Bitter Winter

Media and anti-cultists misinterpret a (wrong) decision as a judicial condemnation of the religion rather than a free-speech case.

An award for the book that highlights the human cost of China’s population control through the extraordinary story of separated twins.

The court dissolved the Church based on “hypothetical” and “potential” rather than actual risks.

After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says.

After the internal reform of 2009, contested cases of donations fell to almost zero.

A Chinese Christian explains that obtaining a Bible legally is difficult—and getting one illegally will land you in jail.

The court failed to prove that dissolving the church was “necessary in a democratic society.”

The High Court surreptitiously reintroduced the discredited and pseudoscientific theory of mind control.

A campaign in Lishui, Zhejiang, shows how the fight against “heterodox teachings” now targets even young pupils.

“Public welfare” and “social appropriateness” are not part of “public order” and are not admissible grounds to restrict freedom of religion or belief.