as Vision China Times), and in 2007 expanded to Europe. The outlet is part of a broader Falun Gong media network that also includes The Epoch Times and New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD TV); Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi has referred to these outlets collectively as 'our media.' The outlet's publisher has at times denied a formal Falun Gong affiliation, but in 2020 Australia's ABC News confirmed the connection through testimony from former practitioners and internal communications. Media Bias/Fact Check characterizes Vision Times as right-leaning, noting it favors Trump and reports more negatively on Democrats, while remaining strongly anti-CCP across all coverage. The outlet has also drawn criticism for publishing misleading health claims, including inaccurate statements about COVID-19 vaccines. Ownership information is held by the nonprofit Kanzhongguo Media Association but is not prominently disclosed to readers.

Sources

  1. Vision Times – Wikipedia
  2. Vision China Times – Wikipedia
  3. Vision Times – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
  4. The media giant you've never heard of, and why you should pay attention – openDemocracy
  5. Canadian Minority Media Database – Vision Times; 看中國
  6. About Vision Times – visiontimes.com

Profile compiled 2026-07-05; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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