The story of two families, which were persecuted and destroyed for the sole crime of maintaining their Kazakh identity.
Crackdown on Ethnic Kazakhs Continues in Xinjiang
Lawyers Told They Cannot Claim Xie Jiao Members Are Innocent
The CCP has a list of banned religious groups. Now, it is telling lawyers they cannot argue in court their accused members are not guilty – or else.
The Dangers of Religious Social Networking in China
Believers not only face the risk of arrest for gathering in unlicensed places of worship – even joining a religion-affiliated group online may lead to persecution.
Police Hunt for and Persecute Buyers of Religious Books
After an online Christian bookstore owner was arrested, buyers were traced and investigated all over China as part of CCP’s drive against “illegal publications.”
Testimonies
CCP’s Anti- Xie Jiao Propaganda Ruins Families
Manipulated and lied to by the government, relatives of believers from banned religious groups are forced to mistreat their loved ones to save themselves.
Three-Self Church Believers Indoctrinated to Become Atheists
As China’s state-run Protestant Church is being turned into a tool to spread CCP’s ideology, its congregations are forced to study Marxist texts and accept atheism.
Islamic Structures Demolished, Symbols Removed from Shops
New reports about the destruction of Islamic architecture and purge of religious symbols from China’s capital Beijing and the northeastern province of Jilin.
CCP Uses Demolition of Buddhist Statues as Intimidation Tool
Fearing that China’s large Buddhist population will be hard to control, the regime is accelerating efforts to eliminate religious symbols.
Op-eds
Opinion: What China Does Is Cultural Genocide
The West loses dignity turning a blind eye to Beijing’s Orwellian human rights abuse.
Merry Christmas from Bitter Winter—and a Prayer for Those in Jail
In this holy day, we keep in your heart all our readers, and all those suffering in China, including our imprisoned reporters.
Interviews
Demolishing Graveyards in Xinjiang: Even Dead Uyghurs Are Now Persecuted
After CNN revealed the CCP’s destruction of Uyghur cemeteries, Chinese propaganda claimed these were just fake news. Uyghur poet Aziz Isa Elkun tells us the true story.
Missing Uyghurs Do Not Reappear: The Case of the Hamdullah Family
The CCP campaigns claiming that the Uyghurs who disappeared are now safely home is a lie, as proved by the case of two prominent Uyghur businessmen and their relatives.
Featured
How Xi Jinping Became God
The Chinese President, like Chairman Mao before him, is trying to propose himself as an object of worship worthier than god. Bitter Winter has selected some typical reports about this bizarre, yet worrying development.
Documents
English Translation of the 2019 Administrative Measures for Religious Groups
Bitter Winter offers the first complete English translation of these new provisions, coming into force on February 1, 20202. As we commented, they make the situation of religion in China from bad to worse.
An Urgent Appeal: Stop Police Brutality in Hong Kong
40 parliamentarians and dignitaries from 18 countries write to Carrie Lam
Members of Lithuanian and European Parliament to Kazakhstan: Do Not Deport Refugees Back to China
Bitter Winter reported on the case of two ethnic Kazakhs who escaped the transformation through education camps. Some brave European politicians, led by Lithuanian MP Mantas Adomėnas, now speak up in their favor.
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