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.
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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.
Xi Jinping’s Zero-COVID Policy: It’s the Ideology, Stupid
The CCP has clarified that Marxism, rather than medical science, is the reason why the current strategy cannot be changed.
COVID-19, Ukraine, Protests: Now the Chinese Communist Party Is Really Scared
The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission warns that a Ukraine-style anti-Party “color revolution” may erupt in Chinese cities at all time.
Public Security: New Training Directives Teach “CCP’s Absolute Leadership Over Human Rights Work”
Based on Xi Jinping’s speeches, officers will be trained to apply the principle that human rights are what the Party says they are.
Central Political and Legal Work Conference: The CCP Does Not Feel Safe
Reading between the lines of the important meeting, it appears that the Communist Party is expecting in 2022 “infiltration, subversion, and sabotage.”
China Has a New “Great Helmsman,” Xi Jinping
The political implications of using for Xi a title so far attributed only to Mao are alarming.
Crackdown on Religious Content on the Internet Coming March 1, 2022
After Xi Jinping lamented that social media and the web are used to proselytize for religion, which is forbideen, new draconian Measures have been enacted.
Public Security Immediately Implementing National Conference on Religion
A comparatively new expression, “xie jiao and illegal missionary activities,” may guide the new crackdowns
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Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.