Scooters, faith, and the smartphone rebellion: how a Guangdong city successfully defied the police.
Zhao Zhangyong
Persecuting Folk Religion: Two Cases of Repression in Rural China
In Guangdong, the police tried to prevent the Ying Laoye procession from taking place. In Jiangxi, they violently blocked the construction of an ancestral hall.
China’s Crackdown on Gaia Earth Core: Consumer Protection or Authoritarian Control?
A movement with over 10,000 members may have violated consumer protection laws. But the repression is also part of a campaign to eliminate independent spiritual organizations.
Repression Rekindled: Yiguandao Faces Renewed Crackdown in China
In Guangdong and Shandong, authorities vow to show “no tolerance” to the redemptive religious movement.
Chinese Communist Party Launches a Campaign Labeling Bodhi Gong as a “Criminal Gang”
Further police repression against the Qigong-based movement is likely to follow.
Shuiyuexing: Another UFO Religion Repressed as a Xie Jiao in China
Police are searching for members of a Taiwan-based mix of Scientology and UFO lore across the country.
New Crackdown on Yiguandao in Guangdong
Both local and visiting Taiwanese believers were arrested and charged with being part of a “xie jiao,” although Yiguandao is not in the official list of banned movements.
Bodhi Gong Believers Sentenced in Inner Mongolia
The Qigong group, which the authorities failed to eradicate, continues to be active and persecuted in several provinces.
CCP Uses Lingyan Temple History to Insist Buddhism Should be “Sinicized,” Too
The false historical theory that Buddhism and temples flourished in China when they accepted to be controlled by the state is used to ask them to serve the CCP.
Taiwan’s Yiguandao Believers Arrested as “Cultists” when Visiting China
On December 26, Taipei’s Mainland Affairs Council warned that the anti-xie-jiao Article 300 of the Criminal Code is now enforced against Yiguandao although it is not in any official xie jiao list.
Zhao Zhangyong
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.