Both the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Dui Hua Foundation quote extensively from Bitter Winter.
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UK Parliament: The Battle Continues on “Genocide” Health Purchases from Xinjiang
MPs have pledged to continue fighting, with a new round of political ping pong launched by the UK House of Commons last week.
Religion Banned from Off-Campus Teaching in Beijing Schools
New regulations forbid criticism of the Communist Party and all references to religion.
Douyin’s New Rules: More Control Under the Pretext of “Protecting Minors”
Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, will implement stricter rules and prohibit “deviant” and “anti-government” discussions. All justified with the fight against teen cyberaddiction.
New Directives on Sinicization of Religion: “Love the Party, Love Socialism”
“Foreign hostile forces and extremist forces use religion to infiltrate and sabotage our country.” The answer: more “scientific” and “Marxist” Sinicization.
QingLang Regulations, More of Them—and More Control on Chinese Social Media
The plan to “cleanse” the Internet and eliminate independent opinions and postings continues at full speed.
Chen Wensheng Arrested Again: From Drug Addict to Preacher—to Jail
His would be an extraordinary inspiring story in a free country. In China, it is a litany of harassment and arrests.
A Transgender Woman Was Killed in Wuhan. The CCP’s Reaction: Hiding the Facts
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.
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.