State‑controlled bishops and clergy are instructed to preach Party documents, while Vatican teaching remains absent.
Catholic Training in Beijing Centered on Xi Jinping, Not the Pope’s Magisterium
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China’s Surveillance Fantasies, Accidentally Published Online
A forgotten demo dashboard reveals how China’s security apparatus imagines total data control.
When Even Taoism Must Be “Sinicized”
A Beijing training course shows once more that Sinicization means Party control, not Chinese culture.
“Sinicizing” Islam: How the Communist Party Is Rewriting the Legacy of Ha Decheng
Beijing’s Islamic establishment reshapes the great scholar’s legacy to legitimize today’s stateengineered “Sinicized Islam,” sidelining the historical record.
China, United Front Issues Guidelines for the New Law on Ethnic Unity
State-controlled religious organizations and foreign propaganda are mobilized to implement and defend the widely criticized statute.
Li Ganjie in Yunnan: Echoes of A High-Profile Trip and the “Sinicization” of Religion
The United Front Work Department chief and Politburo members personally inspected the progress of the CCP’s plan to control religions in a key province.
Barbara Demick’s “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove”: Revisiting the One-Child Policy in China
An award for the book that highlights the human cost of China’s population control through the extraordinary story of separated twins.
No Real Freedom for the Catholic Church in China
After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says.
The Bible Dilemma of China’s House Church Believers
A Chinese Christian explains that obtaining a Bible legally is difficult—and getting one illegally will land you in jail.
China’s New Front Line Against “Illegal Religion”: Primary School Classrooms
A campaign in Lishui, Zhejiang, shows how the fight against “heterodox teachings” now targets even young pupils.