Voices from inside the Beijing Jiaquan Church raid call for prayer and international attention after 100 police officers attacked it last month.
Zeng Liqin
Fujian Villagers Halt Attempted Demolition of Guanyin Statue
Rural communities increasingly refuse unilateral decisions about religious structures.
China’s Patriotic Catholic Church Promotes the Ethnic Unity Law
The official Catholic body promotes with zeal a law internationally condemned while ignoring the Papal encyclical that the rest of the Catholic world is discussing.
Catholic Training in Beijing Centered on Xi Jinping, Not the Pope’s Magisterium
State‑controlled bishops and clergy are instructed to preach Party documents, while Vatican teaching remains absent.
Fujian: Police Mobilized to Demolish Village‑Funded Temple, Several Injured
Yet another demolition sparks public outrage and police brutality.
Wenzhou, New Crackdown on Catholic Conscientious Objectors
Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who refuse to join the CCP-controlled Patriotic Church.
Words Used for Cultural Genocide: How “Northern Frontier” Is Replacing “Inner Mongolia”
They are starting with adjectives. “Mongolian culture” becomes mandatorily “Northern Frontier culture.”
Unusual Protest by Southern Mongolian Herders Ask for Compensation After Grazing Ban
Blaming Mongolian herders for grassland degradation (in fact caused by China’s large-scale agriculture and mining) is a pretext to destroy their culture.
Catholic Priests from Fujian Mobilized for “Patriotic Education” in Xinjiang
A delegation led by Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu, a CCP loyalist, went to the region to “see and believe” that all is well there and to preach “patriotism” to local religionists.
Anti-Cult Propaganda in Ulugqat County, Xinjiang—Where There Are No “Cults”
For thirteen years a “horseback anti-cult police squad” has visited herders who have never met a “cult.” Why?
Zeng Liqin
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