The new measures will replace those of 2005, and introduce stricter provisions making CCP propaganda at all places of worship mandatory.
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Xi Jinping Launches His “Non-Western” Model of Modernization
As “a new form of human civilization. Chinese-style modernization breaks the myth of ‘modernization=Westernization’” and offers a (non-democratic) model to the world, Xi said.
“Socialist Spiritual Civilization”: The Great Comeback of an Old CCP Concept
A notion launched by Deng Xiaoping, promoted by Jiang Zemin, and much less emphasized in later years, is now revamped by Xi Jinping through his latest book.
Zero COVID: Chinese Propaganda Tries to Rewrite History
The Party claims it had decided to abandon the policy on November 10, before the Urumqi Fire and the protests. This is false.
China #1 “Cult-Buster” vs. China’s #1 Doctor: Who Will Win?
“Hero of atheism” and anti-cultist Sima Nan vilifies Zhang Wenhong, the chief of the anti-COVID Shanghai Medical Treatment Expert Group.
Xiao Liang: Artist Arrested for Painting Portrait of Sitong Bridge Protester
Peng Lifa, who hung banners with anti-Xi-Jinping slogans on a bridge in Beijing, is in jail but remains the man the CCP is most afraid of.
Our Hero, the Lone Protester: Will He End Up in a Psychiatric Hospital?
A brave citizen fooled the police and managed to hang protest banners on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge on the eve of the 20th Congress. Will he share the fate of the “Ink Girl” —or her father?
Release on Bail in China: Do the New Rules Really Make It Easier?
The September 2022 rules are hailed as progressive and liberal. But they are unlikely to improve the situation of those arrested for ‘separatism” or religion-related offenses.
Compulsory Military Education for Chinese Students
New regulations deal with teenagers from age 13, but in fact another ordinance had already extended the program to primary schools.
“Ice-Cream Assassins”: Chinese Communist Party’s New Public Enemies
Prices of the ice-creams are too high, and many complain. For the CCP, it’s an excellent opportunity for more control.
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Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.