We publish a short comment and a translation of the new and more restrictive Order no. 23 published on April 1 by the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
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How I Celebrated the 35th Anniversary of the Barin Revolution
Every year on April 5 the Uyghur diaspora commemorates an attempted uprising, bloodily repressed by the Chinese in 1990. Why?
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 4. Collateral Damage
The policy had catastrophic negative effects. Now it has been officially abolished, but damages will continue for decades.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 3. Did It Work?
The claim that the policy “prevented 400 million births” has been unanimously rejected by scholars as false.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 2. From “Later, Longer, and Fewer” to “One Child”
Poster of 1975 (“before” the one child policy was enacted) promoting the birth control campaign. Source: chineseposters.net.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 1. Malthus, Marx, and Mao
Marx denounced Malthus’ enforced birth control as capitalist oppression. Mao could not but agree with Marx—but later changed his mind.
Bengbu Living Stone Reformed Church: Pastor Sentenced to Five Years in Jail
He was accused of “fraud,” a charge now liberally used against Christian leaders who refuse to join the government-controlled Three Self Church.
China’s National Religious Groups Joint Conference: “Preach the Two Sessions”
The important gathering of the government-controlled religious bodies called for an emphasis on the latest documents of the regime in sermons and study groups.
Expanding the Notion of Xie Jiao in China: Now Even Reformed Christians Are “Cultists”
The case of Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church confirms that the category of “organizations promoting heterodox teachings” may be expanded at the authorities’ will.
Xi’an Pastor Chang Yuguang, Wife Still Under Strict Detention Conditions
Their son reports about the difficult life in jail of the Xi’an couple sentenced to seven years for printing Christian books