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'''''Epoch Times''''' is an anti-communist,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34vGv_HDGG8C&pg=PA217 |page=217 |title=World Religions in America |editor=Jacob Neusner |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |year=2007 |last=Ellwood |first=Robert S. |last2=Csikszentmihalyi |first2=Mark A. |chapter=East Asian Religions |isbn=9781611640472 |quote=... the ''Epoch Times'', an anticommunist newspaper connected with the Falun Gong organization...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAsB54UlQE8C&pg=PR11 |page=xi |last=Sun |first=Wanning |title=Media and the Chinese Diaspora: Community, Communications and Commerce |publisher=Routledge |year=2009 |isbn=9781134263592 |quote=...the ''Epoch Times'' – a globally circulated pro-Falun Gong, anti-Communist Chinese-language newspaper...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul89eeKHLGEC&pg=PA268 |page=268 |title=Places of Memory in Modern China: History, Politics, and Identity |editor=Marc Andre Matten |last=Denton |first=Kirk A. |chapter=Yan'an as a Site of Memory |publisher=Brill |year=2011 |isbn=9789004219014 |series=Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography |volume=5 |quote=An article in the anti-Communist, Falun Gong ''Epoch Times'' claims, without citing any sources, that Zhang's death was the result of an accident involving opium use.}}</ref><ref name="Groot, Stafford 2012">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lm2tdagEnL4C&pg=PA103 |page=103 |title=The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region |editor=John Spoehr, Purnendra Jain |chapter=China and South Australia |publisher=Wakefield Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781743051573 |last=Groot |first=Gerry |last2=Stafford |first2=Glen |quote=In related vein, another paper with wide distribution but published elsewhere is ''Epoch Times'' (Dajiyuan shibao), the qigong meditation religious group Falun gong mouth-piece, which runs a strong anti-communist line.}}</ref> multi-language, international media company in print and online, headquartered it [[New York City]], where it publishes a daily newspaper. Associated with the [[Falun Gong]] movement, the company was founded in 2000 by a group of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners. It has won awards for its reporting of human rights.<ref name=DJM/><ref name="SPJ2"/><ref name="freelib2"/> ''Epoch Times'' has been called a mouthpiece of Falun Gong.<ref name="Groot, Stafford 2012"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Popular Protest in China |last=Thornton |first=Patricia M. |editor=Kevin J. O'Brien |pages=199–200 |chapter=Manufacturing Dissent in Transnational China |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674041585 |year=2008 |series=Harvard Contemporary China |volume=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpHvCgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA71 |page=71 |editor=Jean-Guy A. Goulet, Liam D. Murphy, Anastasia Panagakos |last=Tong |first=Clement |title=Religious Diversity Today: Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World |chapter=Western Apocalyptic Narratives in the International Arena |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2015 |isbn=9781440833328 |volume=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGe7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA197 |page=97 |title=Qiaowu: Extra-Territorial Policies for the Overseas Chinese |author=James Jiann Hua To |publisher=Brill |year=2014 |isbn=9789004272286}}</ref>
The newspaper covers matters of general interest, though it maintains a focus on news about China and human rights issues there, drawing from a network of sources inside China, plus the expertise and contacts of Chinese expatriates living in the West.<ref name="OurStory2">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/280126-the-grand-epoch-is-here "The Epoch Times – Our Story: The Grand Epoch Is Here"] theepochtimes.com</ref><ref name="Congressional Research Service2">{{cite web|author = Thomas Lum|url = http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL33437.pdf|publisher = Congressional Research Service|title = China and Falun Gong|date = August 11, 2006}} <!-- page CRS-8, list of Falun Gong-affiliated media --></ref><ref name="sfgate2">{{Cite news|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/18/MNGGAG8MTA1.DTL&hw=falun+gong&sn=002&sc=447|title = Dissident media linked to Falun Gong / Chinese-language print, broadcast outlets in U.S. are making waves|work = San Francisco Chronicle|date = December 18, 2005|accessdate = December 9, 2006|first = Vanessa|last = Hua}}</ref><ref name="Schworm_Boston_Globe_12_03_20072">{{Cite news|author = Peter Schworm|url = http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/12/03/chinese_american_activists_decry_chinas_communism/|title = Chinese-American activists decry China's communism|work = The Boston Globe|date = December 3, 2007}}</ref> Its coverage of these issues has earned the paper several awards.