Having followers on WeChat may send you to jail—particularly if you are a Christian.
Christian Arrested for Criticizing Shanghai’s Zero-COVID Policy
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Organ Harvesting in China Is Real, Here Are the Smoking Guns
This is what David Matas told the members of the European Parliament, who passed a historical resolution against China on May 5. A Bitter Winter exclusive.
Xinjiang: Rule of Law Increasingly Replaced by “Authoritarian Lawlessness”
Chinese laws and legal procedure are already unfair enough, but when it comes to the Uyghurs the CCP does not even pretend to respect them, a new report claims.
How China and Russia Manipulate the George Floyd Case: A Uyghur View
Unlike in China, where police officers who kill or “disappear” Uyghurs such as Imammemet Ali are not punished, in the U.S. the officer who killed Floyd went to jail.
Cardinal Zen, Others Arrested in Hong Kong, Then Released on Bail
The 90-year-old prelate has been detained together with an academic, a barrister, and a singer and LGBT activist with the pretext of his past activity in the now-defunct 612 Fund.
Catholic Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu: Still Detained Despite Reported Vatican Intervention
The bishop of Xinxiang, in Henan province, refuses to join the Patriotic Catholic Church and was arrested in a spectacular raid in 2021.
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 5. How Confucianism Became a Religion—Unless It Didn’t
In contemporary China, some try to establish a “Confucian Church,” while Xi Jinping believes a non-religious Confucianism lives within the Communist Party.
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 4. The “Official Religion of Imperial China”?
A long process made the “Way of the Ru” an ideology governing the bureaucracy, education, and the imperial rites. The label “official religion” may however be misleading.
European Parliament Condemns Organ Harvesting in China
The UK also passed a piece of legislation aimed at stopping organ harvesting.
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 3. For Heaven’s Sake
Confucius’ notion of “Heaven” (Tian) was not necessarily religious. Rather than “a religion,” traditional Confucianism may be regarded as a “religious tradition.”