In 2019, Bitter Winter revealed a secret plan to eradicate the group, whose leader died on November 10, in China. It did not succeed.
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WeChat, Grids Mobilized for Anti-Religious Propaganda
A social experiment in Fujian combined the grid surveillance system with a WeChat game everybody should play.
Book Deconstructs “Sinicization” of Religion
Yang Fenggang, Gordon Melton, and others explain what the word Xi Jinping uses so often hides.
CCP Fearful of Religious “Infiltration” from Vietnam Among Mien Minority
Border villages in Guangxi are under surveillance and targeted by propaganda against “cults” and Christian groups.
Greater China Buddhism: Lessons from a Defunct Religious Movement
The story of an extinct group, also called the “Three Periods of Pudu,” is taught to those in charge of fighting “cults” in China. But why is it still relevant?
Xinjiang: New Regulations Will Tighten Control in 2022
The “Regulations on the Construction of Public Safety” will come into force on January 1, 2022. Surveillance will be further increased through the grid system.
Chinese Buddhist Monks Compelled to Watch “Red” Movies
As part of their mandatory study of Communist Party history, “Party movie classes” are organized in monasteries.
Christians Told to Preach that Business Was Invented in China
Sermons should introduce “Sinicized Christian social teaching,” claiming that the Shang Dynasty invented state-controlled agriculture and commerce.
Chinese Communist Party: “Communism Is Winning, Liberalism Is Losing”
“A profound transformation in favor of Marxism and socialism has taken place,” the CCP says.
600 Church of Almighty God Members Sentenced in 2021
Jail penalties are increasingly severe for common devotees, guilty only of living their faith. One died in prison.