<ref name="SPJ22"/><ref name="freelib22"/><ref name="DJM2">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/epoch-times-publisher-awarded-diamond-jubilee-medal-302775.html "Epoch Times Publisher Awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal"], ''Epoch Times'' (12 October 2012)</ref> ''Epoch Times'' is widely distributed in overseas Chinese communities.<ref name="AIM2">{{cite web |url = http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/independent-chinese-newspaper-bucks-communists/#|title = Independent Chinese Newspaper Bucks Communists|last1 = Gossett|first1 = Sherrie|date = 15 June 2005|website = aim.org|publisher = Accuracy in Media|accessdate = 19 October 2013}}</ref> Its other language editions maintain their own staff of reporters.▼
▲The newspaper covers matters of general interest, though it maintains a focus on news about China and human rights issues there, drawing from a network of sources inside China, plus the expertise and contacts of Chinese expatriates living in the West.<ref name="OurStory2">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/280126-the-grand-epoch-is-here "The Epoch Times – Our Story: The Grand Epoch Is Here"] theepochtimes.com</ref><ref name="Congressional Research Service2">{{cite web|author = Thomas Lum|url = http://www.usembassy.it/pdf/other/RL33437.pdf|publisher = Congressional Research Service|title = China and Falun Gong|date = August 11, 2006}} <!-- page CRS-8, list of Falun Gong-affiliated media --></ref><ref name="sfgate2">{{Cite news|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/18/MNGGAG8MTA1.DTL&hw=falun+gong&sn=002&sc=447|title = Dissident media linked to Falun Gong / Chinese-language print, broadcast outlets in U.S. are making waves|work = San Francisco Chronicle|date = December 18, 2005|accessdate = December 9, 2006|first = Vanessa|last = Hua}}</ref><ref name="Schworm_Boston_Globe_12_03_20072">{{Cite news|author = Peter Schworm|url = http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/12/03/chinese_american_activists_decry_chinas_communism/|title = Chinese-American activists decry China's communism|work = The Boston Globe|date = December 3, 2007}}</ref> Its coverage of these issues has earned the paper several awards.<ref name="
The newspaper has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It is either sold or distributed free-of-charge in 35 countries, with editions in English, Chinese and nine other languages in print,<ref name="PrintArchive2">[http://printarchive.epochtimes.com/a1/en "The Epoch Times – Global Print Archive"] printarchive.epochtimes.com</ref> and 21 languages on the internet.<ref name="languages2">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/other-languages.html The Epoch Times – Other Languages] theepochtimes.com Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref> A typical issue includes sections for world and national news, opinion pieces, sports, entertainment, business, arts and culture, travel, health and automobiles.<ref name="LJR2">[http://www.ljr.ca/2011/06/01/the-new-era "The New Era"] Langara Journalism Review, 01 June 2011</ref> ''Epoch Times'' websites are blocked in China.<ref name="AIM2" />▼
▲The newspaper has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It is either sold or distributed free-of-charge in 35 countries, with editions in English, Chinese and nine other languages in print,<ref name="PrintArchive2">[http://printarchive.epochtimes.com/a1/en "The Epoch Times – Global Print Archive"] printarchive.epochtimes.com</ref> and 21 languages on the internet.<ref name="languages2">[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/other-languages.html The Epoch Times – Other Languages] theepochtimes.com Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref> A typical issue includes sections for world and national news, opinion pieces, sports, entertainment, business, arts and culture, travel, health and automobiles.<ref name="LJR2">[http://www.ljr.ca/2011/06/01/the-new-era "The New Era"] Langara Journalism Review, 01 June 2011</ref>
==History==
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==Distribution==
As of February 2012, 67 ''Epoch Times'' newspaper editions are published in print in 5 continents.<ref name=WWdistribution/> They are available in 11 languages and have a distribution of 1,315,000 copies in 35 countries.<ref name=About_Us/> Distribution varies from daily to monthly.
