Recently issued guidelines across China demand to intensify crackdowns on “foreign religious infiltration,” mainly targeting US-affiliated places of worship.
New Orders to Suppress Churches with Ties to Abroad
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Kids Told to Praise the State and President on Children’s Day
Instead of celebrating childhood, China’s boys and girls had to sing patriotic songs, applaud the country’s leaders for fighting COVID-19 and alleviating poverty.
Coronavirus in Beijing—The CCP Blames European Salmon
The new outbreak of COVID-19 spoils the party for Xi Jinping’s birthday, which should have celebrated his “victory” on the virus. Propaganda reacts by blaming Northern Europe.
CCP Post-George-Floyd Propaganda: Chinese Netizens Strike Back
Enough is enough: even Chinese social media users tell the CCP that at least in the Unites States you can protest police brutality. In China, those who protest go to jail, or worse.
In 2019, Jiangsu Province Closed Nearly 200 Christian Venues
The six-month-long campaign was launched after President Xi Jinping’s orders to the provincial government to crack down on Christianity.
Want to Reopen Church? Praise Xi Jinping for Beating COVID-19
Since China started resuming most regular activities in March, like reopening businesses and entertainment venues, places of worship remain under strict control.
“Welfare for Autocrats”: How China Uses Welfare as a Tool for Surveillance
A new book by Jennifer Pan shows how the CCP, under the pretext of “elimination of poverty,” uses its “Dibao” livelihood guarantee program to better watch over political and religious dissidents.
Minors Summoned by Police, Punished for Online Remarks
Comments on the government’s ban to play online games during a national holiday in April resulted in numerous young gamers being questioned by the authorities.
For China’s Rights Defenders, Fighting the State Leads to Prison
A law that the CCP uses widely to silence those protesting its autocratic rule lists 32 instances when petitioning the government may result in hefty sentences.
Uyghur Women Persecuted: Will the Feminists Support Them?
Uyghur women are raped, compelled to marry Han Chinese, detained in the dreaded transformation through education camps, and killed. Why do Western feminists ignore their tragedy?