On the eve of the German election Sunday, it’s no surprise that Russian state-funded media outlets are attacking German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sensationalizing migrant violence, and providing conciliatory coverage of far-right groups. Russia, after all, is now infamous for its attempts to disrupt Western countries by supporting populist movements. But in Germany, there’s a surprising new member of the right-wing media universe: the German-language web edition of the flagship newspaper of the Falun Gong, the vehemently anti-Beijing spiritual movement banned in China since 1999.
American urbanites may recognize the
Epoch Times from its quietly ubiquitous presence at corner newsstands in many U.S. cities. A newspaper closely affiliated with Falun Gong, a group whose reclusive leader, Li Hongzhi, resides in the United States, the