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==Coverage and focus==
===New York edition===
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According to the Canadian Circulations Audit Board, Epoch Times is the first and only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada to complete a circulation audit.<ref>[http://www.marketingmag.ca/brands/multicultural-marketing-the-visible-majority-48428 "Multicultural marketing the visible majority"] 12 March 2012 marketingmag.ca</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardonline.ca/listings/14847.jsf |title=Media Associations - Media Information on Canadian Circulations Audit Board |publisher=Cardonline.ca |date= |accessdate=6 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=The Epoch Times |url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/epoch-times-canadas-first-audited-daily-chinese-newspaper-139560.html |title=Epoch Times Canada's First Audited Daily Chinese Newspaper |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
===Notable coverage===
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====Organ harvesting allegation====
{{Further|Persecution of Falun Gong#Organ harvesting}}
In March 2006, Epoch Times published the allegations of three Chinese individuals who said that thousands of [[Falun Gong]] practitioners had been killed to supply China's organ transplant industry,<ref>[http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39111.html "Worse Than Any Nightmare—Journalist Quits China to Expose Concentration Camp Horrors and Bird Flu Coverup"], Epoch Times, 10 March 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-17/39405.html "New Witness Confirms Existence of Chinese Concentration Camp, Says Organs Removed from Live Victims"] The Epoch Times, 17 March 2006</ref><ref name=36cc/> including a doctor, said who said there were 36 concentration camps all over China.<ref name=36cc>[http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-31/39910.html "Source Reveals Other Chinese Concentration Camps"] Epoch Times, 31 March 2006</ref> [[Kilgour-Matas report]]<ref name=orgharv>[[David Kilgour]], [[David Matas]] (6 July 2006, revised 31 January 2007) [http://organharvestinvestigation.net "An Independent Investigation into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China"] (in 22 languages) organharvestinvestigation.net</ref> stated "the source of 41,500 transplants for the six year period 2000 to 2005 is unexplained" and "we believe that there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling [[Falun Gong]] practitioners".<ref name=orgharv/> Appendix 16 of the revised report refuted [[Harry Wu]]'s negative comments.<ref name=orgharv/>
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In 2008, two United Nations Special Rapporteurs reiterated their requests for "the Chinese government to fully explain the allegation of taking vital organs from Falun Gong practitioners and the source of organs for the sudden increase in organ transplants that has been going on in China since the year 2000".<ref>[http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2008/05/09/united-nations-human-rights-special-rapporteurs-reiterate-findings-on-chinas-organ-harvesting-from-falun-gong-practitioners "United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteurs Reiterate Findings on China's Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners"], The Information Daily.com, 9 May 2008</ref> The Chinese government has consistently denied the allegations. The parliaments of [[Canada]] and the [[European Union]], [[Taiwan]], as well as the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], have adopted resolutions condemning organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience.
====Others====
During the 2009 [[New York City Comptroller]] elections, Epoch Times alleged that [[Taiwan]]-born [[Democratic Party (US)|Democratic]] nominee [[John Liu]] is part of a "United Front" by the [[Communist Party of China|Chinese Communist Party]] to infiltrate the United States and subvert its government, democracy, and human rights in general.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22317/ |title=Chinese Communist Party Subverts Democracies and Rights Abroad |work=Epoch Times |date=September 10, 2009 |accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref> The newspaper alleged that "the CCP works tenaciously and systematically to place its people [...] in key positions in corporations, academia, and government in the United States and other countries."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22292/|title=Editor's Note on Coverage of John Liu: Uncovering a hidden threat|date=September 10, 2009}}</ref> Epoch Times also published an 8-page "special edition", and also featured on its website a section focused on coverage of Liu's reported ties with CCP officials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/component/option,com_ettopic/topicid,57/ |title=John Liu and the United Front |work=Epoch Times |accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>
During [[Hu Jintao]]'s visit to Canada in June 2010, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' noted that Epoch Times had published several
