One third of China’s total prison inmates are Uyghurs and Turkic people.
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Court of Rome: Church of Almighty God Members Deserve the “Highest Form of Protection” as Refugees
The judges concluded that “Bitter Winter” and the late PierLuigi Zoccatelli are credible sources on the CAG, Chinese propaganda is not.
How “Two-Stringed Lute” Became “Red Flag”: China Changed Names of Hundreds of Uyghur Villages
A new report documents a subtle tool of cultural genocide: erasing the village names referring to Uyghur culture and religion.
Like Father, Like Son: Why Xi Jinping Visited Hongjue Temple
His father once met there the controversial 10th Panchen Lama. The visit reminded Tibetan Buddhist monks that they should fully submit to the CCP—or else.
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy is to keep arresting him (he was arrested more than 100 times).
A Uyghur Tale: A Story of Apricot Trees
For an exiled poet, an apricot tree in London is a way of remembering his father and his youth in East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang).
Guangxi, Propaganda Against “Cults and Illegal Religion” Enters Corporations
The Wuzhou headquarters of Guangxi Zhaoxin Pingzhou Electronics hosted a pilot program of intensive indoctrination.
CCP Uses Lingyan Temple History to Insist Buddhism Should be “Sinicized,” Too
The false historical theory that Buddhism and temples flourished in China when they accepted to be controlled by the state is used to ask them to serve the CCP.
10 Years of Xi Jinping’s “National Security Concept”: “It’s Marxism in Practice”
The anniversary is celebrated by reminding those who would listen that the CCP prioritizes security over everything, including economic development.
Xi Plans a “Second Integration” Between China and Marxism
The concept was at the center of a “Seminar on studying and implementing Xi Jinping’s thought on culture.”