Local authorities across China confiscate from temples and shops materials that are not sanctioned by the state and investigate their distribution channels.
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Want to Keep Your Temple? Worship Mao Zedong
Amid the nationwide crackdowns on religions, only the venues venerating Chairman Mao are protected from closures and demolitions.
Now They Come for the Uyghur Children: Thousands Sent to Jail-Like Boarding Schools
Eyewitnesses talk to Bitter Winter, and confirm that data published by scholar Adrian Zenz, unlike CCP propaganda, are believable.
Government Orders to Destroy Swedish Missionaries’ Gravestones
Shanxi government desecrated the resting place of 20 missionaries, who worked and died in China nearly a century ago, and destroyed a house for visiting believers.
90+ Folk Religion Temples Destroyed in Henan’s Linzhou City
The municipal government launched a unified crackdown campaign, resulting in demolitions and takeovers of religious venues across rural areas.
CCP Sinicizes Mosques to Weaken Muslim Faith
Authorities in Shandong and Hebei provinces remove domes from mosques and vigorously promote the sinicization of Islam, demanding Muslims to obey the Party only.
Religious Venues Lacking State-Issued Permits Face Demolition
The CCP demands worship places to get religious activity venue registration certificates but denies almost all requests, creating a “legal” basis for persecution.
Ancestral Temples Repurposed for Public Use
Even the venues where familial clans meet to honor their ancestors and celebrate important events have become targets of the CCP’s crackdown on religion.
Islamic Symbols and Inscriptions Purged in Henan
The provincial government banned in April all Islam-related writings and symbols on public signages and private residences, also in businesses, like shops and cafes.
‘Red Tourism’ Sites Developed to Enforce Communist Ideology
The CCP invests considerable funds to revamp China’s revolutionary heritage, using it to indoctrinate people and force them to worship its leaders.