Canadian media reported that the parliamentary press office made deliberate arrangements in relation to Hu's public appearances limiting Epoch Times{{'}} access to the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]], even though the newspaper is an accredited member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery.<ref name=star/> The paper carried an exclusive interview with outspoken Canadian Member of Parliament [[Rob Anders]], wherein Anders alleged that the Chinese government used gifts and business deals in attempts to influence Canadian political decisions.<ref name='Secrecy'>{{cite news |first=Norma |last=Greenaway |title=Liberals decry secrecy around CSIS report |date=August 3, 2010 |url=http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Liberals+decry+secrecy+around+CSIS+report/3355144/story.html |work=Vancouver Sun |accessdate=2012-05-25 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100805081220/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Liberals+decry+secrecy+around+CSIS+report/3355144/story.html |archivedate=2010-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vancourier.com/Chinese+Canadian+leader+laments+agency+allegations/3337835/story.html |title=Chinese-Canadian leader laments spy agency allegations |publisher=[[Vancourier.com]] |date=July 29, 2010 |accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref>
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▲In 2008, David Ownby, director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the [[Université de Montréal]] and the author of ''Falun Gong and the Future of China'' said the newspaper is set up by Falun Gong practitioners with their own money.<ref name="Ownby 2008 p.223" /> He describes ''Epoch Times'' as wishing to be taken seriously as a global newspaper rather than being judged on the basis of its strong association with the Falun Gong.<ref name="Ownby 2008 p.223">{{cite book |last=Ownby |first=David |title=Falun Gong and the Future of China |year=2008 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Bwqkwx4SWS0C&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222 |page=223 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199716371}}</ref><ref name="Ownby 2008 p.8">{{cite book |last=Ownby |first=David |title=Falun Gong and the Future of China |year=2008 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Bwqkwx4SWS0C&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222 |page=8 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199716371}}</ref> "''Epoch Times'' is a newspaper with a mission," he wrote "that of reporting on issues bearing on human rights throughout the world, which allows for considerable focus on China and Falun Gong."<ref name="DO2">Ownby 2008, p. 221.</ref>
Epoch Times also runs mainstream newswire stories and in some places can resemble a community newspaper.<ref name=waves>Eugenia Chien, [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6ce9872ebb88b3aaa3ff48b6c1ffc19a "Falun Gong-Linked Media Venture Makes Waves, Raises Questions"] ''New America Media'', News Analysis, May 16, 2006</ref> Zhao said, "While mainstream newspaper typically treat Web versions as an extension of the already-existing print version, Epoch Times website serves as the master for all its worldwide papers."<ref name="zhao">Zhao, Yuezhi, "Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China", pp 209–223 in ''Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World'', edited by Nick Couldry and James Curran (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)</ref>▼
▲The newspaper counters what it considers to be CCP propaganda through its own opinion pieces and reporting. The newspaper covers causes and groups opposed to the CCP, including Falun Gong, dissidents, activists, and supporters of the [[Tibetan government-in-exile]]. The paper's reports on China are critical of the PRC government. The paper reports on Falun Gong-related news, including the group's attempt to sue former Chinese leader [[Jiang Zemin]] under civil legislation for [[genocide]], when most other overseas Chinese-language newspapers do not cover such news. In 2005, the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' reported that "three new U.S-based, Chinese-language media outlets that provide provocative reporting about the Communist Party, government oppression and social unrest in China [namely Epoch Times, Sound of Hope, and NTDTV] have ties to the Falun Gong spiritual movement." When interviewed, executives at each outlet said they did not represent the Falun Gong movement as a whole.<ref name="sfgate2"/>
While many individuals involved in the production of the newspaper practice Falun Gong, according to Zhao Yuezhi, the media seeks to present itself as "public interest-oriented" and "independent of any political and business groups ... objectively and fairly reporting facts and truth". Its reporting on Chinese affairs often highlights negative news about the Chinese government and coverage of Falun Gong in a sympathetic light. In this view, the paper articulates Falun Gong's views on a range of issues, and may be part of a ''de facto'' media alliance with democracy activists in exile.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yRVtAAAAQBAJ|publisher = Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|date = 2003-09-22|isbn = 9780742575202|first = Nick|last = Couldry|first2 = James|last2 = Curran}}</ref>▼
