“What Epoch Times did so well was to step right into that gap.” And, he says, they secured their niche by handing money to big tech platforms. Although the financial arrangements of the many Epoch Times non-profits vary, the original Epoch Times Association Inc, headquartered in New York City, saw revenues and donations increase sharply every year between 2016 and 2019 according to IRS 990 declarations inspected by the Guardian. Alongside the English language outlets, Chinese language outlets and a dance troupe spread the group’s messages. Though Falun Gong emerged in China in the 1990s, its founder now lives in the US. The newspaper was founded in Georgia by a Chinese-American Falun Gong adherent, John Tang, and a group of like-minded businessmen.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2021 07:52 UTC