In Xinjiang, authorities are now meddling with Islamic architecture of mosques, implementing President Xi Jinping’s plan to “sinicize religions” in China.
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Buddhist Temples Shut Down Despite Being Legal
More temples were recently shut down in Hubei even though they had their permits and documents in order. In Hubei’s Xianning city, Chinese authorities shut down six Buddhist temples in May. They claimed to be following orders from “above” for “clean-up and...
Four Muslim Women From the Same Family Detained in Xinjiang
In what is representative of the current state of affairs in Xinjiang, a Muslim family was torn apart after four of its female members were detained for indefinite periods.
More Camps for Muslims (VIDEOS)
Another building has been discovered as a “transformation through education” camp in Xinjiang. As hundreds of Muslims of various ethnicities continue to be detained, Chinese authorities are working on creating more and more spaces to hold them. Bitter Winter has...
Even Ailing Christians Are Sent to Camps in Xinjiang
In separate incidences, Chinese authorities arrested elderly members of a house church and a pastor and detained them in “transformation through education camps.” On April 19, the police detained three elderly members of a Christian house church in Shawan county of...
Party Slogans Instead of Crosses
Authorities in Jiangxi Province replace religious symbols with Party slogans in “official” churches that belong to the China Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement. At 11 a.m. on July 27, 2018, government officials and local party cadres from Nangang town, in...
How CCP Makes Life Difficult for Muslims in Xinjiang
Newborns and infants too are left to fend for themselves if their parents are taken away to camps. Bitter Winter recently spoke to a university student in Xinjiang’s Kumul city about how CCP’s policies against Muslims have impacted his life. To begin with, Erkin...
Three-Self Churches Shut Down On a Sunday
Believers in Henan were unable to attend Sunday service at Protestant churches because of the shutdowns. In Henan’s Xinzheng city, five churches that belong to the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement were targeted for shut down or removal of church...
Another Camp for Muslims Discovered in Xinjiang
The authorities have implemented strict measures to disguise a camp as a vocational training center. In Xinjiang’s Akto county, which lies in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, there is a building complex in the Light Industrial Park area. While the authorities...
Authorities Harass “Official” Church for Inviting Out-of-Town Preachers
A government-sanctioned Protestant church in Fujian was persecuted by authorities for inviting preachers from another province to deliver sermons. On September 3, 2017, the Luohua Church, a Protestant church that belongs to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, in...