Overseas Chinese: Beware of the Chinese Communist Party United Front Work Department

<!–[CDATA[ VISION TIMES Many Chinese people leave China to escape the communist government, hoping that they will have a better life abroad. But the increasing influence of the CCP is crushing such hopes as the Party is interfering in the lives of these people through the United Front Work Department (UFWD), an organization responsible for […]

Beauty Queen Calls for Release of Imprisoned Canadian in China

Irene Luo  |  Epoch Times Anastasia Lin, the reigning Miss World Canada, and human rights activist, is calling for the immediate release of a Canadian citizen who was imprisoned and brutalized in China for her spiritual beliefs. At a United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 19, Lin described the case of Sun […]

Miss World Canada: ‘My Voice Was Not Being Heard’

Jack Phillips  |  Epoch Times Anastasia Lin, the beauty queen and human rights advocate against mass organ harvesting carried out by the Chinese regime, has spoken out after she was allegedly silenced. The Miss World Canada winner said that the Chinese Communist Party has killed Falun Gong practitioners for their organs since the persecution of Falun […]

Attempts to Silence Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin Give More Attention to Her Message

Larry Ong  |  Epoch Times Anastasia Lin is known as fearless, feisty, and ferociously articulate in matters concerning the Chinese regime’s abuse of human rights—in particular, the forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. The Chinese communist regime appeared to take issue with the reigning Miss World Canada’s criticisms and blocked her from entering China for […]

‘Bleeding Edge’: When a Film Is More Than Just a Movie

Joshua Philipp  |  Epoch Times Film tells story of atrocities taking place today in China, and the West’s complicity in them A new independent film from award-winning director Leon Lee could be one of the most important movies you’ll see this year. “The Bleeding Edge” is a deeply emotional and powerful film that borders somewhere between […]

When Soft Power Turns Hard: Miss World, Coercion and China’s Cultural Diplomacy

CAYLAN FORD  |  E-International relationship  This article was published inE-International relationship media on March 3 2016 Over the last decade, the promotion of “soft power” has become a major preoccupation for the government of the People’s Republic of China, which spends an estimated $10 billion USD annually on external propaganda to bolster its image and […]

The Real Reason China Had to Ban Miss World Canada

<!–[CDATA[ Matthew Robertson  |  Epoch Times Anastasia Lin, a 25-year-old Canadian actress who holds the title of Miss World Canada, has made headlines for the last week after being denied an invitation letter, and then a visa, to enter China for the finals of the pageant, which is being held in the glam-city of Sanya, on Hainan […]

Inside Miss World Canada’s Secret Plan to Get Into China

<!–[CDATA[ Matthew Little  |  Epoch Times Chinese diplomats break silence while Anastasia Lin is en route, declaring her ‘persona non grata’ TORONTO—Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, was midway over the Atlantic Ocean when the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa decided to tell a reporter she was not welcome in China. The beauty queen had been excited to […]

I won Miss World Canada. But My Work Puts my Father at Risk in China

<!–[CDATA[ Anastasia Lin, June 26 This beautiful young lady refuses to be silenced on Human rights abuse in China, despite the fact the CCP threaten her family because she is outspoken. She is willing to make sacrifices in order to bring the abuse issues onto the world stage. A very courageous young lady. The writer will […]

Newly Crowned Miss World Canada Says Father Threatened in China

<!–[CDATA[Matthew Little  |  Epoch Times Chinese security forces have moved quickly to silence newly crowned Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin, threatening her father who lives in China that if she keeps up her human rights advocacy he and the rest of her family in China will pay for it. Lin, who won the national beauty pageant on […]