What does the totalitarian regime do when news about its mistreatment of citizens get out? It lies, hides or destroys evidence, adopts harsher suppression measures.
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A Systematic Policy to Reduce the Number of Religious Venues
The CCP continues to demolish churches, temples, and mosques–and to adopt new regulations to make this easier.
Another Catholic Pilgrimage Site Demolished in Shanxi
The Gate of Heaven on the Seven Sorrows Mountain was replaced with a building in traditional Chinese style, as part of the CCP’s religion “sinicization” campaign.
People Are Risking Lives to Protect Their Rights
The CCP claims that the situation of human rights in China “is the best in history.” Two more cases prove that such statements are very far from reality.
Plays Slandering Religion Indoctrinate Villagers All Over China
As a propaganda tool, stage performances have been used since the Cultural Revolution to vilify CCP’s enemies, including religions, in the eyes of the masses.
Zhejiang Province Expands Digital Surveillance of Residents
In the past few years, the coastal eastern province of Zhejiang has significantly increased the concentration of cameras to ensure that everyone is monitored 24/7.
Three-Self Churches Demolished in Henan and Shanxi
Amid intensifying religious suppression in China, even membership in an official church no longer guarantees believers that they can practice their faith.
Islamic Culture in China Purged to the Edge of Extinction
The CCP is stepping up efforts to exert more control over Hui Muslims across the country, suppressing their faith and eliminating traditional culture.
China’s Secret Agreement with Nepal: New Tibetan Refugees Will Be Sent Back
Although the Nepalese government resisted pressures to deport back to China the refugees who are already in Nepal, it will deport those of them who will enter Nepal in the future. by Massimo Introvigne In October, Bitter Winter reported how President Xi Jinping’s...
Government Persecutions Result in Church Workers’ Deaths
Even state-run churches are not spared CCP’s endless harassments. Two directors of Three-Self churches in Henan died after crackdowns on their places of worship.