Following pressure from China, a Catholic university withdrew the keynote speech of one of the world’s leading experts on Chinese religion.
The Fenggang Yang Scandal: US Catholic Organization Silences a Leading Scholar
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Paradise Lost: The Forced Exodus of Lifechanyuan’s Thailand Home
A peaceful spiritual community is driven across borders by China’s transnational pressure and escalating threats.
Sinicization of Religion Reaches Macau
As part of a broader effort to tighten control over the Special Administrative Region, control over religion is also increasing.
Wang Huning Tours Tibet to Enforce the New Ethnic Unity Law
The inspection follows a similar tour of Xinjiang and asks for more political pressure, religious supervision, and intensified social management.
Ethnic Unity Law: Veteran Wuhan Dissident Arrested in Lhasa
Zhang Yi is a former leader of the 1989 students’ movement who has continued to defend civic rights despite repeated punishment and torture.
Hong Kong: Booksellers Raided, Arrested for Selling Emily Feng’s “Red Flowers” Book
Hong Kong police raid two bookstores over a Taiwan‑published study of identity under Xi Jinping.
Century New City Church, Kunming: Prayers Requested for Three Detained Christians
Relatives and fellow Christians ask for solidarity as a fragile congregation faces renewed pressure after a police raid during Sunday worship
After a Tibetan Set Himself on Fire in New York: How Tibetans React
The self-immolation is viewed very differently by Tibetans than by Western observers, who often miss the context.
Stop Uyghur Forced Labor: An Event in the UK Parliament
Activists and campaigners pool resources to see the scourge of Uyghur forced labor eradicated in Xinjiang.
Lifechanyuan: Facing a New Wave of Repression in China
Fresh detentions and sentences show that China’s campaign against this spiritual movement continues