His crime was that he painted a portrait of Peng Lifa, the man who hung banners with anti-Xi-Jinping slogans on a bridge in Beijing.
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Taoist Seminarians Compelled to Watch Korean War Propaganda Movies
The not-so-successful film “Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack” is being used to indoctrinate future Taoist clergy on the evil of U.S. “aggressions.”
An International Mobilization Is Needed Against China’s Crackdown on Mosques
In Ningxia and Gansu, demolitions, closures, and repurposing of mosques show the CCP’s intention to destabilize Hui Islam.
Church of Almighty God Refugee Li Yanli Can Remain in Spain—But Others Cannot
After the campaign by “Bitter Winter” and others, the persecuted performer is at least temporarily safe. But her co-religionist Liu Qi was deported to China—and arrested there.
Zhou Jinxia Tried to Convert Xi Jinping. She Is Free from Prison but Remains Under Surveillance
The 53-year-old woman from Dalian was released on December 4. She vowed to continue the campaign that led her repeatedly to jail.
Xiamen’s Xunsiding Church: Pastor and Wife Asked to Pay a $63,632 Fine
Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife Wang Xiaofei filed an appeal against the unreasonable sanction but lost. The fine was increased.
Yunnan Christian Preacher Chang Hao Remains in Jail, His Case Will Proceed to Trial
He ran a small, rural church and distributed popular anti-COVID masks inscribed with Bible verses. He is prosecuted for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
China, Promoting Egg-Fried Rice May Make You an “Enemy of the Party”
Reportedly, Chairman Mao’s eldest son was killed in the Korean War after he gave away his position by cooking egg-fried rice. The dish is thus becoming dangerous.
An Old Couple in Jail: Husband and Wife Sentenced in Henan as Falun Gong Practitioners
Li Shulin, 68 and at his fourth arrest, and his wife Wang Lijuan, 71, received heavy sentences in Luoyang, Henan,
Business Is Booming in Northwest China—So Is Uyghur Slave Labor
The mystery of flourishing trade from the Uyghur region is being exposed by scholars determined to plumb the depths of forced labor in northwestern China.