The Epoch Times
Outside China, Falun Gong practitioners established international media organizations to gain wider exposure for their cause and challenge narratives of the Chinese state-run media. These include "The Epoch Times" newspaper, New Tang Dynasty Television, and Sound of Hope radio station. According to Zhao, through "The Epoch Times" it can be discerned how Falun Gong is building a "de facto media alliance" with China's democracy movements in exile, as demonstrated by its frequent printing of articles by prominent overseas Chinese critics of the PRC government. In 2004, "The Epoch Times" published a collection of nine editorials that presented a critical history of Communist Party rule. This catalyzed the Tuidang movement, which encourages Chinese citizens to renounce their affiliations to the Chinese Communist Party, including ex post facto renunciations of the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers. "The Epoch Times" claims that tens of millions have renounced the Communist Party as part of the movement, though these numbers have not been independently verified.