A panel in Bologna presents the main issues about religious freedom in China and introduces Bitter Winter to international scholars.
Religious Freedom in China, Bitter Winter Discussed at the European Academy of Religion
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Reporting Boxes and Tip Lines to Stop Religion in Villages
Returning to a Cultural Revolution practice, China sets up boxes, phone lines, and web sites to report on neighbors, and defines monetary rewards for snitches.
Pastor Wang’s Parents and Son Under Surveillance
Since his arrest in December, the pastor’s mother has been beaten, the whole family is being monitored, and his lawyer was detained.
Auxiliary Police Investigate Religion in Rural Areas
As Chinese authorities promote a Mao-era policy that pits people against each other, they’re also increasing the militancy in each and every village.
World’s Largest Cliff-Carved Guanyin Statue Demolished (VIDEO)
Hebei authorities used explosives to destroy the “Dripping-Water Guanyin” statue, as the CCP’s intense crackdown on large religious statues continues.
House Churches in Danger of Being Labeled Xie Jiao
The label xie jiao, reserved for banned “heterodox teachings,” is now increasingly applied to “normal” house churches.
Shaolin Martial Arts Schools Forced to Take “Red Road”
Famous schools must cut all ties with their historical past, shedding robes and statues and names that evoke their Buddhist origins.
Citizens Face Retaliation for Filming Police Brutality
In China, bystanders are arrested, beaten, investigated for years for daring to document violence committed by police. Why do CCP authorities fear oversight?
“Modern” Religious Tyranny: Return of Village Loudspeakers
China adopts a back-to-the-future tactic, reintroducing Cultural Revolution-era sound systems to deliver constant Communist Party propaganda.
“Small Feet” to Monitor Believers, Human Rights Activists
Apparently, there aren’t enough police to monitor religion at all times, everywhere. So, China uses old women, city employees, unemployed to spy on neighbors.