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China
Another Difficult Sunday for Chengdu’s Early Rain Church
The rental of premises where the service should be held on Sunday March 5 was cancelled on Saturday night, and the police prevented several believers from leaving home.
Burning Effigies: China Threatens American Academic Miles Yu
A Cultural-Revolution-style statue vilifies a scholar who has mightily upset the Communist Party.
The Digital China 2023 Plan: Is There Something New?
The document reiterates a strategy Xi Jinping is pursuing since before he came to national power. What is new (and alarming) is the propaganda.
Early Rain Church: Family Blocked at Home and Forbidden to Attend “Illegal” Sunday Service
The door lock of Deputy Deacon Xiao Lubiao’s home was repeatedly damaged, and the police told them they should stay home on Sunday.
China’s New Directives on Law Schools: They Should Teach that Separation of Powers Is Wrong
A document by the Central Committee published on February 26 orders law schools to oppose “constitutionalism” and other Western democratic fallacies.
Will Human Rights in China Become a Casualty of Brexit?
The British government is gearing itself up to free the country from the “shackles” of European law and pave the way for business UK-style; but human rights and “foreign threats” are getting in the way.
Geshe Phende Gyaltsen: The Mysterious Death of a Tibetan Tantric Scholar
The 56-year-old monk was in excellent shape when he was arrested in March 2022. The authorities claim he died of “ill health” on January 22 in jail.
“The Most Important Feature of Chinese Communism is Atheism”
The popular TV series “The Knockout” is mobilized by the CCP for a new campaign against religion.
Xinjiang Governor Erkin Tuniyaz: Slave to Beijing, Tyrant to the Uyghurs
The politician who had to cancel his European trip used to be nicknamed “the Slave” (of the CCP) but is now called “Ertis” (Actor) Tuniyaz.