Those who were posting news and comments about the homicide on Weibo were threatened, as the authorities try to hide the existence of hate crimes in China.
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China’s Regulations on Protecting Minors on the Internet: The Devil Is in the Details
Protecting minors from cyberaddiction looks like a good idea, but is also an opportunity for an even stricter control of Internet use.
The New Atheist Propaganda: “Why Atheism is a Science”
The heavily promoted book by Professor Li Shen compares a supposed early Chinese atheism, bourgeois atheism, and Marxist atheism as taught by the CCP.
Huangtian Jiao: Taoist Popular Sect Under Persecution
The syncretic group has been repeatedly repressed, but never eradicated, during its almost five centuries of history. Now, he is persecuted again.
Go Sherab Gyatso: Prominent Tibetan Monk Tortured in Jail
Well-known as author and lecturer, Go Sherab Gyatso was sentenced to ten years in November 2021.
China, Russia: “Virus Came from Ukraine”, New Study: “No, from a Lab in Wuhan”
The CCP uses Russian stories of Americans creating viruses in Ukraine to answer new authoritative claims that the COVID-19 virus was created in a Chinese lab.
UK: Citing the Uyghurs, House of Lords Says “No” to Commerce with Genocidal States
The Lords told the government that anti-slavery laws did not work, and the UK by buying COVID protection equipment from Xinjiang financed a genocide.
Two “Rubao” Popular YouTube Channels Permanently Suspended
“Rubao culture” is a popular satire genre lampooning Xi Jinping and the CCP. The authors told Bitter Winter they will continue to fight.
Zhou Jinxia Did It Again: Detained for Trying to Convert Xi Jinping
The Christian activist from Dalian has been pursuing Xi since he became president of China in 2013.
Ukraine: Leading Chinese Academics “Strongly Oppose Russian War”
We translate a statement by five prominent Chinese professors that went viral on Chinese social media before being banned by the authorities. These statements are normal elsewhere, but in China they risk their careers.