A new book by Jennifer Pan shows how the CCP, under the pretext of “elimination of poverty,” uses its “Dibao” livelihood guarantee program to better watch over political and religious dissidents.
Massimo Introvigne
U.S. Department of State’s Religious Freedom Report: The CCP Routinely Abuses, Tortures, and Kills Members of All Religions
The most comprehensive official document ever published on religious persecution in China quotes Bitter Winter 74 times.
China’s Leading Soccer Player: “The CCP Should Be Kicked Out of Humanity”
#1 scorer in Chinese history Hao Haidong repudiates the CCP. China tries to cancel him from the Internet
COVID-19: The CCP Lied, the WHO Lied, Thousands Died
New documents leaked to the Associated Press confirm that the WHO, while praising China in public, knew the CCP was lying about the virus.
China-India Border Dispute: It’s About Tibet and Nepal—and Religion, Too
“What’s happening in Ladakh is the repetition of what happened to Tibet 60 years ago,” says the president of the Central Tibetan Administration.
CCP Propaganda Manipulates Protests in the USA
“All of these acts were committed as if by Hong Kong rioters who snuck into these US cities,” wrote the CCP’s Global Times.
Attorney Mark Tarrant: Fighting for Drew Pavlou, Against the CCP’s “Nazi Tactics”
The Australian lawyer who represents the student expelled from University of Queensland in his lawsuit against the Chinese Consul-General in Brisbane speaks out.
Drew Pavlou Expelled from His Australian University for Criticizing the CCP
Bitter Winter reported about the case of Drew Pavlou, a 20-year-old student and a “senator,” i.e. a member elected by the students to the Academic Senate, at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
The University has heavy links with China and he was under threat of expulsion for his criticism of the CCP.
The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails
A book by Timothy Grose examines Beijing’s project of taking Uyghur students to boarding schools far away from Xinjiang to “sinicize” them.
Hong Kong: What Is Really Happening
British expert Benedict Rogers tells Bitter Winter how China is moving to destroy Hong Kong’s basic freedoms – and what we can do about it.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.