BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

Persecuting Folk Religion: Two Cases of Repression in Rural China

In Guangdong, the police tried to prevent the Ying Laoye procession from taking place. In Jiangxi, they violently blocked the construction of an ancestral hall.

Japan: Hundreds of Thousands of Unification Church Believers Deprived of Places of Worship

While some had claimed the dissolution would only strip the church of its tax-exempt status, liquidators have already closed down 260 places of worship.

The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 2. “Cults,” “Cults” Everywhere!

From members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to supporters of Donald Trump, all groups Hassan dislikes are identified as “cults.”

The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 1. The “BITE Model” as Pseudoscience

The American anti-cultist’s ideology is just the old, discredited “brainwashing” ideology under a new name.

The Distorted Faith of China’s Three‑Self Church: But Why Do Some Join?

Some are misinformed. Others are scared. But some look for material benefits. A Chinese Christian’s analysis.

The Unification Church Verdict: The New Martyrs of Japan

A profoundly wrong court decision tries to assassinate a religious organization.

“The Broken China Dream”: Xi Jinping, the West, and the Prosperity Trap

If you thought that capitalism and the rise of Chinese billionaires would soften the Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, now you need to think again.

Japan: The Dissolution of the Unification Church and International Law. 2. A Call to a Silent Media

A confirmed decision of dissolution would dramatically diminish Japan’s international standing.

China, Zhonggong Was Supposed to Be Dead—But Keeps Being Arrested

Two months after a court verdict in Shanxi, repression continues. It reveals something Beijing does not want to admit: Zhonggong is alive.

Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World

A monumental book focuses on the American years and mystical utopianism of a reformer who has been curiously rediscovered in Xi Jinping’s China

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