A folk temple in Hainan and a Yao ethnic clan hall in Guangxi were destroyed. This time, a protest erupted.
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Kazakhstan’s Detention of Xinjiang Witnesses: Beijing’s Long Arm Reaches Across the Border
Protesting against China now results in activists being detained—and held in a unclear legal situation.
“The Battle of Penghu”: Weaponizing History, Again, for Propaganda Films About Taiwan
China’s use of historical cinema to push reunification narratives is drawing criticism even within its own borders.
Roses Are Red, Loyalty Is Too: How China Weaponizes Love
“Religion, Secularism, and Love” by Ting Guo is about the political use of the world’s oldest control tool.
The Weeping Believer: A Report from a Chinese Christian
The Three-Self Church is not a real church but a political propaganda agency. Leaving it, however, exposes one to the risk of being arrested.
Shenzhen’s Anti-Xie Jiao Week: VR Headsets Meet Anti-Religious Propaganda
Even a Monopoly game is distributed to teach locals and tourists that “cults and illegal religion” threaten them.
Silencing Pro-Tibet Activists Abroad: China’s Transnational Repression
The Chinese Communist regime’s efforts to undermine liberties far beyond its own borders know no rest—the paradigmatic case of 22-year-old Zhang Yadi.
Why Uyghurs Commemorated the East Turkestan Republic Day
A testimony by Amsterdam’s “lonely Uyghur” protester about the relevance and beauty of November 16.
Who Is Salt Typhoon? An Update on the Chinese Hacking of One Million American Mobile Phones
New reports evidence the close collaboration between the Chinese Army and Public Security and opaque private companies.
Recruiting the Gods: China Represses Religion at Home but Weaponizes It in Taiwan
The goddes Mazu, the divinized general Guan Yu, and other deities are mobilized by CCP propaganda to promote the reunification narrative.