According to Ming Xia, political science professor at the [[College of Staten Island]], ''Epoch Times'' represents part of Falun Gong's effort to expand to non-practitioners, and "is part of the Falun Gong strategy to embed itself into the large civil society for influence and legitimacy".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17386/epoch-times|title = Paper denies representing Falun Gong|publisher = Religionnewsblog.com|date = |accessdate = 6 March 2014}}</ref>
▲While many individuals involved in the production of the newspaper practice Falun Gong, according to Zhao Yuezhi, the media seeks to present itself as "public interest-oriented" and "independent of any political and business groups ... objectively and fairly reporting facts and truth". Its reporting on Chinese affairs often highlights negative news about the Chinese government and coverage of Falun Gong in a sympathetic light. In this view, the paper articulates Falun Gong's views on a range of issues, and may be part of a ''de facto'' media alliance with democracy activists in exile.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yRVtAAAAQBAJ|publisher = Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|date = 2003-09-22|isbn = 9780742575202|first = Nick|last = Couldry|first2 = James|last2 = Curran}}</ref>
▲Epoch Times also runs mainstream newswire stories and in some places can resemble a community newspaper.<ref name=waves>Eugenia Chien, [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6ce9872ebb88b3aaa3ff48b6c1ffc19a "Falun Gong-Linked Media Venture Makes Waves, Raises Questions"] ''New America Media'', News Analysis, May 16, 2006</ref> Zhao said, "While mainstream newspaper typically treat Web versions as an extension of the already-existing print version, Epoch Times website serves as the master for all its worldwide papers."<ref name="zhao">Zhao, Yuezhi, "Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China", pp 209–223 in ''Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World'', edited by Nick Couldry and James Curran (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)</ref>
==Nine commentaries on the Communist Party==
{{Main|Tuidang movement}}
Since November 2004, the Chinese version of ''Epoch Times'' has published and promoted a series of editorials and a booklet titled "[[Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]]"<ref name=9com>[http://www.ninecommentaries.com/english "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party"] ninecommentaries.com/english</ref> ({{zh|t=九評共產黨|s=九评共产党|first=t|links=no}}). The editorials expose the CCP's often violent political campaigns through its history, from its ascent to power under [[Mao Zedong]] to its present-day form. The CCP was criticized as an illegitimate institution which used underhanded tactics to gain power. The commentaries allege that the CCP "destroyed traditional Chinese culture" and brands the CCP an "evil cult".<ref>{{cite web|author=The Epoch Times Dec 26, 2004 |url=http://en.epochtimes.com/news/4-12-26/25182.html |title=Part 8: On How the Chinese Communist Party Is an Evil Cult |work=The Epoch Times |date=December 26, 2004 |accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref> According to Ownby, the ''Commentaries'' are a condemnation of Communism and direct indictment on the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party in ruling China. While acknowledging the "unnecessary violence" the Chinese Communist Party has inflicted, as a professional historian Ownby finds that the lack of balance and nuance in tone and style makes the editorial resemble "anti-Communist propaganda written in Taiwan in the 1950s."<ref name="DO2"/> The commentaries won an award in 2005.<ref name="
The Nine Commentaries have been translated into more than 30 other languages<ref name=9com/> and released as a DVD.<ref name=9comDVD>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8oaUepvc70 "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party"] NTDTV youtube.com</ref> The Nine Commentaries have been credited by the newspaper and prominent leaders of the expatriate Chinese community, with sparking an exodus from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.<ref name=AIM>{{cite web |url=http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/independent-chinese-newspaper-bucks-communists/# |title=Independent Chinese Newspaper Bucks Communists|last1=Gossett |first1=Sherrie |date=15 June 2005 |website=aim.org |publisher=Accuracy in Media |accessdate=19 October 2013}}</ref>
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The number of people who have resigned from the Communist Party of China or its affiliate organizations, is published in Chinese editions of the newspaper. The counter stood at over 190 million on 16 January 2015.<ref>[http://epochtimes.com Epoch Times] epochtimes.com</ref>
==Awards and achievements==
Epoch Times global media company has been the recipient of several awards:
