The government closed horse racing activities as they “do not correspond to the developmental needs of society”—nor to Xi Jinping’s new “red” moralism.
No Horse Racing, Please, We’re Chinese: The End of a Venerable Tradition in Macau
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Falun Gong Report on 2023: 1,188 Practitioners Sentenced, 209 Killed
Figures include cases the movement became aware of in 2023. We regard them as believable.
Ye Zhong: Talk About His Suspicious Death and You Will Be Arrested and Tortured Too
Fellow dissident He Zongwang expressed doubts about the official version claiming that Ye died in jail of natural causes. He was arrested and his life is now at risk.
Dalian House Church Pastor Kan Xiaoyong Sentenced to 14 Years in Jail
Five co-defendants were also sentenced to heavy prison sentences in a decision aimed at destroying the successful Discipleship Home Network.
China: Guidelines Instruct Religions How to Implement the New Patriotic Education Law
The key statute on domestic indoctrination is in force since January 1. Now religions are told how they should enforce it. We offer a full English translation of the Guidelines.
China’s “Advise” to Taiwanese Voters: A Uyghur View
A black joke: Beijing tells citizens of Taiwan how to make “the right choice” in the elections.
China, Another Schoolboy Dies Mysteriously, Thousands Protest
Like Hu Xinyu’s last winter, Xiao Yang’s death at Yuhuayuan School in Ningling County, Henan, was classified as suicide. This time, 10,000 came to protest.
A Pro-China Campaign Against the Prague Inter-Governmental Religious Freedom Conference—and Bitter Winter
Anti-cultist Steven Hassan and fellow travelers of the Chinese Communist Party, joined forces against the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance summit—and our magazine.
Coming in February: Harsher Religious Regulations Just for Xinjiang
Special “Regulations on Religious Affairs” for Xinjiang, of which “Bitter Winter” offers a full English translation, will further reduce the possibility of religion to survive, if not as a propaganda mouthpiece of the Communist Party.
Taiwan’s Yiguandao Believers Arrested as “Cultists” when Visiting China
On December 26, Taipei’s Mainland Affairs Council warned that the anti-xie-jiao Article 300 of the Criminal Code is now enforced against Yiguandao although it is not in any official xie jiao list.