Thanks for sharing, interesting.

Most of article's claims fall under 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' and easily explained as the result of aligned interests / incentives between groups rather than evidence of a direct relationship between the members, much less full control by one over another.  It strangely plays apologist for the Chinese establishment while painting loose connections between Falun Gong, Epoch Times, the CIA, and the Trump administration.  It reads as though it could easily be a Snopes equivalent, however, and it is only because I know it's target to be a publication willing to report what so many others would not, one that is an enemy of a country with an advanced understanding of propaganda itself, that I suspect that it might be.  That said, it's a great place to start research for those interested in trying to take a look at the facts involved, and it does appear there are 'ties' between some members / arms / iterations of each group mentioned.  And don't get me wrong, I'm sure there's plenty of bad actors around in all - life is rarely a simple good guy bad guy story.  The article goes a bit short of finding the relevant details by itself, stopping short and painting a one-sided picture of guilt by association, rather than a more balanced journalistic approach (par for the course these days).  That's what most readers will do too - they don't want or can't go to archives in multiple languages and territories to figure it all out - they just want to say "Epoch = Trump = Falun Gong = CIA are 100% bad, therefore enemies of them are 100% good" ... and this article wraps up such preconcieved notions nicely.