A fascinating study by Timothy Grose shows how the “Three News” brutal campaign in Xinjiang is transforming domestic spaces to eradicate Uyghur identity.
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Hong Kong Law, Meet the New Special Secret Anti-Dissident Agencies
The National Security Law creates four new bodies with practically unlimited powers, and no accountability except to the CCP government in Beijing.
New Religious Movements in China: They Were Always There
A new book on the sacred scriptures of “redemptive societies” helps exposing myths and misunderstandings about Chinese religion.
The Church of Almighty God Refugees: Remember Them on World Refugee Day
The world remembers refugees. Do not forget the asylum seekers who were persecuted and tortured in China for their faith.
“Welfare for Autocrats”: How China Uses Welfare as a Tool for Surveillance
A new book by Jennifer Pan shows how the CCP, under the pretext of “elimination of poverty,” uses its “Dibao” livelihood guarantee program to better watch over political and religious dissidents.
The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails
A book by Timothy Grose examines Beijing’s project of taking Uyghur students to boarding schools far away from Xinjiang to “sinicize” them.
“Inside The Church of Almighty God”: A New Book Tells It Like It Is
Oxford University Press publishes Massimo Introvigne’s survey of the most persecuted religious movement in China
Virus and the Chinese Dream: The CCP Wants to Watch All Citizens 24/7—and You Too
While we discuss data, 5G, and tracing apps, a book by Kai Strittmatter on how the CCP dreams to keep the entire world under surveillance may help.
Coronavirus and the Boxer War of 1900: Do They Have Something in Common?
After the Boxer War, China had to pay an indemnity for 39 years to the foreign powers that defeated the rebels. Now, the CCP claims that international requests for virus-related damages are “a new Boxer Indemnity.”
“China is Communist. Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist, and Maoist”
Rouge vif, a new book by French sinologist Alice Ekman, debunk theories that China is “no longer Communist.” In fact, under Xi Jinping, it is more Marxist than before.