On January 23, 2001, Chinese propaganda reported that practitioners had set themselves on fire. In fact, the government had staged the entire event.
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Mamdani’s Dangerous Liaisons with Beijing
What happens when an American political movement mistakes an authoritarian state for an ally in its own ideological battles?
China’s Crackdown on Gaia Earth Core: Consumer Protection or Authoritarian Control?
A movement with over 10,000 members may have violated consumer protection laws. But the repression is also part of a campaign to eliminate independent spiritual organizations.
Philippines: “China’s Troll Army” and the New Face of Influence Operations
A model investigation by an award-winning magazine highlights how Beijing uses trolls to shape public opinion in “hostile” countries.
A Chinese Christian Reflects on the House Churches’ Bitter Winter
The recent Zion Church incident represented a shocking but unsurprising escalation in the crackdown on independent Christian communities.
Nepal, Belt and Road to Big Brother: Surveillance Tech in China’s Sphere of Influence
Nepal imports technology from China—which is where data end up.
America’s Maduro Operation and China’s Aksu Cave Operation: A Uyghur View
Can China capture Taiwan’s President as the U.S. did with Maduro? Maybe not, judging from Beijing’s “anti-terrorism” operation of 2015 in the Uyghur region.
China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy
Giving money for childbirth and in vitro fertilization, or raising VAT on condoms, will not solve a problem that is moral and cultural.
Three Centuries After His Death, China Is Still Afraid of the Sixth Dalai Lama
After an international conference celebrating the wisdom and poetry of Tsangyang Gyatso, Beijing repeats its falsehoods about Tibetan history.
Giving Voice to the Persecuted Chinese Christians in Los Angeles
Eyewitness accounts and appeals from the January 9 “Fasting Prayer Meeting for Persecuting Churches in China.”