For Christmas last year, the spirit of the Chinese government was simple: Forget Christ, celebrate Mao Zedong.
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Inside China’s “Red Revolution” to Eliminate Religion
With the help of the “four requirements” policy, the CCP is seeking to penetrate churches with communist symbols and ideology to eliminate religion completely.
Confucius Replaces Buddha in Sinicized Chinese Temples
In the new China, Buddhist and Daoist artifacts are destroyed, and temples are turned into nondescript buildings for worshiping the state.
You Shall Have No God Before Marx and Lenin
The Chinese Communist Party is cracking down on its members who secretly believe in God. Devotion to the Party must be absolute.
Attended Church 10 Years Ago? No Travel for You
Chinese believers are finding that their travel is being monitored or prohibited. They fear social credit system and growing pressure on family members.
Church-Repurposing Spreads Outside Henan Province
The CCP is successfully keeping up its efforts of turning houses of worship into government-sanctioned activity centers, for everything except religion.
500 Historic Arhat Statues Thrown into Memory Hole
Combination Buddhist shrine and tourist attraction, the statues are unacceptable to Chinese authorities, so they must be disappeared.
Buddhist Temples Face “Sinicization” and Coercion
The march to establish religion “with Chinese characteristics” continues, with Buddhist temples now feeling the pressure, compromising their beliefs.
A New Dystopian Reality Grips Xinjiang
Draconian measures to root out terrorism have turned life for ordinary Uyghurs into a daily nightmare of surveillance and terror.
Religious Symbols Removed from Homes in Henan
Authorities are going from town to town taking down Christian icons and replacing them with pictures of Chairman Mao and President Xi.