The Forums were created in 2018 to promote and study how Taoism can be “Sinicized,” i.e., is converted more and more into a mouthpiece of the Communist Party.
He Yuyan
Shanghai’s Catholic Bishop Shen Bin Announces His Program: Study Xi Jinping, not the Pope
After having been appointed by the CCP and grudgingly and belatedly approved by the Vatican, the new Prelate revealed its true colors.
Li Wencheng Dies at 97: How China Fabricates Religious Leaders
The former General Secretary of the China Taoist Association knew nothing about religion but was made by the CCP first into a Catholic and then a Taoist leader.
Red Backpack: Taoist Clergy’s Mandatory Pilgrimage to a Maoist Shrine
On June 21, China Taoist Association imparted some “red education” to Taoist clergy and staff by taking them to honor a Communist Party folk hero.
Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue
Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappeared.”
Taoist Seminarians Compelled to Watch Korean War Propaganda Movies
The not-so-successful film “Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack” is being used to indoctrinate future Taoist clergy on the evil of U.S. “aggressions.”
Even Taoists Are Being “Sinicized”: Shanghai Hosted the “First Forum on Sinicization of Taoism”
Taoism is quintessentially Chinese. The campaign confirms that “Sinicizing” religion does not mean making it more Chinese, but more subservient to the CCP.
China’s “Query System for Islamic, Catholic, and Christian Clergy,” Another Tool for Repression
After the one for Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, a new data base will allow the authorities to identify priests, pastors, and imams not controlled by the CCP.
Wenzhou, Parents Asked to Sign a “Kindergarten Family Commitment Not to Believe in Religion”
In the mandator statement, they promise to educate their children to socialism and atheism.
The “Buddhist and Taoist Clergy Database,” Another CCP Imposture
Advertised as a tool against fraudulent “false monks,” it will in fact also help cracking down on Buddhist monks and Taoist priests not controlled by the CCP.
He Yuyan
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