On June 21, China Taoist Association imparted some “red education” to Taoist clergy and staff by taking them to honor a Communist Party folk hero.
Red Backpack: Taoist Clergy’s Mandatory Pilgrimage to a Maoist Shrine
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China’s Pro-Government Muslims Launch “Three Loves” Campaign
Love is important in Islam, but what is now preached is “love for the Motherland, Socialism, and the Chinese Communist Party.”
Did Chinese Communist Eat Children (and Adults)? Reading “Scarlet Memorial” Again
Zheng Yi’s famous 1993 book may include exaggerations. However, most scholars agree that “ritual” Communist cannibalism did occur in Guangxi in the 1960s.
Seminar Clarifies “Sinicizing” Religion Means Preaching Obedience to Xi Jinping
A “historic” high-level gathering in Beijing tells religions that they should put the “Two Establishes” and “Two Safeguards” at the center of their sermons and activities.
Uyghurs in China: The Most Heavily Jailed Group in the World
One third of China’s total prison inmates are Uyghurs and Turkic people.
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).