A panel in Bologna presents the main issues about religious freedom in China and introduces Bitter Winter to international scholars.
Massimo Introvigne
Digital Maoism: The New Personality Cult of Xi Jinping
A new app for smartphones, the use of which is mandatory for CCP members, takes the personality cult of President Xi Jinping to new, unprecedented heights.
From Beijing 2008 to Beijing 2022: Should We Boycott China’s Winter Olympics?
Senator Marco Rubio, co-chair of the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China, is pressuring the International Olympic Committee asking that the city of Beijing be deprived of the hosting rights for the 2022 Winter Olympics games. Rubio argues that the gross violations of human rights in China, particularly in the field of religious liberty, are incompatible with the Olympic spirit.
China Supports Russia’s Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
While the world condemns the sentencing of Witnesses in Russia to harsh jail penalties for the only crime of practicing their faith, China applauds the persecution.
“Tibetan Monks Should Not Teach Children”
Often chased from public schools, the Tibetan language is taught in monasteries. The CCP claims this is forbidden.
Sayragul Sauytbay Again at Risk of Being Deported
In August 2018, we all celebrated Kazakhstan’s decision not to deport this brave Muslim refugee back to China. But Beijing did not give up, and she is at risk again.
Vatican Rejects CCP’s Claim that Underground Catholics Should Join the Patriotic Church
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the head of Vatican’s congregation responsible for China, rejects false interpretations of the Vatican-China deal.
Is There a Selective Persecution of House Churches in China?
A book by American political scientist Carsten Vala answers the question why some house churches are “tolerated” and others are persecuted in China.
US Congress’ Lantos Commission Adopts CAG’s Mo Xiufeng as Prisoner of Conscience
For the first time, a prisoner of The Church of Almighty God detained in China is “adopted” by the bipartisan Lantos Commission of the US Congress.
Thirty Years After: Tiananmen and Religion
In 2019, the world celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989. Few however realize that what happened then determined the fate of religion in China in the next 30 year.
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.