Bitter Winter

The Cassation Court sends the Russian spiritual teacher back toward the darkness he barely survived

In a strange turn of events in a case that should have been closed long ago, a new judge copied more than 400 pages from a previous judge removed because of his biases.

The story of Li Xianghong reveals how, in today’s China, a prison sentence ends, but the machinery of reprisal does not.

New schoolbased procedures instruct educators to identify and monitor children from Unification Church families, raising concerns about privacy violations.

How media fueled the racist riots: coordinated narratives turned a police operation into a public threat.

A revered statue’s grounds become a horseracing field. Cultural erasure in historical Tibet now proceeds through construction as much as demolition and removal.

Sensationalist media, fake news, and propaganda fueled a rapid mobilization of violent protests.

New state policies introduce schoolbased programs designed to reshape the thinking of minors from Unification Church families.

The model tightens ideological discipline and expands monitoring, while temples quietly resist pressure to preach political doctrine rather than classical cultivation.

Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children