How the CCP weaponizes classic “non-democratic” Western culture to criticize modern Western ideas of human rights and democracy.
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Buy a Chinese Cleaning Robot, Have Your Home Watched by Beijing
An incident shows that robot vacuums made in China might regularly collect and send data back to their country.
When the Esoteric West Sought the Dao—and Discovered Its Own Reflection
A volume edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter classifies and analyzes references by Western esotericists to China.
A Blueprint for “Harmony”: Reading Between the Lines of Tibet’s New Governance Gospel
The Chinese Communist Party spells out its program of total control: “Sinicize,” manage, guide, and punish.
China’s Battle for the Dead: Guangdong Villagers Oppose Crematorium Project, Clash with Police
Residents of Shuikou Town protest for days as authorities deploy riot police and tighten control. It is another chapter in a “war” about burial practices in rural China.
Women’s History Month Must Not Forget Uyghur Women
Detention in mass camps, forced sterilization, coerced birth control, and sexual abuse are rarely mentioned. Perhaps economic ties with China make criticism inconvenient.
China Hails Japan’s Dissolution of the Unification Church
The Chinese Communist Party celebrates Japan’s court ruling as a welcome boost to its global campaign against an unwelcome church.
The New Law on Ethnic Unity: A Threat to Tibetan Buddhism
The new policy assaults the Tibetan language and thus Tibet’s cultural and religious foundations.
China’s New Year Gift to Mount Kailash Pilgrims: More Checkpoints, Less Pilgrimage
Fearful of the event’s increasing success, Beijing attempts to diminish the holy journey to the point of insignificance.
China, Police Block “Parade of the Gods” in Guangdong
Villagers in Wuchuan were prevented from carrying out a centuries-old ritual as authorities tighten control over grassroots spiritual life.