All American journalists have been expelled from China so how n the hell could they possibly know what is going on??
The Epoch Times is heavily connected with the officially suppressed Falun Gong religious cult in China.
Read this to see why Falun Gong hates the Chinese government and why their members will cheerfully play fifth columnists against them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
For some reason, Falun Gong absolutely terrifies the Chinese government. Not sure why.