BITTER WINTER

Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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LATEST ARTICLES

China’s Weaponization of Tibet’s Green Revolution

The Chinese Communist Party is using dams, solar farms and power lines to fortify its Himalayan frontier, threatening its neighbors.

The 2026 Raid on the Children of the Twelve Tribes in Hamburg, NY. 1. An Anti-Cult Campaign

What happened to the movement can only be understood by looking at decades of attacks against the “cults” based on the rhetoric of “saving the children.”

Cameroon Announces the Closure of 1,400 Revivalist Churches

A Pentecostal woman killed her daughter. A minister used the tragedy as a pretext to crack down on local Pentecostals.

Progress “With Chinese Characteristics”: A Threat to the Tibetan People?

A gigantic hydroelectric project is being pursued in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, in an area that is both sacred and geologically risky.

Anti-Cultism Down Under. 3. From Singer to Feliciano

Over-emphasizing the authority of their sources is a common anti-cult tactic. Nobody at the Victorian Inquiry double-checked their claims.

Frank Dikötter’s “Red Dawn Over China”: When History Is Itself Anti-Communist

A must-read scholarly book, criticized by Chinese propaganda, illuminates the early CCP with rare archival depth and uncompromising independence.

Why “Cults” Resist Repression in China: A Major Study by Two PRC Scholars

Xi Chen and Xu Jing analyze thousands of judicial decisions and add fieldwork data to explain why campaigns against “xie jiao” remain a CCP priority but do not work.

Anti-Cultism Down Under. 2. Dubious Foundations

False quotes of non-existent books are just one problem in the Victorian Inquiry report’s reliance on anti-cult apostate Patrick McIvor, who is mentioned 215 times.

Anti-Cultism Down Under. 1. The Victorian Inquiry Report Release Debacle

An email address leak confirmed a cavalier approach to handling documents and data, resulting in biased and unsubstantiated conclusions.

China’s Silent Anniversary: How the Cultural Revolution’s Sixtieth Year Was Erased

The tragic event started between May and August 2026. Not only is there no celebration of the anniversary, but those commemorating it risk going to jail.

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