A document by the Central Committee published on February 26 orders law schools to oppose “constitutionalism” and other Western democratic fallacies.
News China
Death of a Radio Host: Falun Gong Practitioner Pang Xun Beaten to Death in Jail
A smuggled video appeared on social media in mid-February and documented yet another extrajudicial killing of a dissident in Chinese prisons.
Xi Jinping Launches His “Non-Western” Model of Modernization
As “a new form of human civilization. Chinese-style modernization breaks the myth of ‘modernization=Westernization’” and offers a (non-democratic) model to the world, Xi said.
United Nations: “One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated From Their Parents”
In November, three UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to China. There has been no satisfactory answer, and they have decided to go public.
Beijing Shouwang Church: The House Church That Refuses to Die
On February 8, the police “discovered” that the megachurch liquidated in 2019 continues to exist clandestinely.
Zhanargul Zhumatai: Ethnic Kazakh Dissident Detained
She told Bitter Winter and the world she was in grave danger of being arrested. She was right.
Wang Jiafang: Falun Gong Professor of Mathematics Persecuted for 23 Years
The woman resisted years of deprogramming, and from 2000 on has spent most of her time in jail.
Zhanargul Zhumatai: “Help Me, I Just Want to Leave China”
The ethnic Kazakh dissident tells Bitter Winter she continues to be embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the authorities as she waits under virtual house arrest in Urumqi.
Seoul Sungrak Church: One of the World’s Largest Baptist Churches Banned as a “Cult” in China
China’s desire to please Korean anti-cultists, with whom it regularly cooperates, may have been a factor in the decision.
Zero COVID: Chinese Propaganda Tries to Rewrite History
The Party claims it had decided to abandon the policy on November 10, before the Urumqi Fire and the protests. This is false.