The Epoch Times

Not to be confused with Unix time, which is sometimes called Epoch time.

The Epoch Times
Front page of The Epoch Times New York edition for March 18, 2016
TypeInternational newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Epoch Media Group
Founder(s)John Tang
PublisherEpoch Media Group
FoundedMay 20, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-05-20)
Political alignmentFar-right[1]
LanguageMultiple, mainly Chinese and English
Headquarters229 W. 28th St., New York, NY 10001, United States of America
Websitetheepochtimes.com
The Epoch Times
Traditional Chinese大紀元時報
Simplified Chinese大纪元时报
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàjìyuán Shíbào
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The Epoch Times is a far-right[1] international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement.[9][10][11][12] The newspaper, based in New York City, is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television.[13] The Epoch Times has websites in 35 countries but is blocked in mainland China.[14]

The Epoch Times opposes the Chinese Communist Party,[15][16][12] hosts far-right politicians in Europe,[17][18][12] and has supported former President Donald Trump in the U.S.[19][20] A 2019 report by NBC News showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign itself.[13][21][12] The Epoch Times frequently runs stories promoting other Falun Gong–affiliated groups, such as the performing arts company Shen Yun.[19][22][23] The Epoch Media Group's news sites and YouTube channels have promoted conspiracy theories such as QAnon, the Great Replacement, anti-vaccine misinformation and false claims of fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election.[30] In June 2024, allegations of money laundering were leveled at Bill Guan, the group's chief financial officer.[31]

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  24. ^ Kurlantzick, Joshua (March 19, 2023), "China's Mixed Effectiveness", Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, Oxford University Press, pp. 259–C11.P130, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197515761.003.0011, ISBN 978-0-19-751576-1, Many of the conspiracy theories produced by publications linked to Epoch Times have nothing to do with China at all but rather with QAnon, fake claims of voter fraud in the United States, and other issues.
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