We are an international, independent, award-winning, multi-language media company in print and online, spanning 35 countries and 21 language editions. Epoch Times is the only multi-national newspaper that spans the entire globe. It is also the most widely distributed Chinese newspaper in the world. Freedom of the press and humanity are fundamental to the Epoch Times. Our newspaper was born to fill the void of truthful news coverage of events in China, where previously only propaganda and censorship existed. Having personally witnessed human rights tragedies like the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the persecution of the spiritual movement Falun Gong, and at great risk to themselves and their loved ones, a group of Chinese-Americans began publishing the Epoch Times in Chinese in the United States. Some reporters in China were subsequently jailed, and some suffered severe torture before disappearing altogether. Integrity and truthfulness in reporting, together with covering stories that really matter, are the central tenets of the Epoch Times. Our beginnings have instilled in Epoch Times staff an unwavering commitment to objective reporting and socially responsible business practices, as well as respect for human rights and freedom.