The world’s largest luxury goods group cannot be classified among China’s “useful idiots.” Yet, it subtly supports Xi Jinping’s regime.
LVMH: Xi Jinping’s Not Idiotic but Useful Friend
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The Catholic Church in China, AD 2024: A Tale of Two Sinicizations and Two Dragons
This year is full of symbolism, anniversaries, and deadlines. It can mark the beginning of the end of the Catholic Church in China—or the end of the beginning.
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Unprecedented Tibetan Protest Against Hydropower Station in Sichuan
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Spain: Pro-China Lobby Against the International Religious Freedom Summit
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Zhang Xinwei: Another Mysterious Death of a High School Student Sparks Protests
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Lunar New Year Vacation Homework for Chinese Religions: Teach the “Five Identifications”
The United Front told the leaders of the five authorized religions that holidays should be an opportunity to teach believers to identify with China, the CCP, and socialism.
China Finds a “Useful Idiot” in Trinidad: Sheikh Imran Hussein
Two Uyghur activists write to a Caribbean Islamic preacher who claimed that the Uyghur genocide is an invention of the CIA.
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