* '''2005 National Ethnic Press & Media Council Award''' – Epoch Times was given this annual award for being "a strong defender for human rights and democratic values." The paper was also acknowledged for being the first to report on the coverup of the SARS virus by Chinese authorities in China.<ref>The Epoch Times (20 Sep 2005) [http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-9-20/32513.html Epoch Times Wins National Award in Canada] Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref>
* '''2005 Asian American Journalists Association National Award''' – Epoch Times was awarded for "excellence in coverage of Asian American Issues" for its editorial series, Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. According to the newspaper itself, The "Nine Commentaries" prompted millions of Chinese people to quit the Communist Party because it provided "the first in-depth look at the true nature and history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."<ref name="
* '''2005 International Society for Human Rights Award''' – In May 2005, ''Die Neue Epoche'', the German-language edition of ''Epoch Times'', received a special media prize from the [[International Society for Human Rights]] (IGFM) for "extensive and regular reporting about violations of [[human rights in China]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-5-10/41381.html |title=The Epoch Times Wins Prize for Human Rights Reporting |work=The Epoch Times |date=10 May 2006 |accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>
* '''2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal''' – ''Epoch Times'' was awarded this commemorative medal, which honours "significant contributions and achievements by Canadians."<ref>[http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14019 The Governor General of Canada: Diamond Jubilee Medal] Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=239576&t=13 |title=Find a Recipient |publisher=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref> Canadian publisher Cindy Gu was nominated for the medal by the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness for raising awareness of human rights abuses in China and the organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners.<ref name=DJM>[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/epoch-times-publisher-awarded-diamond-jubilee-medal-302775.html "
* '''2012 National Ethnic Press and Media Council Award''' – The Chinese edition of ''Epoch Times'' was given this annual award for, "Excellence in editorial/free expression, best concept and visual presentation."<ref>[http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR1780.htm "National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada Award Recipients 2012"] sources.com 7 November 2012</ref><ref>The Epoch Times (13 November 2012) [http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/epoch-times-wins-ethnic-press-media-award-in-canada-314136.html Epoch Times Wins Ethnic Press Media Award] Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref>
* '''2012 New York Press Association Award''' – ''Epoch Times'' won first place in the category "Best Special Section—Advertising, Division 2" for a special section produced for Asia Week New York in March 2012. "A great special section has five strong components: a great cover, appealing design, good art, strong content, and well designed complimentary advertising. This section has all five," said the NYPA judges. "In all, this is one of the nicest sections I have ever seen produced by a newspaper."<ref>[http://www.freeinews.com Free-i-News.] (8 April 2013) [http://www.freeinews.com/global/epoch-times-wins-newspaper-excellence-award "Epoch Times Wins Newspaper Excellence Award"] Retrieved 28 Apr 2013</ref>
* '''2012 [[Society of Professional Journalists]]' Sigma Delta Chi award''' – ''Epoch Times'' China reporter Matthew Robertson won this award in the category of Non-Deadline Reporting for a series of articles he wrote on forced, live organ harvesting in China.<ref name="
* '''2013 Newswomen's Club Award''' – ''Epoch Times'' New York reporter Genevieve Belmaker won the Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York for reporting about the impact of [[Hurricane Sandy]], in the category of newspapers with a circulation of less than 100,000 per day.<ref>Newswomen’s Club of New York [http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2013-fpa-winners "2013 Front Page Award Winners"] newswomensclubnewyork.com</ref><ref>West, Ananda. "[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/315122-epoch-times-reporter-wins-newswomens-club-award/?photo=2 Epoch Times Reporter Wins Newswomen’s Club Award for Hurricane Sandy Coverage]", ''The Epoch Times'', October 10, 2013.</ref>
* '''2013 Top Minority Business Enterprise Awards''' – ''Epoch Times'' Chinese edition CEO in the Washington region, Jenny Jing, won the TOP MBE Awards' "Business Legends" award on October 30, 2013.<ref>Top 100 MBEs, honoring minority and women entrepreneurs. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
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* [http://www.theepochtimes.com English website] theepochtimes.com (see languages for 20 other languages)
* [http://www.ninecommentaries.com "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party"] ninecommentaries.com
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